Re: Postgres automatic minor version upgrade

On 8/12/20 5:46 AM, Shantanu Shekhar wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We are using Postgres 11.6 through AWS relational database service. As
> part of its RDS service AWS offers automatic minor version upgrade. If
> we turn this setting on the minor versions will get upgraded without us
> even knowing about it. We are in a security sensitive vertical so we
> would like to ensure we don't miss out on critical security patches and
> bug fixes. We also use AWS Multi Availability Zones which I believe is
> built upon Postgres hot standby HA feature.
>
> We are not very clear on what are the possible risks we may be opening
> ourselves up to if we did automatic minor version. I would appreciate
> any suggestions on how to go about  understanding the potential risks
> with using automatic minor version upgrade.

https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shantanu

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