Releasesby GlyphPostgres 18.7, 17.12, and 16.16 now available
Lakebase updated its supported Postgres versions to 18.7 , 17.12 , and 16.16 , less than 30 minutes after the PostgreSQL community released them . These minor releases include the latest upstream Postgres bug fixes and security patches. Lakebase applies a new minor version the next time your compute restarts. See Recent minor version rollouts .
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Replit Agent can now buy for your business and help you reach customers
Replit updated Replit Agent with capabilities to purchase business supplies using Link and Visa and manage advertising campaigns on Google Ads.
Table-level data lineage for BigQuery pipelines in Knowledge Catalog is GA
Google Cloud made table-level data lineage in Knowledge Catalog generally available for BigQuery pipelines, enabling tracking of data flow across pipelines.
BigQuery generative AI functions support Gemini 4 Hydrogen
BigQuery generative AI functions now support the Gemini 4 Hydrogen model in general availability.
Amazon Aurora and RDS now support Graviton5-based R9g database instances
AWS announced the general availability of Graviton5-based R9g database instances for Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS. The R9g instances offer up to 30% better performance and up to 22% improved price-performance over Graviton4 instances.
[In preview] Public Preview: SQL performance monitoring for Azure SQL Managed Instance
Microsoft launched a public preview of managed SQL performance monitoring for Azure SQL Managed Instance, providing native monitoring capabilities for business-critical database workloads.
Gemini Enterprise: Gemini 4 Hydrogen available in web app, mobile app, Workflow Builder, and AI developer tools
Gemini 4 Hydrogen is generally available across Gemini Enterprise web and mobile applications, Workflow Builder, and AI developer tools, with data residency support in the US and EU.
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Control Lakebase sink upserts with merge strategies
When you write to Lakebase from Structured Streaming, you can use merge strategies to control how upserts update individual columns. Keep the first or last value, ignore nulls, or select values by an ordering column. Merge strategies require Databricks Runtime 19 and above. See Merge strategies for upserts .
Lakebase snapshots and backup schedule APIs are generally available
The Lakebase snapshots and backup schedule APIs are now generally available. These APIs allow users to manage point-in-time snapshots and configure automated backup cadences for root branches.
Lakebase Insights moves to per-project settings, with on-demand runs (Beta)
Lakebase Insights now diagnoses issues using telemetry from the system.lakebase system tables and recommends next steps. The Lakebase Insights workspace preview enables automatic telemetry capture. Users with CAN MANAGE can configure Insights directly in each project's Settings , without creating an observability configuration.
Lakebase Search supports Chinese, Japanese, and Korean full-text search
The lakebase_tokenizer extension now supports keyword search over Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) text. These languages don't separate words with spaces, so native PostgreSQL full-text search can't split them into useful search terms.
Replicate data in and out of Lakebase with Postgres logical replication
You can now use native Postgres logical replication to stream changes into and out of Lakebase. Migrate an existing Postgres database into Lakebase and keep it in sync until you cut over, or publish changes from Lakebase to external Postgres databases. See Logical replication .
LTAP Direct Writes is generally available
LTAP Direct Writes is now generally available. It speeds up how synced tables load into Lakebase by writing the initial load and full refreshes directly to the storage layer instead of through your compute endpoint, so large loads finish faster without competing with your queries.
Supported Postgres extensions updated to new versions
The following supported Postgres extensions are now available at newer versions. Existing installations keep their current version until you update them with ALTER EXTENSION .
Lakebase Search adds a configurable text tokenizer for keyword search
The new lakebase_tokenizer extension lets you control how Lakebase Search turns text into search terms, so keyword search matches the way your data and users actually read. Native PostgreSQL full-text search gives you little control over this step.