EnterpriseDB (EDB), the leading Postgres data and AI company, unveiled its key contributions to PostgreSQL 18, building on its momentum with more than 200 new features that make it easier for organizations to run secure, high-performance, and portable applications across hybrid environments.
“PostgreSQL 18 is a milestone for developers and data teams who need a database that can keep up with the demands of AI and intelligent applications,” said Jozef de Vries, chief product engineering officer at EDB. “Our contributions—ranging from OAuth authentication to optimizer enhancements and Kubernetes-friendly extension management—make it easier for teams to adopt Postgres at scale and manage it in complex, distributed environments.”
EDB contributed numerous patches to PostgreSQL 18, with more people participating in this release than in any other in the company’s history.
EDB’s contributions to PostgreSQL include:
Open standards and security
- OAuth authentication: Adds integration with enterprise identity systems (Okta, Keycloak, LDAP), centralizing credentials and reducing operational overhead.
- SQL standards improvements: Virtual generated columns and enhanced NOT NULL constraints, making Postgres more portable and standards compliant.
Performance
- Optimizer enhancements: Faster query execution with lower memory consumption, enabling better performance out of the box for analytical and transactional workloads.
Ecosystem enablement
- Dynamic extension loading: New extension_control_path feature allows extensions to be loaded from multiple directories, simplifying Kubernetes and containerized deployments. This accelerates DevOps automation and supports hybrid enterprise deployment patterns.
- Support for new index types: Opens the door for vector and analytics-focused index development to take place outside of Postgres, delivering faster innovation, performance gains, and long-term extensibility for specialized workloads.
“I enjoy working at a company that prioritizes long-term investments in the Postgres community alongside short-term feature work,” said Jacob Champion, PostgreSQL major contributor and principal engineer at EDB. “EDB sees daily community work as essential, and so we get to help move the project forward together with everyone."
EDB’s contributions to PostgreSQL 18 reflect its mission to make Postgres the foundation for enterprise data and AI platforms, the company said.
EDB is already contributing to PostgreSQL 19 development and preparing to release EDB Postgres AI Database, which will add enterprise-grade features such as data redaction and masking, password profile enforcement, observability enhancements, and expanded Oracle compatibility to address the most demanding workloads.
As organizations prepare to run more of their mission-critical workloads on Postgres, EDB is making it easier to deliver secure, scalable, and intelligent systems, according to the company.
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