Citus 12.1 Released!

## PostgreSQL 16 supported on Citus
Citus 12.1 adds support for Postgres 16. There are many new features that are enabled by PG16 that are particularly interesting for Citus users:

* Load balancing when querying from any node
* pg_stat_io in a distributed Citus cluster
* Support for JSON_ARRAYAGG() and JSON_OBJECTAGG() aggregates
* Support for DEFAULT option to COPY FROM
* Propagate custom ICU collation rules
* Support for TRUNCATE triggers on Citus foreign tables
* Propagate new CREATE TABLE, VACUUM, and ANALYZE options to Citus nodes

In addition to support of Postgres 16 Citus 12.1 also includes:

* GRANT CREATE ON DATABASE
* Distributed schema move with citus_schema_move ()

## Where to find the Citus 12.1 Blog post, Release Notes, & Release Party Livestream

* __Citus 12.1 blog post__: Read [Naisila’s 12.1 post](https://www.citusdata.com/blog/2023/09/22/adding-postgres-16-support-to-citus-12-1/) for more insight on the new features and improvement in Citus 12

* __Release notes__: Get all the nitty gritty details on the [Citus 12.1 updates page](https://www.citusdata.com/updates/v12-1/).

* __Watch the Citus 12.1 release party__: [The release party](https://www.youtube.com/live/TsHs9x9ILMg)—including demos and Q&A—is available to watch on YouTube.

## About the Citus database extension
Citus is a distributed database built entirely as an [open source extension for PostgreSQL](https://youtu.be/JwjjUT8K7po). With Citus, you can create tables that are transparently distributed or replicated across a cluster of PostgreSQL nodes. Citus is available as [open source](https://www.citusdata.com/download/) and also as a [managed service on Azure](https://aka.ms/docs-citus-on-azure)