Episode
Postgres 18
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- Postgres FM
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- Sep 26, 2025
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- 3343
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Summary
Nik and Michael discuss the newly released Postgres 18 — the bigger things it includes, some of their personal highlights, and some thoughts towards the future. Here are some links to things they mentioned: Postgres 18 announcement https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-18-released-3142 Postgres 18 release notes https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/release-18.html Skip scan episode with Peter Geoghegan https://postgres.fm/episodes/skip-scan Easier Postgres fine-tuning with online_advisor https://neon.com/blog/easier-postgres-fine-tuning-with-online_advisor pganalyze Index Advisor https://pganalyze.com/index-advisor BUFFERS by default https://postgres.fm/episodes/buffers-by-default Buffers II (the sequel) https://postgres.fm/episodes/buffers-ii-the-sequel Return of the BUFFERS https://postgres.fm/episodes/return-of-the-buffers UUID https://postgres.fm/episodes/uuid Partitioning by ULID https://postgres.fm/episodes/partitioning-by-ulid uuidv7 and uuid_extract_timestamp functions https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-uuid.html Add --no-policies option to pg_dump, pg_dumpall, and pg_restore https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=cd3c45125 Add ONLY support for VACUUM and ANALYZE https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=62ddf7ee9 Make "vacuumdb --analyze-only" process partitioned tables (committed recently for Postgres 19) https://commitfest.postgresql.org/patch/5871/ NOT VALID constraints https://postgres.fm/episodes/not-valid-constraints The year of the Lock Manager’s Revenge (post by Jeremy Schneider) https://ardentperf.com/2024/03/03/postgres-indexes-partitioning-and-lwlocklockmanager-scalability Increase the number of fast-path lock slots https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commi…