Learn about the product features of ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL and recent updates to its documentation.
For information about RDS for PostgreSQL kernel version updates, see RDS for PostgreSQL (AliPG) Kernel Minor Version Release Notes.
2026
August
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | References |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20260830 minor kernel version is now available.
| 08-30 |
January
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | References |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20260130 minor kernel version is now available.
| 01-30 |
2025
December
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | References |
New | Support for PostgreSQL 18 | RDS PostgreSQL now supports PostgreSQL 18. | 12-12 | |
New | RDS Supabase | RDS Supabase is a managed Supabase service for RDS PostgreSQL. This service lets you quickly build backend services on RDS PostgreSQL for use cases such as MVP validation, AI application development, and SaaS platforms. | 12-05 | |
New | RAG Agent | The RAG Agent is a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solution that simplifies data ingestion, processing, and retrieval for production-grade RAG applications. Through deep integration with the Supabase ecosystem, this solution automates the processing of documents from cloud storage and supports advanced features like multi-modal parsing and knowledge graph construction. This lets you efficiently add robust, knowledge base-driven Q&A to your applications. | 12-04 |
September
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | References |
New | DuckDB analysis instance | When you run complex reporting or analytical queries on your RDS PostgreSQL instance, they can consume substantial resources and affect the performance and stability of your core business operations. To address this issue, RDS PostgreSQL introduces the DuckDB analysis instance. This instance handles analytical workloads. It uses a separate node to implement read/write splitting, isolating analytical processing (AP) workloads from online transaction processing (TP) workloads. This significantly improves the efficiency of complex analytical queries without impacting the performance of the primary instance. | 09-12 | |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20250830 minor kernel version is now available.
| 09-12 | |
New | I/O burst performance | The I/O burst performance feature becomes billable on September 16, 2025 (Singapore time). For details, see the official billing announcement. | 09-02 |
July
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | References |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20250630 minor kernel version is now available.
| 07-30 | |
New | Swap connection endpoints | RDS PostgreSQL now supports one-click swapping of connection endpoints between two instances, which reduces the time needed for instance replacement. | 07-23 |
June
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | References |
New | Committed Serverless | Committed Serverless allows you to enable Serverless features on an existing RDS PostgreSQL instance with fixed specifications (subscription or pay-as-you-go). Note This feature is in public preview. | 06-14 | |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20250430 minor kernel version is now available.
| 06-13 | |
New | Global Active Database (GAD) | With Global Active Database (GAD), RDS PostgreSQL offers a disaster recovery solution that ensures business continuity and high availability. This solution combines native physical replication with Data Transmission Service (DTS) to provide a comprehensive, cost-effective cross-region disaster recovery solution. It uses a one-primary-one-standby architecture and DTS for real-time data synchronization. It provides both cross-region disaster recovery and low-latency access from nearby regions. | 06-13 |
May
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | References |
New | Upgrade major engine version | RDS PostgreSQL now supports a zero-downtime mode for major version upgrades, in addition to blue-green deployment and in-place upgrade. You can choose the mode that best fits your business requirements. | 05-21 |
March
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | References |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20250228 minor kernel version is now available.
| 03-18 | Release notes for AliPG minor kernel versions (PostgreSQL 14 to 18) |
February
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | References |
New | Column encryption | RDS PostgreSQL now supports column encryption via Data Security Center (DSC) to protect sensitive data at the column level. | 02-21 |
January
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | References |
New | rds_ai | RDS PostgreSQL introduces the | 01-14 | |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20241230 minor kernel version is now available.
| 01-14 | Release notes for AliPG minor kernel versions (PostgreSQL 14 to 18) |
2024
November
Category | Feature | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
New | Read-only instance types | Larger dedicated instance types are available for read-only instances of ApsaraDB for PostgreSQL Standard Edition. | Nov 26 | |
Enhancement | Disk encryption | You can now enable, change, or disable disk encryption for ApsaraDB for PostgreSQL in the console. | Nov 22 | |
New | Primary instance types | ApsaraDB for PostgreSQL now offers larger dedicated instance types for primary instances in the high-availability edition (Standard). | Nov 21 | |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20241030 minor kernel version is now available.
| Nov 19 | Release notes for AliPG minor engine versions (PostgreSQL 14 to 18) |
October
Category | Feature | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
New | Suspend instance | ApsaraDB for PostgreSQL now supports suspending an instance by using the | Oct 22 | |
New | Support for PostgreSQL 17 | ApsaraDB for PostgreSQL now supports PostgreSQL 17. | Oct 17 |
September
Category | Feature | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
New | AP acceleration engine (rds_duckdb) | Use the AP acceleration engine ( Important The AP acceleration engine ( | Sep 27 | |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20240830 minor kernel version is now available.
| Sep 27 | Release notes for AliPG minor engine versions (PostgreSQL 14 to 18) |
New | Disaster recovery setup | ApsaraDB for PostgreSQL provides a disaster recovery feature to ensure business continuity and high availability. This feature allows you to create cross-region disaster recovery instances. You can also create disaster recovery instances on ApsaraDB for PostgreSQL for your on-premises or other cloud-hosted instances to enable hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud disaster recovery. | Sep 25 | |
Enhancement | Plugin management | The Plugin Overview page has been upgraded to the Plugin Marketplace, which. | Sep 3 |
August
Category | Feature | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Enhancement | Major version upgrade | The major version upgrade process now offers two cutover modes: in-place upgrade and blue-green deployment.
| Aug 28 | |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20240730 minor kernel version is now available.
| Aug 19 | Release notes for AliPG minor engine versions (PostgreSQL 14 to 18) |
New | Cluster edition | ApsaraDB for PostgreSQL now supports cluster edition instances. A cluster edition instance uses a compute-storage separated architecture with one primary instance and multiple standby instances. It supports features such as automatic failover, promoting any standby to the primary role, readable standbys, on-demand node scaling, multi-zone disaster recovery, node-level monitoring, and cluster topology management. This edition is more cost-effective, flexible, and reliable than self-managed databases. | Aug 9 | |
New | High-performance disks | You can now create ApsaraDB for PostgreSQL Serverless instances with high-performance disks. | Aug 7 |
July
Category | Feature | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
New | Cross-region backup and recovery | ApsaraDB for PostgreSQL instances with disk encryption enabled now support cross-region backup and recovery. When enabled, this feature automatically backs up data to another region to meet regulatory compliance or disaster recovery needs. | Jul 24 |
June
Category | Feature | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
New | Zero-ETL integration | ApsaraDB for PostgreSQL provides a Zero-ETL integration feature to synchronize data from ApsaraDB for PostgreSQL to a data warehouse (AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL). You do not need to build or maintain a data synchronization pipeline. The pipeline is free of charge, reducing data transfer and O&M costs. | Jun 30 | |
New | High-performance disks | High-performance disk is a new storage type supported by ApsaraDB for PostgreSQL. It is compatible with all features of ESSDs and also supports I/O bursting, Buffer Pool Extension (BPE), and data archiving to OSS. | Jun 20 | |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20240530 minor kernel version is now available.
| Jun 13 | Release notes for AliPG minor engine versions (PostgreSQL 14 to 18) |
April
Category | Feature | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
New | New buy page | ApsaraDB for PostgreSQL has a new, redesigned buy page for a simpler and more convenient purchasing experience. | Apr 29 | |
New | Download backups | ApsaraDB for PostgreSQL instances that use ESSDs now support downloading backup files in CSV format with header information. This is useful for data analysis or offline archiving. You can also restore the downloaded CSV or SQL backup files to a self-managed PostgreSQL database. | Apr 15 |
March
Category | Feature | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Enhancement | Major version upgrade | ApsaraDB for PostgreSQL Serverless instances now support major version upgrades. | Mar 21 | |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20240229 minor kernel version is now available.
| Mar 21 | Release notes for AliPG minor engine versions (PostgreSQL 14 to 18) |
New | Database and table recovery | ApsaraDB for PostgreSQL instances now support database and table recovery. You can restore specific databases or tables to other existing instances from a backup set or to a point in time. This selective recovery is useful for scenarios such as correcting user errors or analyzing historical data. | Mar 15 | |
Enhancement | Serverless | ApsaraDB for PostgreSQL Serverless instances now support physical replication and logical replication. | Mar 14 | |
New | Change billing method | You can now change the billing method of an ApsaraDB for PostgreSQL instance between pay-as-you-go and Serverless. | Mar 13 |
January
Category | Feature | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Enhancement | ESSDs | The maximum storage capacity for ApsaraDB for PostgreSQL instances that use ESSDs (PL1, PL2, and PL3) has increased from 32 TB to 64 TB. | Jan 29 | |
New | Serverless | ApsaraDB for PostgreSQL Serverless now supports PostgreSQL 16. | Jan 17 | |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20231230 minor kernel version is now available.
| Jan 5 | Release notes for AliPG minor engine versions (PostgreSQL 14 to 18) |
2023
December
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
New | Database proxy | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL now offers a free, general-purpose database proxy. | 12-22 | |
New | Download backups | You can now download backups from ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instances that use ESSD PL2 or ESSD PL3 cloud disks. | 12-18 | |
New | Support for PostgreSQL 16 | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL now supports PostgreSQL 16, which is compatible with the community edition PostgreSQL 16.0. | 12-07 | |
New | Serverless | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL Serverless now supports PostgreSQL 15. | 12-06 |
November
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20231030 minor kernel version is now available.
| 11-20 | Release notes for AliPG minor kernel versions (PostgreSQL 14 to 18) |
New | Babelfish for ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL | Babelfish for ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL now supports PostgreSQL 15. | 11-06 |
October
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
Enhancement | Fast database and table recovery | The fast database and table recovery feature for ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL is now available in all regions. | 10-30 |
September
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
New | Fully encrypted database (Basic Edition) | The Basic Edition of the fully encrypted database feature does not rely on special hardware and is suitable for any instance type without Intel SGX. This feature, combined with a fully encrypted access control module, restricts data operations by database users to prevent unauthorized access. It ensures data remains usable but invisible to all database users, including DBAs, to protect data privacy. The feature also supports index acceleration plugins, additional encrypted data types, operators, and clauses. | 09-28 | |
New | Fully encrypted database (Hardware-enhanced Edition) | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL now provides Intel SGX-enabled instance types in select regions. These instance types support the fully encrypted database (Hardware-enhanced Edition) feature, which encrypts sensitive data columns in a database table. The sensitive data in these columns is transmitted, computed, and stored in ciphertext. This feature leverages hardware advantages to protect data in a trusted execution environment (TEE). Supported regions: China (Hong Kong) availability zones B and D, China (Shanghai) availability zones B and L, China (Beijing) availability zones I and K, and China (Hangzhou) availability zone K. | 09-28 | |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20230830 minor kernel version is now available.
| 09-13 | Release notes for AliPG minor kernel versions (PostgreSQL 14 to 18) |
August
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
Enhancement | Backup and restoration | The tabs on the Backup and Restoration page for ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL are reorganized. The Data Backup and Log Backup tabs are moved under the Base Backups tab. The Backup Settings tab is renamed to Backup Strategy. This change streamlines the backup management interface and improves the user experience without affecting functionality. | 08-15 | |
New | Serverless high-availability instances | The high availability series is now available for ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL Serverless instances. | 08-11 | |
Enhancement | Backup and restoration | On the Backup and Restoration page for ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL, the Archive List tab is renamed to Log Backup. This change streamlines the backup management interface and improves the user experience without affecting functionality. | 08-09 | |
Enhancement | Migrate availability zone | You can now migrate only the secondary availability zone of an ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance that uses cloud disks. | 08-03 | |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20230730 minor kernel version is now available. Fixes known issues in PostgreSQL 15. | 08-01 | Release notes for AliPG minor kernel versions (PostgreSQL 14 to 18) |
July
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
New | Manage extensions | You can now manage extensions for your ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance in the console. | 07-20 | |
Enhancement | Scale down storage for instances that use cloud disks | You can now scale down the storage capacity of ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL Serverless instances that use cloud disks. | 07-20 | Scale down the storage of an ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance that uses cloud disks |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20230630 minor kernel version is now available. The pg_jieba Chinese word segmentation plugin for PostgreSQL 14 and 15 now allows you to specify whether to use the default dictionary during searches. | 07-11 | Release notes for AliPG minor kernel versions (PostgreSQL 14 to 18) |
New | Connection pooling (PgBouncer) | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL now supports a connection pool feature (PgBouncer) to reduce the performance impact of frequent connection creation and termination on your instance. | 07-05 |
June
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20230530 minor kernel version is now available.
| 06-08 | Release notes for AliPG minor kernel versions (PostgreSQL 14 to 18) |
Enhancement | Upgrade minor kernel version | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instances that use cloud disks now support a policy for minor kernel version upgrades. If the minor kernel version of your instance is outdated, it is automatically upgraded during the specified maintenance window. | 06-08 | |
New | Basic series specifications | Dedicated instance types are now available for the Basic series of ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL to meet more business needs. | 06-02 |
May
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
Enhancement | Serverless | You can now configure auto start/stop policies and modify the scaling policy for ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL Serverless instances. | 05-18 | |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20230430 minor kernel version is now available.
| 05-16 | Release notes for AliPG minor kernel versions (PostgreSQL 14 to 18) |
April
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
New | Fast database and table recovery | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instances that use cloud disks now support fast database and table recovery. You can restore specified databases or tables to the original instance from a backup set or to a specific point in time without restoring all data. This feature is ideal for quickly correcting accidental operations and analyzing historical data. | 04-12 | |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20230330 minor kernel version is now available.
| 04-12 | Release notes for AliPG minor kernel versions (PostgreSQL 14 to 18) |
Enhancement | Change specifications | You can now scale down the storage capacity of an instance that uses cloud disks by changing its specifications. | 04-11 | Change the specifications of an ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance |
New | Serverless (General Availability) | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL Serverless is a new product form based on a cloud disk architecture. It provides real-time CPU and memory elasticity, offers on-demand billing for computing resources, and is cost-effective, easy to use, and flexible. | 04-10 | [Notice] ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL Serverless is now generally available |
March
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
New | WAL log management | You can now delete inactive replication slots for your ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance in the console or by using an API call to reduce WAL log disk usage. | 03-30 | |
Enhancement | Change specifications | You can now switch the architecture of an ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance between x86 and ARM. | 03-22 | Change the specifications of an ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance |
Enhancement | Create instance | You can now specify a port when you create an ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance. | 03-16 | |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20230228 minor kernel version is now available.
| 03-07 | Release notes for AliPG minor kernel versions (PostgreSQL 14 to 18) |
January
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20221230 minor kernel version is now available. | 01-17 | Release notes for AliPG minor kernel versions (PostgreSQL 14 to 18) |
New | Task Center | The Task Center feature is now available in the ApsaraDB RDS console. After you perform an operation on an instance, you can use the Task Center to view the progress of the current task and details of historical tasks. You can also modify the switchover time for some tasks. | 01-03 | |
New | Support for PostgreSQL 15 | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL now supports PostgreSQL 15, which is compatible with the community edition PostgreSQL 15.1. | 01-03 |
2022
December
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
New feature | Performance events | RDS now supports performance events. You can view details and statistics for exception, optimization, and auto scaling events on database instances, including their status as scheduled, running, or completed. | 12-30 | |
New feature | Support for PostgreSQL 15 | RDS for PostgreSQL now supports PostgreSQL 15 and is compatible with community version 15.1. | 12-16 | |
New feature | ARM-based instances | You can now create ARM-based PostgreSQL instances on RDS. | 12-02 |
November
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
New | transparent data encryption (TDE) | Adds support for transparent data encryption (TDE) at the table and index levels. | 11-29 | |
New | self-service connection diagnostics | Adds a self-service connection diagnostics feature to diagnose and resolve connection issues with RDS from an ECS instance's internal IP address or a client's public IP address. | 11-28 | |
New | Minor kernel version release | The 20221030 minor kernel version is now available.
| 11-24 | Release notes for minor engine versions of ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL 14 to 18 |
October
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
Enhancement | new general-purpose instance type | The new general-purpose instance type now supports one-click go-live. | 10-17 | |
New feature | parameter template | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL now supports parameter templates. Use them to modify parameters in bulk and quickly apply the changes to multiple instances. | 10-14 | |
New feature | advanced download | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL cloud disk instances now support advanced download. You can create a download task for any point in time or from a specific backup set, and then download the data via a URL or write it directly to OSS. | 10-11 |
September
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
New feature | Specify a kernel minor version |
| 09-16 | |
Enhancement | Set instance parameters | You can now use expressions for instance parameters that depend on the instance specification. When the instance specification changes, the parameter values adjust automatically to match. | 09-15 | |
New feature | Delete manual backup sets | You can now delete manual backup sets in the RDS console. | 09-14 | |
Enhancement | New general-purpose instance specifications | The new general-purpose instance specifications now support connecting to a self-managed domain, upgrading from Basic Edition to High-availability Edition, and migrating instances across availability zones. | 09-09 | |
New feature | Kernel version release | Kernel minor version 20220830 is now available.
| 09-01 | Release notes for AliPG kernel minor versions (PostgreSQL 14–18) |
August
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
Improvement | Modify data replication method | You can now modify the data replication method for RDS PostgreSQL from the console. | 08-18 | |
New feature | Minor kernel version release | The 20220730 minor kernel version is now available.
| 08-05 | AliPG minor kernel version release notes (PostgreSQL 14 to 18) |
Improvement | View enhanced monitoring | You can now view more memory-related metrics. | 08-04 |
July
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
Enhancement | Migrate across zones | You can now migrate Basic Edition general-purpose instances with cloud disks across availability zones. | July 15 | |
Enhancement | Database proxy | Database proxy is now available in the Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Germany (Frankfurt), and US (Virginia) regions, and in additional availability zones. | July 15 | |
New | High-frequency snapshot backup | RDS PostgreSQL now supports high-frequency snapshot backups. You can configure backups to run at intervals ranging from 15 minutes to 12 hours. | July 15 | |
Enhancement | Babelfish for RDS PostgreSQL | You can now enable Babelfish when you create a PostgreSQL 14 instance. | July 11 | |
Enhancement | Change configuration |
| July 7 | |
New | New general-purpose instance type | The new general-purpose instance type is now available in the Japan (Tokyo) region. | July 7 |
June
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | References |
New feature | Minor kernel version release | The 20220630 minor kernel version is now available.
| 06-23 | Release notes for AliPG minor kernel versions (PostgreSQL 14–18) |
Enhancement | Major version upgrade | You can now scale in storage space during a major version upgrade for an instance with high-performance local disks. | 06-22 | |
Enhancement | Change specifications | You can now change the storage type for Basic Edition instances with cloud disks. | 06-17 | |
Enhancement | Change specifications | Increasing storage space or changing the storage type for an ESSD cloud disk does not interrupt your services. The changes take effect immediately. | 06-14 | |
New feature | SSL encryption | SSL encryption is now available for the new general-purpose instance type. | 06-09 | |
New feature | Automatic storage expansion | Automatic storage expansion is now available for RDS PostgreSQL instances with cloud disks. When the remaining storage space on your database instance drops to the specified expansion threshold, an automatic expansion is triggered to maintain service stability. | 06-02 | |
Enhancement | Babelfish for RDS PostgreSQL | You can now initialize the Babelfish management account when you create a Babelfish for RDS PostgreSQL instance. | 06-02 |
May
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
Enhancement | database proxy (read/write splitting) |
| 05-27 | |
Enhancement | data backup | The data backup retention period for PostgreSQL 10 Basic Edition instances is now customizable:
| 05-27 | |
New feature | Performance Center | Introduces Performance Center, which includes features such as the monitoring dashboard. Note RDS began a gradual rollout of the Performance Center feature on May 20, 2022. | 05-20 | |
New feature | Babelfish for RDS PostgreSQL | You can now create Babelfish for RDS PostgreSQL instances, which can parse and execute SQL Server T-SQL statements. | 05-17 | |
New feature | Enterprise Console | The RDS Enterprise Console is now generally available. It lets you perform bulk operations, such as modifying parameters, editing tags, and renewing instances, which simplifies management for customers with multiple instances. | 05-11 | |
New feature | database proxy (read/write splitting) | Introduces a database proxy with an automatic read/write splitting feature. | 05-07 |
April
Category | Feature name | Description | Release date | Related documents |
New feature | Create read-only instance | The new general-purpose instance type now supports creating read-only instances. | 04-22 | |
New feature | RAM permission policy | You can restrict permissions for RAM users by using a RAM permission policy, which includes 12 conditions. | 04-14 | Restrict permissions for a RAM user by using a RAM permission policy |
New feature | Major version upgrade | The new general-purpose instance type now supports major version upgrades. | 04-14 | |
Enhancement | Read-only instance price reduction | Prices are reduced for read-only RDS PostgreSQL instances with cloud disks. | 04-12 |
March
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | References |
New feature | Kernel minor version release | The 20220228 kernel minor version is now available.
| 03-18 | |
Enhancement | One-click cloud migration | One-click cloud migration now supports PostgreSQL instances accessible over the public internet. | 03-17 | |
Enhancement | Failover logs | The Failover Logs feature moved from the log management page to the service availability page in the RDS console. | 03-16 | |
New feature | New instance type | The high-availability cloud disk storage option now includes a general-purpose instance type. | 03-15 | |
New feature | Termination protection | You can now enable termination protection for pay-as-you-go instances that run critical workloads. This feature prevents the manual release of instances, to avoid irreversible consequences from operational errors. | 03-08 | |
Enhancement | Recycle bin for manually released instances | Manually released pay-as-you-go instances that were created more than seven days ago are now moved to the instance recycle bin. From the recycle bin, you can restore or destroy these instances. | 03-07 |
February
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
Enhancement | Migrate availability zone | The Migrate availability zone feature now supports high-availability cloud disk instances. | 02-24 |
January
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | References |
New feature | minor kernel version | The 20220130 minor kernel version is now available.
| 01-30 | Release notes for AliPG minor kernel versions (PostgreSQL 14 to 18) |
2021
December
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
Improvement | Create accounts and databases for instances with high-performance local disks | You can now create accounts, including multiple privileged accounts, and databases for ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instances that use high-performance local disks. | 12-30 | |
New feature | Support for the PostgreSQL 14 major version | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL now supports major version 14, which is compatible with the community edition of PostgreSQL 14.1. | 12-24 | |
New feature | Prevent the creation of RDS instances with unencrypted disks | You can use a RAM policy to prevent a RAM user from creating RDS instances with disk encryption disabled. | 12-20 | |
New feature | One-click cloud migration | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL offers a fast, simple, and stable one-click cloud migration feature for self-managed PostgreSQL databases on ECS instances or in IDCs, significantly improving migration efficiency. | 12-15 |
November
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
Improvement | Cross-region backup | The cross-region backup feature for ApsaraDB RDS now supports multiple additional regions. | 11-26 | |
New feature | Join a self-managed AD domain | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL can now join a self-managed AD domain, enabling centralized enterprise management and improving access security. | 11-25 | Join a self-managed AD domain for ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL |
New feature | Public backup downloads are now billable | Following an upgrade to the backup download feature, egress traffic fees will apply to public backup downloads that exceed the free quota. | 11-25 | |
Improvement | Read-only instances now support the subscription billing method | You can now create read-only instances for ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL using either the subscription or pay-as-you-go billing method. | 11-17 |
October
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
New feature | Synchronize IP whitelists from a primary instance to specified read-only instances | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL now allows you to synchronize the IP whitelist of a primary instance to specified read-only instances. | 10-19 | |
Improvement | One-click alert enhancement: Built-in system alerts are now provided | When you enable one-click alerts for an ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance, the system displays built-in alert items. This feature helps you quickly configure RDS alerts to be notified of anomalies in key metrics. | 10-14 |
September
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
Improvement | DescribeDBInstances API operation supports a new pagination method | You can set the number of records per page by using the | 10-15 | |
Improvement | Cross-region backup now supports instances that use cloud disks | The cross-region backup feature for ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL now supports instances that use cloud disks. Note Instances with disk encryption enabled do not support cross-region backup. | 09-26 | |
New feature | Enhanced monitoring | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL now includes enhanced monitoring, which offers more detailed system and PostgreSQL database metrics than standard monitoring. | 09-01 |
August
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
New feature | Set a time zone when you create an ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance | You can now set a specific time zone when creating an ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance. | 08-20 |
July
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
Improvement | Database account name length adjustment | Database account names for instances that use cloud disks must now be between 2 and 63 characters long. | 07-20 | |
New feature | Upgrade major version | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL now supports major version upgrades for Basic Edition instances. | 07-01 |
June
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
New feature | Always Encrypted database | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL 11 provides the Always Encrypted database feature. Data is encrypted on the client side before being sent to the cloud database. This method effectively defends against both external and internal security threats and protects your data at all times. | 06-16 | |
New feature | One-click alert | You can enable one-click alerts to quickly set up an alert system for RDS. This ensures you are promptly notified of anomalies in key monitoring metrics. | 06-01 |
May
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
New feature | Select the availability zone for a secondary node | You can now select a specific availability zone for the secondary node when creating an instance. | 05-27 | |
New feature | Configure SSL encryption | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instances on version 10 or later that use cloud disks now support SSL encryption with custom certificates. | 05-06 |
March
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
New feature | Second-level backup | After you enable second-level backup, each data backup takes only one second to complete. | 03-18 | |
Improvement | Storage type upgrade | You can now upgrade the storage type, for example, from an SSD cloud disk to an ESSD cloud disk. | 03-18 | |
New feature | Cross-region backup | This feature automatically copies local backup files to another region. Cross-region data backups can be used for regulatory compliance and disaster recovery. | 03-05 |
February
Category | Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
New feature | Upgrade major version | ApsaraDB RDS now supports major version upgrades for PostgreSQL instances. | 02-08 |
2020
December
Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
PostgreSQL 13 | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL now supports PostgreSQL 13 for both Basic Edition and High-availability Edition instances. | 2020-12-29 |
November
Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
AliPG | The AliPG kernel for PostgreSQL is updated to version 20201130. | 2020-11-16 | Release notes for AliPG minor engine versions (PostgreSQL 14 to 18) |
Spatio-temporal engine | The GanosBase spatio-temporal engine is upgraded to version 3.2. | 2020-11-16 |
September
Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
Spatio-temporal engine | Version 3.0 of the GanosBase spatio-temporal engine is now available. | 2020-09-09 | |
AliPG | AliPG version 20200830 is now available. This version upgrades the GanosBase extension to version 3.0 and adds support for the SQL Firewall and TimescaleDB extensions. | 2020-09-09 | Release notes for AliPG minor engine versions (PostgreSQL 14 to 18) |
RAM authorization | Best practice: Use Resource Access Management (RAM) to authorize a RAM user to manage ApsaraDB RDS instances. | 2020-09-08 | |
hll extension | Best practice: Use the | 2020-09-07 | User preference recommendation system (an application of approximate computing in PostgreSQL) |
July
Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
New instance types | Seventeen new instance types are available for High-availability Edition instances of ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL on cloud disks. The new instance types provide 2 to 104 vCPUs. | 2020-07-20 |
April
Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
Billing method | You can now switch the billing method of an ApsaraDB RDS instance from subscription to pay-as-you-go. | 2020-04-21 | Change the billing method of an instance from subscription to pay-as-you-go |
Extensions | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL now supports new extensions, including | 2020-04-21 | |
Foreign tables | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL now supports foreign tables for SQL Server and Sybase. | 2020-04-03 | N/A |
March
Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
Multi-AZ deployment | High-availability Edition instances of ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL on cloud disks now support multi-AZ deployment. | 2020-03-08 |
February
Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
Reserved connections | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL reserves a number of connections for | 2020-02-22 | Release notes for AliPG minor engine versions (PostgreSQL 14 to 18) |
plv8 | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL 12 now supports the | 2020-02-22 | N/A |
SQL translation | You can now translate Oracle syntax to PostgreSQL syntax. | 2020-02-14 | |
wal2json extension | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL 12 now supports the | 2020-02-14 |
January
Feature | Description | Release date | Related documentation |
pg_cron extension | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL 11 now supports the | 2020-01-14 | |
plv8 | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL 11 now supports the | 2020-01-14 | N/A |
log_fdw extension | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL 11 now supports the | 2020-01-14 | |
wal2json extension | ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL 12 now supports the | 2020-01-14 | |
ESSD performance levels | The High-availability Edition of ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL 10 now supports additional ESSD performance levels: | 2020-01-07 |
2019
December
Feature | Description | Release date | Related documents |
pg_roaringbitmap plugin | RDS for PostgreSQL 12 adds the pg_roaringbitmap plugin for real-time user profiling and audience segmentation. | 2019-12-31 | |
Monitoring and alerting | RDS for PostgreSQL Cloud Disk Edition now supports engine monitoring and alerting. | 2019-12-31 | N/A |
New version | RDS for PostgreSQL 12 Basic Edition is now available. | 2019-12-17 | |
SSL | RDS for PostgreSQL Cloud Disk Edition now allows you to enable or disable SSL in the console. | 2019-12-17 | |
Switch VSwitch | You can now switch the VSwitch for an RDS for PostgreSQL Cloud Disk Edition instance. | 2019-12-17 | |
Service account authorization | RDS for PostgreSQL now supports service account authorization, allowing you to create a temporary account in the console for Alibaba Cloud technical support to troubleshoot instance issues. | 2019-12-17 | Authorize a service account |
November
Feature | Description | Release date | Related documents |
Read and write external MySQL tables | RDS for PostgreSQL 10 Cloud Disk Edition instances now support the mysql_fdw extension to read and write data in RDS for MySQL instances or self-managed MySQL databases. | 2019-11-13 |
October
Feature | Description | Release date | Related documents |
Decoupling of storage from specifications | Storage space is now decoupled from specifications, allowing you to purchase any storage size for any specification, which helps reduce costs for storage-intensive and compute-intensive workloads. | 2019-10-24 | |
Read and write external PostgreSQL tables | RDS for PostgreSQL 11 Cloud Disk Edition instances now provide the dblink and postgres_fdw extensions, allowing you to perform cross-database operations on tables. | 2019-10-24 | |
Support for up to 32 TB of storage space | The maximum storage capacity now varies by edition and disk type: 6 TB for the Basic Edition, 6 TB for the High-availability Edition with either high-performance local disks or SSD cloud disks, and 32 TB for the High-availability Edition with ESSD cloud disks. | 2019-10-24 | |
PostgreSQL 11 | RDS for PostgreSQL 11 is now available. | 2019-10-24 |
September
Feature | Description | Release date | Related documents |
New buy page | A new buy page is now available for RDS. | 2019-09-12 | |
Cloud disk encryption | RDS for PostgreSQL now supports cloud disk encryption for enhanced data protection. | 2019-09-04 |
July
Feature | Description | Release date | Related documents |
Support for 5-year subscriptions | You can now purchase RDS subscriptions for periods of up to five years. | 2019-07-20 |