From 3985dd41b075e18f34e4f05ebb49dee26188955f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dragos Andriciuc Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:37:40 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] PG-2162 - Release Notes 14.21 This PR adds the PPG 14.21 release notes. --- docs/release-notes/release-notes-v14.21.md | 96 ++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/release-notes/release-notes.md | 4 + docs/templates/pdf_cover_page.tpl | 2 +- mkdocs-base.yml | 12 +-- variables.yml | 7 +- 5 files changed, 112 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) create mode 100644 docs/release-notes/release-notes-v14.21.md diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-v14.21.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-v14.21.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3d0d96aba --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-v14.21.md @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ +# Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 14.21 ({{date.14_21}}) + +[Installation](../installing.md){.md-button} + +--8<-- "release-notes-intro.md" + +This release of Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is based on [PostgreSQL 14.21](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/release-14-21.html). + +!!! important PostgreSQL RPMs rebuilt to disable debug assertions + + The Percona Server for PostgreSQL (PSP) and Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL (PPG) RPM packages for **PostgreSQL versions 13 through 18 released as part of the Q3 and Q4 quarterly release** were built with debug assertions enabled (`--enable-cassert`). + + If you installed or updated PostgreSQL RPMs within the last four months, you may suffer performance degradation: 18.1, 17.6, 17.7, 16.10, 16.11, 15.14, 15.15, 14.19, 14.20, 13.22, 13.23. + + These packages have been rebuilt, and all users running RPM-based installations of the affected releases are **strongly advised** to update to the latest available packages. + + To verify, run `pg_config --configure`. If the output includes `--enable-cassert`, then your installation is affected. + +## Release Highlights + +### Percona Telemetry Extension for PostgreSQL Deprecated + +The `percona_pg_telemetry` extension has been deprecated and replaced with a backwards compatibility stub to avoid breaking existing installations. + +No telemetry data will be gathered, it will not be maintained going forward and it should not be used in new deployments. + +### Tarball updates + +The binary tarballs for x86_64 and ARM64 architectures have been updated in this release. The following libraries and components have new versions: + +- pgbouncer: 1.25.0 +- pgpool2: 4.6.3 +- etcd: 3.5.24 +- PostGIS: 3.5.4 +- set_user: 4.2.0 +- pg_repack: 1.5.3 +- pg_stat_monitor: 2.3.1 +- pgBackRest: 2.57.0 +- Patroni: 4.1.0 +- HAProxy: 2.8.16 +- pgvector: 0.8.1 +- libxml2: 2.12.10 + +See [Install Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL from binary tarballs](../tarball.md) for the download links. + +The [installation preconditions for tarballs](../tarball.md) now include an extra step for RHEL, Rocky Linux, or Oracle Linux 10: installing the `acl` package. + +### Addressed CVEs + +This release includes important security measures that address the following CVEs: CVE-2025-12817, CVE-2025-12818. For more details, see the [PostgreSQL 14.21](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/release-14-21.html). + +## Known Issue + +### For minor & major upgrades (RHEL only) + +During an upgrade on RHEL, you may encounter the following error: + +``` +Unknown Error occurred: Transaction test error: + file /usr/share/postgresql-common/server/postgresql.mk from install of percona-postgresql-common conflicts with file from package percona-postgresql-common-dev + file /usr/share/postgresql-common/t/040_upgrade.t from install of percona-postgresql-common conflicts with file from package percona-postgresql-common-dev +``` + +To resolve this, remove the `percona-postgresql-common-dev` package and reinstall it with the new intended upgraded PPG/PSP server. + +## Supplied third-party extensions + +Review each extension's release notes for What's new, improvements, or bug fixes. + +The following is the list of extensions available in Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL. + +| Extension | Version | Description | +|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| +| [etcd](https://etcd.io/) | 3.5.24 | A distributed, reliable key-value store for setting up high available Patroni clusters | +| [python-etcd :octicons-link-external-16:](https://python-etcd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) | 0.4.5 | A Python client library for interacting with etcd | +| [HAProxy](https://www.haproxy.org/) | 2.8.16 | A high-availability and load-balancing solution | +| [Patroni](https://patroni.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) | 4.1.0 | A HA (High Availability) solution for PostgreSQL | +| [PgAudit](https://www.pgaudit.org/) | 1.6.3 | Provides detailed session or object audit logging via the standard logging facility provided by PostgreSQL | +| [pgAudit set_user](https://github.com/pgaudit/set_user) | 4.2.0 | Provides an additional layer of logging and control when unprivileged users must escalate themselves to superusers or object owner roles in order to perform needed maintenance tasks. | +| [pgBackRest](https://pgbackrest.org/) | 2.57.0 | A backup and restore solution for PostgreSQL | +| [pgBadger](https://github.com/darold/pgbadger) | 13.1 | A fast PostgreSQL Log Analyzer. | +| [PgBouncer](https://www.pgbouncer.org/) | 1.25.0 | A lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL | +| [pg_gather](https://github.com/jobinau/pg_gather) | v32 | An SQL script for running the diagnostics of the health of PostgreSQL cluster | +| [pgpool2](https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=pgpool2.git;a=summary) | 4.6.3 | A middleware between PostgreSQL server and client for high availability, connection pooling and load balancing. | +| [pg_repack](https://github.com/reorg/pg_repack) | 1.5.3 | Rebuilds PostgreSQL database objects | +| [pg_stat_monitor](https://github.com/percona/pg_stat_monitor) | 2.3.1 | collects and aggregates statistics for PostgreSQL and provides histogram information. | +| [pgvector](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector) | v0.8.1 | A vector similarity search for PostgreSQL | +| [PostGIS](https://github.com/postgis/postgis) | 3.5.4 | A spatial extension for PostgreSQL. | +| [PostgreSQL Common](https://salsa.debian.org/postgresql/postgresql-common) | 287 | PostgreSQL database-cluster manager. It provides a structure under which multiple versions of PostgreSQL may be installed and/or multiple clusters may be maintained at one time. | +| [wal2json](https://github.com/eulerto/wal2json) | 2.6 | A PostgreSQL logical decoding JSON output plugin | + +For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and compatible derivatives, Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL also includes the supplemental `python3-etcd` 0.4.5 packages, which are used for setting up Patroni clusters. + +Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is also shipped with the [libpq](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/libpq.html) library. It contains "a set of +library functions that allow client programs to pass queries to the PostgreSQL +backend server and to receive the results of these queries." diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes.md index c038430a5..61b9f17f1 100644 --- a/docs/release-notes/release-notes.md +++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes.md @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ This page lists all release notes for Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 14, organized by year and version. Use it to track new features, fixes, and updates across major and minor versions. +## 2026 + +* [14.21](release-notes-v14.21.md) ({{date.14_21}}) + ## 2025 * [14.20](release-notes-v14.20.md) ({{date.14_20}}) diff --git a/docs/templates/pdf_cover_page.tpl b/docs/templates/pdf_cover_page.tpl index 14eca9cd5..b08a38656 100644 --- a/docs/templates/pdf_cover_page.tpl +++ b/docs/templates/pdf_cover_page.tpl @@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ {% if config.site_description %}

{{ config.site_description }}

{% endif %} -

14.20 (December 04, 2025)

+

14.21 (February 15, 2026)

diff --git a/mkdocs-base.yml b/mkdocs-base.yml index ab454ab27..8ec666add 100644 --- a/mkdocs-base.yml +++ b/mkdocs-base.yml @@ -224,11 +224,13 @@ nav: - Uninstall: uninstalling.md - Release notes: - "Release notes index": release-notes/release-notes.md - - "14.20": release-notes/release-notes-v14.20.md - - "14.19": release-notes/release-notes-v14.19.md - - "14.18 Update": release-notes/release-notes-v14.18.upd.md - - "14.18": release-notes/release-notes-v14.18.md - - "14.17": release-notes/release-notes-v14.17.md + - "14.21": release-notes/release-notes-v14.21.md + - "2025 (versions 14.17 - 14.20)": + - "14.20": release-notes/release-notes-v14.20.md + - "14.19": release-notes/release-notes-v14.19.md + - "14.18 Update": release-notes/release-notes-v14.18.upd.md + - "14.18": release-notes/release-notes-v14.18.md + - "14.17": release-notes/release-notes-v14.17.md - "2024 (versions 14.10 Update - 14.15)": - "14.15": release-notes/release-notes-v14.15.md - "14.13": release-notes/release-notes-v14.13.md diff --git a/variables.yml b/variables.yml index d8fe8393b..b40d16ada 100644 --- a/variables.yml +++ b/variables.yml @@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ # See also mkdocs.yml plugins.with-pdf.cover_subtitle and output_path -release: 'release-notes-v14.20' +release: 'release-notes-v14.21' pgversion: '14' -dockertag: '14.20' -sbomtag: '14/14.20' +dockertag: '14.21' +sbomtag: '14/14.21' date: + 14_21: 2026-02-15 14_20: 2025-12-04 14_19: 2025-09-16 14_18_1: 2025-07-15 From 7e1841de613f7241ecfcc95247f8de018db22a9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dragos Andriciuc Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:39:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Update variables and component versions, remove previous note info --- docs/release-notes/release-notes-v14.21.md | 60 +++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-v14.21.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-v14.21.md index 3d0d96aba..ebb86748c 100644 --- a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-v14.21.md +++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-v14.21.md @@ -6,45 +6,23 @@ This release of Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is based on [PostgreSQL 14.21](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/release-14-21.html). -!!! important PostgreSQL RPMs rebuilt to disable debug assertions - - The Percona Server for PostgreSQL (PSP) and Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL (PPG) RPM packages for **PostgreSQL versions 13 through 18 released as part of the Q3 and Q4 quarterly release** were built with debug assertions enabled (`--enable-cassert`). - - If you installed or updated PostgreSQL RPMs within the last four months, you may suffer performance degradation: 18.1, 17.6, 17.7, 16.10, 16.11, 15.14, 15.15, 14.19, 14.20, 13.22, 13.23. - - These packages have been rebuilt, and all users running RPM-based installations of the affected releases are **strongly advised** to update to the latest available packages. - - To verify, run `pg_config --configure`. If the output includes `--enable-cassert`, then your installation is affected. - ## Release Highlights -### Percona Telemetry Extension for PostgreSQL Deprecated - -The `percona_pg_telemetry` extension has been deprecated and replaced with a backwards compatibility stub to avoid breaking existing installations. - -No telemetry data will be gathered, it will not be maintained going forward and it should not be used in new deployments. - ### Tarball updates The binary tarballs for x86_64 and ARM64 architectures have been updated in this release. The following libraries and components have new versions: -- pgbouncer: 1.25.0 -- pgpool2: 4.6.3 -- etcd: 3.5.24 -- PostGIS: 3.5.4 -- set_user: 4.2.0 -- pg_repack: 1.5.3 -- pg_stat_monitor: 2.3.1 -- pgBackRest: 2.57.0 -- Patroni: 4.1.0 -- HAProxy: 2.8.16 -- pgvector: 0.8.1 -- libxml2: 2.12.10 +- pgBouncer: 1.25.1 +- etcd: 3.5.26 +- haproxy: 2.8.18 +- pgBadger: 13.2 +- postgresql-common: 288 +- pgbackrest: 2.58.0 +- pgpool2: 4.7.0 +- pgsm: 2.3.2 See [Install Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL from binary tarballs](../tarball.md) for the download links. -The [installation preconditions for tarballs](../tarball.md) now include an extra step for RHEL, Rocky Linux, or Oracle Linux 10: installing the `acl` package. - ### Addressed CVEs This release includes important security measures that address the following CVEs: CVE-2025-12817, CVE-2025-12818. For more details, see the [PostgreSQL 14.21](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/release-14-21.html). @@ -71,26 +49,24 @@ The following is the list of extensions available in Percona Distribution for Po | Extension | Version | Description | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -| [etcd](https://etcd.io/) | 3.5.24 | A distributed, reliable key-value store for setting up high available Patroni clusters | +| [etcd](https://etcd.io/) | 3.5.26 | A distributed, reliable key-value store for setting up high available Patroni clusters | | [python-etcd :octicons-link-external-16:](https://python-etcd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) | 0.4.5 | A Python client library for interacting with etcd | -| [HAProxy](https://www.haproxy.org/) | 2.8.16 | A high-availability and load-balancing solution | +| [HAProxy](https://www.haproxy.org/) | 2.8.18 | A high-availability and load-balancing solution | | [Patroni](https://patroni.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) | 4.1.0 | A HA (High Availability) solution for PostgreSQL | | [PgAudit](https://www.pgaudit.org/) | 1.6.3 | Provides detailed session or object audit logging via the standard logging facility provided by PostgreSQL | | [pgAudit set_user](https://github.com/pgaudit/set_user) | 4.2.0 | Provides an additional layer of logging and control when unprivileged users must escalate themselves to superusers or object owner roles in order to perform needed maintenance tasks. | -| [pgBackRest](https://pgbackrest.org/) | 2.57.0 | A backup and restore solution for PostgreSQL | -| [pgBadger](https://github.com/darold/pgbadger) | 13.1 | A fast PostgreSQL Log Analyzer. | -| [PgBouncer](https://www.pgbouncer.org/) | 1.25.0 | A lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL | +| [pgBackRest](https://pgbackrest.org/) | 2.58.0 | A backup and restore solution for PostgreSQL | +| [pgBadger](https://github.com/darold/pgbadger) | 13.2 | A fast PostgreSQL Log Analyzer. | +| [PgBouncer](https://www.pgbouncer.org/) | 1.25.1 | A lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL | | [pg_gather](https://github.com/jobinau/pg_gather) | v32 | An SQL script for running the diagnostics of the health of PostgreSQL cluster | -| [pgpool2](https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=pgpool2.git;a=summary) | 4.6.3 | A middleware between PostgreSQL server and client for high availability, connection pooling and load balancing. | +| [pgpool2](https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=pgpool2.git;a=summary) | 4.7.0 | A middleware between PostgreSQL server and client for high availability, connection pooling and load balancing. | | [pg_repack](https://github.com/reorg/pg_repack) | 1.5.3 | Rebuilds PostgreSQL database objects | -| [pg_stat_monitor](https://github.com/percona/pg_stat_monitor) | 2.3.1 | collects and aggregates statistics for PostgreSQL and provides histogram information. | +| [pg_stat_monitor](https://github.com/percona/pg_stat_monitor) | 2.3.2 | collects and aggregates statistics for PostgreSQL and provides histogram information. | | [pgvector](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector) | v0.8.1 | A vector similarity search for PostgreSQL | -| [PostGIS](https://github.com/postgis/postgis) | 3.5.4 | A spatial extension for PostgreSQL. | -| [PostgreSQL Common](https://salsa.debian.org/postgresql/postgresql-common) | 287 | PostgreSQL database-cluster manager. It provides a structure under which multiple versions of PostgreSQL may be installed and/or multiple clusters may be maintained at one time. | +| [PostGIS](https://github.com/postgis/postgis) | 3.5.5 | A spatial extension for PostgreSQL. | +| [PostgreSQL Common](https://salsa.debian.org/postgresql/postgresql-common) | 289 | PostgreSQL database-cluster manager. It provides a structure under which multiple versions of PostgreSQL may be installed and/or multiple clusters may be maintained at one time. | | [wal2json](https://github.com/eulerto/wal2json) | 2.6 | A PostgreSQL logical decoding JSON output plugin | For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and compatible derivatives, Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL also includes the supplemental `python3-etcd` 0.4.5 packages, which are used for setting up Patroni clusters. -Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is also shipped with the [libpq](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/libpq.html) library. It contains "a set of -library functions that allow client programs to pass queries to the PostgreSQL -backend server and to receive the results of these queries." +Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is also shipped with the [libpq](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/libpq.html) library. It contains "a set of library functions that allow client programs to pass queries to the PostgreSQL backend server and to receive the results of these queries." From 68a436adcd82b43b765ef578a2457215ae8f874a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dragos Andriciuc Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:20:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Add pgsm and postgis tarball component ver and minor spelling mistake fix --- docs/release-notes/release-notes-v14.21.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-v14.21.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-v14.21.md index ebb86748c..e969c4280 100644 --- a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-v14.21.md +++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-v14.21.md @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ The binary tarballs for x86_64 and ARM64 architectures have been updated in this - postgresql-common: 288 - pgbackrest: 2.58.0 - pgpool2: 4.7.0 -- pgsm: 2.3.2 +- pg_stat_monitor: 2.3.2 +- postgis: 3.5.5 See [Install Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL from binary tarballs](../tarball.md) for the download links. @@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ The following is the list of extensions available in Percona Distribution for Po | [pg_gather](https://github.com/jobinau/pg_gather) | v32 | An SQL script for running the diagnostics of the health of PostgreSQL cluster | | [pgpool2](https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=pgpool2.git;a=summary) | 4.7.0 | A middleware between PostgreSQL server and client for high availability, connection pooling and load balancing. | | [pg_repack](https://github.com/reorg/pg_repack) | 1.5.3 | Rebuilds PostgreSQL database objects | -| [pg_stat_monitor](https://github.com/percona/pg_stat_monitor) | 2.3.2 | collects and aggregates statistics for PostgreSQL and provides histogram information. | +| [pg_stat_monitor](https://github.com/percona/pg_stat_monitor) | 2.3.2 | Collects and aggregates statistics for PostgreSQL and provides histogram information. | | [pgvector](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector) | v0.8.1 | A vector similarity search for PostgreSQL | | [PostGIS](https://github.com/postgis/postgis) | 3.5.5 | A spatial extension for PostgreSQL. | | [PostgreSQL Common](https://salsa.debian.org/postgresql/postgresql-common) | 289 | PostgreSQL database-cluster manager. It provides a structure under which multiple versions of PostgreSQL may be installed and/or multiple clusters may be maintained at one time. | From 303ce5f1a8e0fcad70705ff858b8a1eb557e0405 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dragos Andriciuc Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:20:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Update date, add ydiff and update CVEs --- docs/release-notes/release-notes-v14.21.md | 3 ++- variables.yml | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-v14.21.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-v14.21.md index e969c4280..50f773335 100644 --- a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-v14.21.md +++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-v14.21.md @@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ The binary tarballs for x86_64 and ARM64 architectures have been updated in this - pgpool2: 4.7.0 - pg_stat_monitor: 2.3.2 - postgis: 3.5.5 +- ydiff: 1.4.2 See [Install Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL from binary tarballs](../tarball.md) for the download links. ### Addressed CVEs -This release includes important security measures that address the following CVEs: CVE-2025-12817, CVE-2025-12818. For more details, see the [PostgreSQL 14.21](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/release-14-21.html). +This release includes important security measures that address the following CVEs: CVE-2026-2003, CVE-2026-2004, CVE-2026-2005, CVE-2026-2006. For more details, see the [PostgreSQL 14.21](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/release-14-21.html). ## Known Issue diff --git a/variables.yml b/variables.yml index b40d16ada..f0a497e20 100644 --- a/variables.yml +++ b/variables.yml @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dockertag: '14.21' sbomtag: '14/14.21' date: - 14_21: 2026-02-15 + 14_21: 2026-02-16 14_20: 2025-12-04 14_19: 2025-09-16 14_18_1: 2025-07-15