Performance improvements
UpdateUnverifiedAdded Sep 24, 2026
- Sorting is 2x+ faster: Complete rewrite of sorting uses less memory and scales better across threads for ORDER BY, window functions, and list sorting More efficient small writes: Appending small numbers of rows now writes far fewer bytes 5x faster checkpointing: Reuses table metadata when tables aren't altered during checkpoint Parallel connection...
Topics: Performance
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| Oct 9 | SQL syntax updatesunverified Update | Update |
| Oct 9 | Parquet improvementsunverified Update | Update |
| Oct 9 | [Preview] DuckLake 0.3unverified Preview | Preview |
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| Nov 14 | - DuckDB 1.4.2: MotherDuck supports DuckDB 1.4.2, a bugfix releaseunverified Update | Update |
| Dec 4 | - Transient storage filter in Settings: The Databases page in Settings in the MotherDuck UI now supports...unverified Update | Update |
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| Oct 9 |  Modal | Modal 1.2.0unverified | Modal | Beta |
| Oct 9 |  Cloudflare | Workers - You can now deploy full-stack apps on Workers using Terraformunverified | Cloudflare developer platform | Beta |
| Oct 9 | Cloudflare | Workers - You can now deploy and manage Workflows in Terraformunverified | Cloudflare developer platform | Beta |
| Oct 9 | Cloudflare | Radar - Expanded CT log activity insights on Cloudflare Radarunverified | Cloudflare developer platform | Update |
| Oct 9 |  Linear | Label descriptions and archivingunverified | Linear | Update |
| Oct 9 |  Sentry | Serilog Integration for .NETunverified | Sentry | Update |
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