Cockroach Labs, a pioneer in cloud-native distributed SQL databases, is introducing CockroachDB 25.2, a milestone release marking a decade of transformative innovation for the company that introduces performance, flexibility, and security enhancements to help businesses scale with confidence.
According to the company, CockroachDB 25.2 makes significant improvements in scalability, performance, and security—enabling enterprises to modernize with confidence and scale globally without compromising availability or compliance.
To further validate this resilience, Cockroach Labs created the “Performance Under Adversity” benchmark. Unlike traditional tests conducted in ideal conditions, this benchmark simulates real-world failure scenarios—including disk stalls, node crashes, regional outages, and more—and demonstrates CockroachDB's ability to deliver consistent throughput and sub-second latency under adverse conditions, the company said.
As AI reshapes industries, the need for high-performance, scalable databases has surged. CockroachDB 25.2 addresses this with vector indexing, enabling faster, more accurate searches across large datasets. This allows businesses to seamlessly integrate AI models, accelerate data processing, and enhance real-time decision-making—while leveraging CockroachDB's resilient, distributed architecture.
CockroachDB's ability to handle massive workloads with seamless performance enables businesses to confidently expand, manage large-scale operations, and maintain reliability as they grow.
Whether scaling to support millions of customers or expanding into new regions, CockroachDB 25.2 offers the reliability and performance needed for businesses to thrive in a fast-paced, global digital economy, said the company.
"CockroachDB 25.2 delivers the performance, scalability, and security features that organizations need to stay ahead in today's competitive, cloud-driven world," said Peter Mattis, CTO and chief product officer at Cockroach Labs. "With this release, we're not only meeting the challenges of modern infrastructure but also paving the way for businesses to innovate with AI, scale globally, and ensure the security and compliance of their data."
Additional Innovations in CockroachDB 25.2 include:
- Enhanced Security: Includes row-level security and configurable cipher suites for stronger FIPS compliance and control.
- Fast Restore: 4x faster restore from backup in certain use cases.
- Cloud Plan Flexibility: Easily switch between Basic, Standard, and Advanced plans to align with evolving workload needs.
- Physical Cluster Replication (PCR) is now GA: Delivers low RPO/RTO for two data center setups, enabling robust disaster recovery.
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