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2024-08-08 - PostgreSQL 16.4, 15.8, 14.13, 13.16, 12.20, and 17 Beta 3 Released!

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released an update to all supported versions of PostgreSQL, including 16.4, 15.8, 14.13, 13.16, and 12.20, as well as the third beta release of PostgreSQL 17. This release fixes 1 security vulnerability and over 55 bugs reported over the last several months. You can find details on the fixes in the release notes.

You can find information about all of the PostgreSQL 17 features and changes in the release notes. Your testing and feedback will help the community ensure that the PostgreSQL 17 release upholds our standards of delivering a stable, reliable release of the world's most advanced open source relational database. Please read more about our beta testing process and how you can contribute.

PostgreSQL 12 will stop receiving fixes on November 14, 2024. If you are running PostgreSQL 12 in a production environment, we suggest that you make plans to upgrade to a newer, supported version of PostgreSQL. Please see our versioning policy for more information.

• 16.4 · 2024-08-08 · Notes
• 15.8 · 2024-08-08 · Notes
• 14.13 · 2024-08-08 · Notes
• 13.16 · 2024-08-08 · Notes
• 12.20 · 2024-08-08 · Notes

• 2024-08-15 · Stored Procedures: The Good, The Bad, and The Elegant (webcast)
• 2024-08-30 · PGDay Hyd 2024
• 2024-09-09 – 2024-09-11 · Postgres Ibiza 2024
• 2024-09-11 · PGDay UK 2024
• 2024-09-30 – 2024-10-02 · PGConf NYC 2024
• 2024-10-20 · PGDay Israel 2024
• 2024-10-22 – 2024-10-25 · PGConf.EU 2024

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