The CloudNativePG Community is delighted to announce the availability of CloudNativePG 1.28.0 Release Candidate 2!

This RC builds on the first round of large-scale testing by addressing several issues and introducing targeted improvements. For full details, please refer to the 1.28.0 RC2 release notes.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated in the preview programme so far. Your insights, reports, and suggestions are directly shaping the quality and stability of this release.

We encourage you to continue testing 1.28.0 RC2 in your non-production environments. Your feedback is essential to delivering a robust, reliable final release and ensuring that CloudNativePG 1.28 maintains its position as the leading Kubernetes-native Postgres operator.

Learn how to test and contribute.

Testing

Each CloudNativePG release depends on thorough validation by our community. By testing this release candidate against your real workloads, you help us detect regressions and improve behaviour before the final release.

• Review the open issues for the 1.28 milestone.
• Report bugs or share feedback directly on GitHub.

Release Timeline

RC2 is the latest step in the 1.28 release cycle. Additional release candidates may follow if needed. The final release is currently planned for early December 2025.

Join the Community

CloudNativePG thrives thanks to a welcoming, vendor-neutral community of contributors and practitioners. Join the conversation and help shape the future of PostgreSQL on Kubernetes.

Thank you once again for your trust, enthusiasm, and contributions. Together, we’re building the future of Postgres on Kubernetes.