<div class="text">
<p>
<strong>
- 2025-02-20 -
- <a href="/about/news/postgresql-174-168-1512-1417-and-1320-released-3018/">
- PostgreSQL 17.4, 16.8, 15.12, 14.17, and 13.20 Released!
+ 2025-05-08 -
+ <a href="/about/news/postgresql-175-169-1513-1418-and-1321-released-3072/">
+ PostgreSQL 17.5, 16.9, 15.13, 14.18, and 13.21 Released!
</a>
</strong>
</p>
<p>
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has <a href="/download/">released an update</a>
- to all supported versions of PostgreSQL, including 17.4, 16.8, 15.12, 14.17, and 13.20.
+ to all supported versions of PostgreSQL, including 17.5, 16.9, 15.13, 14.18, and 13.21.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ For the more information about this release, please review the
+ <a href="/docs/release/">release notes</a>. You can download
+ PostgreSQL from the <a href="/download/">download</a> page.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <strong>
+ 2025-05-08 -
+ <a href="/about/news/postgresql-18-beta-1-released-3070/">
+ PostgreSQL 18 Beta 1 Released!
+ </a>
+ </strong>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The PostgreSQL Global Development Group announces that the first beta release of
+ PostgreSQL 18 is now <a href="/download/">available for download</a>.
+ This release contains previews of all features when PostgreSQL 18 is made
+ generally available, though some details of the release can change during the
+ beta period.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ You can find information about all of the PostgreSQL 18 features and changes in
+ the <a href="/docs/18/release-18.html">release notes</a>.
</p>
<p>
For the more information about this release, please review the
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- PostgreSQL 17.4, 16.8, 15.12, 14.17, and 13.20 Released!
+ <a href="/about/news/postgresql-18-beta-1-released-3070/">
+ PostgreSQL 18 Beta 1 Released!
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<p>
- The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has <a href="/download/">released an update</a>
- to all supported versions of PostgreSQL, including 17.4, 16.8, 15.12, 14.17, and 13.20.
+ The PostgreSQL Global Development Group announces that the first beta release of
+ PostgreSQL 18 is now <a href="/download/">available for download</a>.
+ This release contains previews of all features when PostgreSQL 18 is made
+ generally available, though some details of the release can change during the
+ beta period.
</p>
<p>
- For the more information about this release, please review the
- <a href="/docs/release/">release notes</a>. You can download
- PostgreSQL from the <a href="/download/">download</a> page.
+ You can find information about all of the PostgreSQL 18 features and changes in
+ the <a href="/docs/18/release-18.html">release notes</a>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ In the spirit of the open source PostgreSQL community, we strongly encourage you
+ to test the new features of PostgreSQL 18 on your systems to help us eliminate
+ bugs and other issues. While we do not advise you to run PostgreSQL 18 Beta 1 in
+ production environments, we encourage you to find ways to run your typical
+ application workloads against this beta release.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Your testing and feedback helps the community ensure that PostgreSQL 18
+ upholds our standards of delivering a stable, reliable release of the
+ world's most advanced open source relational database. Please read more about
+ our <a href="/developer/beta/">beta testing process</a> and how
+ you can contribute.
</p>
<ul class="bold">
- <li><a href="/about/news/postgresql-174-168-1512-1417-and-1320-released-3018/">Release Announcement</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/about/news/postgresql-18-beta-1-released-3070/">Release Announcement</a></li>
<li><a href="/docs/release/">Release Notes</a></li>
- <li><a href="/about/press/">PostgreSQL 17 Press Kit & Translations</a></li>
<li><a href="/support/versioning/">Versioning Policy</a>
<li><a href="/download/">Download</a></li>
</ul>
are subject to changes that are backwards incompatible at any time during
the development of the betas, and could possibly be removed altogether.</p>
+{% comment %}
<p>
- <strong>PostgreSQL 17 is released</strong>. The first beta of version 18
- is not yet available for testing. Beta testing of version 18 will begin in
- May 2025.
+ <strong>PostgreSQL 18 is released</strong>. The first beta of version 19
+ is not yet available for testing. Beta testing of version 19 will begin in
+ May 2026.
</p>
+{% endcomment %}
-{% comment %}
<p>
- The current beta release is <strong>PostgreSQL 17 RC1</strong>. For more
+ The current beta release is <strong>PostgreSQL 18 Beta 1</strong>. For more
information on the current beta release and how to test, please view the links
below.
</p>
<ul>
<li>
- <a href="/about/news/postgresql-17-rc1-released-2926/">
- PostgreSQL 17 RC1 Release Announcement
+ <a href="/about/news/postgresql-18-beta-1-released-3070/">
+ PostgreSQL 18 Beta 1 Release Announcement
</a>
</li>
<li>
- <a href="/ftp/source/v17rc1/">Download PostgreSQL 17 RC1 source code</a>
+ <a href="/ftp/source/v18beta1/">Download PostgreSQL 18 Beta 1 source code</a>
</li>
<li>
- <a href="/docs/17/">PostgreSQL 17 Documentation</a>
+ <a href="/docs/18/">PostgreSQL 18 Documentation</a>
</li>
<li>
- <a href="/docs/17/release-17.html">PostgreSQL 17 Release Notes</a>
+ <a href="/docs/18/release-18.html">PostgreSQL 18 Release Notes</a>
</li>
<li>
- <a href="https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_17_Open_Items">PostgreSQL 17 Open Items</a>
+ <a href="https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_18_Open_Items">PostgreSQL 18 Open Items</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/HowToBetaTest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Guide to PostgreSQL Beta Testing</a>
</li>
</ul>
-{% endcomment %}
{%endblock%}