PostgreSQL 18 Beta RC1 is now available in Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment
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Amazon RDS has released PostgreSQL 18 Beta RC1 in its Database Preview Environment, enabling users to evaluate the upcoming PostgreSQL version.
- PostgreSQL 18 introduces several performance and observability improvements
- New features include "skip scan" support for multicolumn B-tree indexes
- Improved WHERE clause handling for OR and IN conditions
- Parallel GIN Index builds and updated join operations
- New observability metrics like buffer usage counts and per-connection I/O utilization
Preview Environment database instances are retained for 60 days and can only be used within the preview environment. Users can use PostgreSQL dump and load functionality for data migration.
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