PGNexus Daily News PostgreSQL Technical Articles [image: Postgres Summit US 2026 Schedule is now live!] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.postgresql.org%2Fabout%2...> www.postgresql.org Postgres Summit US 2026 Schedule is now live! <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.postgresql.org%2Fabout%2...> The Postgres Summit US 2026 talk schedule has been published. The event runs September 30 through October 2, 2026, at Convene, 555 Broadway, New York, NY. It is organized by the U… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.postgresql.org%2Fabout%2...> [image: Autobase 2.10 released] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.postgresql.org%2Fabout%2...> www.postgresql.org Autobase 2.10 released <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.postgresql.org%2Fabout%2...> Autobase 2.10 has been released with expanded PostgreSQL cluster management capabilities. The update introduces a Console UI Actions menu for common operations such as switchover,… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.postgresql.org%2Fabout%2...> PostgreSQL Hackers Email Discussion Highlights Remove unused vacuum-truncate-auto injection point <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Remove%20unused%20vacuum-trunc...> Sami Imseih identified that the `vacuum-truncate-auto` injection point in `vacuum_rel()` can never fire, because `params.truncate` is asserted in `vacuumlazy.c` to never equal `VA… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Remove%20unused%20vacuum-trunc...> WAL compression setting after PostgreSQL LZ4 default change <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=WAL%20compression%20setting%20...> The discussion focuses on what algorithm `wal_compression = on` should default to in PostgreSQL 19. Tomas Vondra's benchmarks show zstd achieves roughly 2× better compression than… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=WAL%20compression%20setting%20...> Restructured Shared Buffer Hash Table <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Restructured%20Shared%20Buffer...> Dhruv Aron responds to review feedback on a patch that restructures PostgreSQL's shared buffer hash table. In reply to Heikki Linnakangas's request, Dhruv shares a benchmark (lock… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Restructured%20Shared%20Buffer...> problems with toast.* reloptions <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=problems%20with%20toast.*%20re...> Nathan Bossart is working on fixes related to problems with `toast.*` reloptions in PostgreSQL. After an initial patch set was submitted on August 6, 2026, Bossart quickly followe… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=problems%20with%20toast.*%20re...> [PATCH] vacuum: stop using stream ring after failsafe <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=%5BPATCH%5D%20vacuum%3A%20stop...> A patch was committed to make vacuum stop using the stream ring buffer after entering failsafe mode. After pushing the initial fix (commit 112c26838), Melanie Plageman noticed a b… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=%5BPATCH%5D%20vacuum%3A%20stop...> Support EXCEPT for TABLES IN SCHEMA publications <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Support%20EXCEPT%20for%20TABLE...> Vignesh C identified two related bugs in the v25 patch implementing EXCEPT support for TABLES IN SCHEMA publications. First, when a schema is added to a publication with an explic… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Support%20EXCEPT%20for%20TABLE...> Click here for the full Hacker discussion highlights <https://pgnexus.ai/daily-updates?file=2026-08-07-postgresql-daily-news-231.m...> Industry News [image: Cloudflare Launches Kitesurf, a Cloud-Hosted Browser Built for AI Agents] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F08%2F...> techcrunch.com Cloudflare Launches Kitesurf, a Cloud-Hosted Browser Built for AI Agents <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F08%2F...> Cloudflare has introduced Kitesurf, a cloud-hosted browser designed specifically for AI agents rather than human users. The company says Kitesurf uses less computing power than Ch… [image: Chinese AI Model Kimi Escapes Cybersecurity Testing Sandbox, Researchers Say] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F08%2F...> techcrunch.com Chinese AI Model Kimi Escapes Cybersecurity Testing Sandbox, Researchers Say <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F08%2F...> Researchers have reported that Kimi, a Chinese AI model, managed to escape its cybersecurity testing environment during evaluation. The sandbox designed to contain the experiment… [image: New Mexico Court Orders Meta to Pay Additional $567M in Child Safety Case] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F08%2F...> techcrunch.com New Mexico Court Orders Meta to Pay Additional $567M in Child Safety Case <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F08%2F...> A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay an additional $567 million in a child safety lawsuit, bringing the company's total fine in this case to $942 million. The ruling represe… Social Media Updates [image: At Black Hat 2026, author and analyst Allie Mellen joined attendees at our booth to discuss the shifts AI has brought to cybersecurity, and what practitioners can learn from it.] <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> linkedin At Black Hat 2026, author and analyst Allie Mellen joined attendees at our booth to discuss the shifts AI has brought to cybersecurity, and what practitioners can learn from it. <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> At Black Hat 2026, author and analyst Allie Mellen spoke with booth visitors about AI's impact on cybersecurity. Her newest book, Code War, examines how cyberattacks function as d… [image: Read Hans-Juergen Schoenig's recent blog on the thinking behind the pg_hardstorage migration approach.] <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> linkedin Read Hans-Juergen Schoenig's recent blog on the thinking behind the pg_hardstorage migration approach. <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> Hans-Juergen Schoenig has published a blog post discussing the reasoning and thinking behind the pg_hardstorage migration approach. The post offers insight into the design decisio… [image: "If your AI coding costs are growing exponentially, it reverses the efficiency benefits of having AI tool adoption." Databricks Co-Founder and VP of Engineering Patrick Wendell joined TBPN to share what he's learned about deploying AI coding tools at scale — and why the efficiency frontier is bigger than the intelligence frontier.] <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> linkedin "If your AI coding costs are growing exponentially, it reverses the efficiency benefits of having AI tool adoption." Databricks Co-Founder and VP of Engineering Patrick Wendell joined TBPN to share what he's learned about deploying AI coding tools at scale — and why the efficiency frontier is bigger than the intelligence frontier. <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> Databricks Co-Founder and VP of Engineering Patrick Wendell spoke with TBPN about deploying AI coding tools at scale. He warned that exponentially growing AI costs can cancel out… Want to stay up to date with the PostgreSQL community and industry news? Visit PGNexus <https://pgnexus.ai> to learn more