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Neon is now available in Grok Bot

Dominik Koch

Neon is now available in Grok Bot

Neon, the serverless PostgreSQL platform, is now available as a plugin in Grok Bot. Users can connect their Neon account once to enable the integration, after which they can inter…

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Enterprise PostgreSQL Support: What mission-critical operations require

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Enterprise PostgreSQL Support: What mission-critical operations require

Enterprise PostgreSQL support is often assessed during stable operations, when procurement teams compare contracts, SLAs, and response times. However, the true value of such suppo…

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Why a 40-Year-Old Database Is Still Winning in the AI Era

Ajay Kulkarni

Why a 40-Year-Old Database Is Still Winning in the AI Era

PostgreSQL, now 40 years old, continues to dominate even as AI reshapes software development. Industry analysts and engineers attribute this to its foundational strengths: transac…

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PostgreSQL Hackers Email Discussion Highlights

Changing the state of data checksums in a running cluster

Alexander Lakhin confirmed that a previously proposed fix (adding a wait) resolves both test reliability issues he had observed in the "changing data checksums in a running cluste…

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right() returns the whole string for the most negative n

A bug was reported where the `right()` string function returns the whole string when passed the most negative 32-bit integer (`PG_INT32_MIN`) as the argument `n`. The fix involves…

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Routed ON CONFLICT inserts broken by partition-local deferrable unique constraints in 19 and master

The thread discusses two related regressions in PostgreSQL 19 affecting `ON CONFLICT` inserts. The primary issue involves routed inserts into partitioned tables failing when parti…

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Add starelid, attnum to pg_stats and leverage this in pg_dump

A patch restoring a previously removed filter clause in the pg_stats area was committed. The clause had been dropped as part of an earlier commit (4b5ba0c4ca52), but its absence c…

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Two issues leading to discrepancies in FSM data on the standby server

Noah Misch argues that commit c06d1a4 is incorrect. With checksums and full-page writes enabled, the commit allows FSM pages to be dirtied via `heap_xlog_*` during recovery after…

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timeout value overflow in wait for lsn

The thread discusses a timeout value overflow issue in the `WAIT FOR LSN` feature. A key question is whether to use `parse_int()` for timeout parsing (consistent with existing int…

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Industry News

Anthropic's New Fable 5.1 Model Release: Cheaper and Less Restrictive

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Anthropic's New Fable 5.1 Model Release: Cheaper and Less Restrictive

Anthropic has released Fable 5.1, an updated AI model designed to reduce token costs and minimize false-positive restrictions triggered by the model's built-in safeguards. The rel…

Microsoft 365 Outage Causes Prolonged Service Degradation for Outlook Users

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Microsoft 365 Outage Causes Prolonged Service Degradation for Outlook Users

Microsoft 365 and Outlook experienced an extended service outage on Tuesday, with users facing continued degradation even as the company reported gradual improvements. Microsoft's…

GoPro to Be Acquired for $285M by AI Infrastructure Company

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GoPro to Be Acquired for $285M by AI Infrastructure Company

GoPro has agreed to be acquired for $285 million by a company that builds AI infrastructure. Despite the acquisition, GoPro will remain a publicly traded company and continue supp…

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Ahead of PGDay Lowlands 2026 in Utrecht we're sitting down with our Partner-level sponsors to talk about their contributions to the #PostgreSQL project and community, and to get a preview of their sponsor track session.

In advance of PGDay Lowlands 2026 in Utrecht, organizers are interviewing Partner-level sponsors about their involvement with the PostgreSQL project and community. This installmen…

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AI assistants are spreading fast, but 50% of enterprise agents operate in data silos.

AI assistants are proliferating across enterprises, yet half of enterprise agents operate in isolated data silos, limiting their usefulness for consequential decisions. A new eBoo…

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Claude Fable 5.1, Anthropic 's most capable model, is available as a day 0 release on Databricks!

Claude Fable 5.1, Anthropic's most capable model, is now available on Databricks as a day-zero release. It joins an existing lineup that includes Claude Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 5, a…

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