PGNexus Weekly News This Week in PostgreSQL This week's PostgreSQL highlights include Percona Operator 3.0.0 completing its hard fork from Crunchy Data for independent Kubernetes deployments, Autobase 2.8.0 splitting into Community and Enterprise editions, Neon expanding paid plan data transfer fivefold to 500 GB monthly, and deep insights from contributors on improving logical replication for upgrades and multi-region pipelines. Tooling, reliability, and ecosystem evolution remain front and center. [image: Percona Operator for PostgreSQL 3.0.0: Hard Fork, OLM Scoping, Major Upgrades] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.percona.com%2Fblog%2Fper...> May 28, 2026 | Slava Sarzhan Percona Operator for PostgreSQL 3.0.0: Hard Fork, OLM Scoping, Major Upgrades <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.percona.com%2Fblog%2Fper...> Percona Operator for PostgreSQL 3.0.0 completes its hard fork from Crunchy Data's operator, becoming fully independent. Key changes include renaming Custom Resource Definitions to… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.percona.com%2Fblog%2Fper...> [image: We're including 5x more data transfer in all paid plans] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fneon.com%2Fblog%2Fmore-data-...> Jun 01, 2026 | Brad Van Vugt We're including 5x more data transfer in all paid plans <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fneon.com%2Fblog%2Fmore-data-...> Neon announces a significant increase in data transfer allowances for paid plans, effective June 1, 2026. All paid subscribers now receive 500 GB of monthly data transfer, up from… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fneon.com%2Fblog%2Fmore-data-...> [image: How to hack Logical Replication in PostgreSQL: Insights from contributors] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.postgresql.fastware.com%...> May 28, 2026 | Zhijie Hou How to hack Logical Replication in PostgreSQL: Insights from contributors <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.postgresql.fastware.com%...> Logical replication in PostgreSQL has evolved significantly since its introduction and is now widely adopted for cross-version upgrades, multi-region deployments, and real-time an… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.postgresql.fastware.com%...> Top 5 Hacker Discussions Active PostgreSQL development spans replication, storage, and access method improvements. REPACK CONCURRENTLY saw its first patch portion committed after catalog_xmin debate. Logical replication conflict logging continues iterating on destination option design, with enum versus string-parameter disagreement unresolved. Index prefetching targeting PostgreSQL 20 returned at v25 with slot-based interface prioritized. WAL reduction via xl_heap_visible elimination received test stability commits. A publication EXCEPT-clause cleanup patch was abandoned after reviewers found no justification for behavioral change. Skipping schema changes in publication <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Skipping%20schema%20changes%20...> Vignesh C proposed a patch to handle UNLOGGED table conversions in PostgreSQL publications. The issue occurs when tables listed in publication EXCEPT clauses are converted to UNLO… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Skipping%20schema%20changes%20...> Adding REPACK [concurrently] <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Adding%20REPACK%20%5Bconcurren...> Amit Kapila and Zhijie Hou discussed concerns about catalog_xmin handling in the REPACK CONCURRENTLY feature. Kapila questioned whether the patch should advance catalog_xmin to pr… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Adding%20REPACK%20%5Bconcurren...> Proposal: Conflict log history table for Logical Replication <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Proposal%3A%20Conflict%20log%2...> The discussion focuses on implementing a conflict log history table feature for PostgreSQL logical replication. Dilip Kumar released patch v44 incorporating feedback from multiple… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Proposal%3A%20Conflict%20log%2...> index prefetching <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=index%20prefetching> Peter Geoghegan has resumed work on index prefetching for PostgreSQL 20 after taking time away from the project. He posted v25 of the patch set, which contains no substantive chan… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=index%20prefetching> eliminate xl_heap_visible to reduce WAL (and eventually set VM on-access) <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=eliminate%20xl_heap_visible%20...> The discussion centers on eliminating xl_heap_visible WAL records to reduce WAL volume and eventually set visibility map on access. Melanie Plageman committed several fixes to add… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=eliminate%20xl_heap_visible%20...> This Week's Industry Movements Anthropic filed for an IPO after raising $65 billion at a near-trillion-dollar valuation, while also releasing Opus 4.8 with multi-agent Dynamic Workflows. Google launched Gemini Spark, a 24/7 AI automation assistant. Meanwhile, hackers exploited Meta's AI support chatbot to hijack Instagram accounts, exposing serious security risks when AI systems with elevated permissions lack adequate safeguards. [image: Anthropic files to go public] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F06%2F...> techcrunch.com Anthropic files to go public <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F06%2F...> Anthropic, the AI company behind the Claude chatbot, announced Monday that it has confidentially filed for an initial public offering. The move marks a significant step for the AI… [image: Anthropic raises $65 billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F05%2F...> techcrunch.com Anthropic raises $65 billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F05%2F...> Anthropic has completed a $65 billion Series H funding round, reaching a post-money valuation of $965 billion. This massive fundraise is believed to be the company's final private… [image: Google's Gemini Spark AI assistant launches with 24/7 automation features] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F05%2F...> techcrunch.com Google's Gemini Spark AI assistant launches with 24/7 automation features <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F05%2F...> Google has launched Gemini Spark, a new 24/7 AI assistant designed to automate everyday tasks such as inbox summaries and local event planning. Early testing shows the tool is gen… [image: Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by tricking Meta AI support chatbot into granting access] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F06%2F...> techcrunch.com Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by tricking Meta AI support chatbot into granting access <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F06%2F...> Several Instagram users reported over the weekend that their accounts had been compromised through an exploitation of Meta's AI-powered support chatbot. Hackers manipulated the au… Want to stay up to date with the PostgreSQL community and industry news? Visit PGNexus <https://pgnexus.ai> to learn more