Release Date: December 23, 2024
Features
-
Declarative Database Management: Introduce the
Database
Custom Resource Definition (CRD), enabling users to create and manage PostgreSQL databases declaratively within a cluster. (#5325) -
Logical Replication Management: Add
Publication
andSubscription
CRDs for declarative management of PostgreSQL logical replication. These simplify replication setup and facilitate online migrations to EDB Postgres for Kubernetes. (#5329) -
Experimental Support for CNP-I: Introducing CNP-I (EDB Postgres for Kubernetes Interface), a standardized framework designed to extend EDB Postgres for Kubernetes functionality through third-party plugins and foster the growth of the CNP ecosystem. The Barman Cloud Plugin serves as a live example, illustrating how plugins can be developed to enhance backup and recovery workflows. Although CNP-I support is currently experimental, it offers a powerful approach to extending EDB Postgres for Kubernetes without modifying the operator’s core code—akin to PostgreSQL extensions. We welcome community feedback and contributions to shape this exciting new capability.
Enhancements
- Add the
dataDurability
option to the.spec.postgresql.synchronous
stanza, allowing users to choose betweenrequired
(default) orpreferred
durability in synchronous replication. (#5878) - Enable customization of startup, liveness, and readiness probes through the
.spec.probes
stanza. (#6266) - Support additional
pg_dump
andpg_restore
options to enhance database import flexibility. (#6214) - Add support for
maxConcurrentReconciles
in the EDB Postgres for Kubernetes controller and set the default to 10, improving the operator's ability to efficiently manage larger deployments out of the box. (#5678) - Add the
k8s.enterprisedb.io/userType
label to secrets generated for predefined users, specificallysuperuser
andapp
. (#4392) - Improved validation for the
spec.schedule
field in ScheduledBackups, raising warnings for potential misconfigurations. (#5396) cnp
plugin:- Enhance the
backup
command to support plugins. (#6045) - Honor the
User-Agent
header in HTTP requests with the API server. (#6153)
- Enhance the
Bug Fixes
- Ensure the former primary flushes its WAL file queue to the archive before re-synchronizing as a replica, reducing recovery times and enhancing data consistency during failovers. (#6141)
- Clean the WAL volume along with the
PGDATA
volume during bootstrap. (#6265) - Update the operator to set the cluster phase to
Unrecoverable
when all previously generatedPersistentVolumeClaims
are missing. (#6170) - Fix the parsing of the
synchronous_standby_names
GUC when.spec.postgresql.synchronous.method
is set tofirst
. (#5955) - Resolved a potential race condition when patching certain conditions in CRD statuses, improving reliability in concurrent updates. (#6328)
- Correct role changes to apply at the transaction level instead of the database context. (#6064)
- Remove the
primary_slot_name
definition from theoverride.conf
file on the primary to ensure it is always empty. (#6219) - Configure libpq environment variables, including
PGHOST
, in PgBouncer pods to enable seamless access to thepgbouncer
virtual database usingpsql
from within the container. (#6247) - Remove unnecessary updates to the Cluster status when verifying changes in the image catalog. (#6277)
- Prevent panic during recovery from an external server without proper backup configuration. (#6300)
- Resolved a key collision issue in structured logs, where the name field was inconsistently used to log two distinct values. (#6324)
- Ensure proper quoting of the inRoles field in SQL statements to prevent syntax errors in generated SQL during role management. (#6346)
cnp
plugin:- Ensure the
kubectl
context is properly passed in thepsql
command. (#6257) - Avoid displaying physical backups block when empty with
status
command. (#5998)
- Ensure the
Supported Versions
- Kubernetes: 1.32, 1.31, 1.30, and 1.29
- PostgreSQL: 17, 16, 15, 14, and 13
- Default image: PostgreSQL 17.2
- Officially dropped support for PostgreSQL 12
- PostgreSQL 13 support ends on November 12, 2025