CloudNativePG 1.19.1, 1.18.3 and 1.17.5 Released!

The **CloudNativePG Community** has released a new update for the supported
1.19, 1.18 and 1.17 versions of the **CloudNativePG Operator**.

**Versions 1.19.1, 1.18.3 and 1.17.5** are *patch releases* containing a few
bug fixes and minor enhancements, including:

- enable overriding the default backup target policy for `ScheduledBackup` and
`Backup` resources
- additional metrics and information in the status, about the last time of
success or failure of a backup
- several improvements in the code for backup execution and management
- fixes when adding WAL storage to an existing single-instance cluster
- fixes with the application of `nodeAffinity`

With this release, version 1.17 has reached End-of-Life (EOL): version 1.17.5
is the last that will be released for the 1.17 minor version.

We encourage you to update the operator at your earliest possible convenience.

For a complete list of changes, please refer to:

- [release notes for 1.19.1](https://cloudnative-pg.io/documentation/1.19/release_notes/v1.19/)
- [release notes for 1.18.3](https://cloudnative-pg.io/documentation/1.18/release_notes/v1.18/)
- [release notes for 1.17.5](https://cloudnative-pg.io/documentation/1.17/release_notes/v1.17/)

# About CloudNativePG

[CloudNativePG](https://cloudnative-pg.io) is an open source Kubernetes
Operator for PostgreSQL workloads that orchestrates the full life cycle of a
PostgreSQL cluster, from bootstrapping and configuration, through high
availability and connection routing, to backups and disaster recovery.
CloudNativePG relies on PostgreSQL’s native streaming replication to distribute
data across pods, nodes, and zones, using standard Kubernetes patterns.
Replicas can be scaled up and down in a Kubernetes native manner, and the
operator automatically and safely reconfigure replication as appropriate.
[CloudNativePG is a project originally created and supported by EDB](https://www.enterprisedb.com/products/cloud-native-postgresql-kubernetes-ha-clusters-k8s-containers-scalable).