PostgreSQL Fix Velocity — Changelog
142
Distinct fixes, latest release
29
Security fixes, latest release
31
CVEs closed, latest release
83
Distinct fixes so far, next release
0
Security fixes so far, next release (embargoed until wrap)
0
CVEs closed so far, next release (embargoed until wrap)
A fix backpatched to all branches appears on each line; shipped releases only (the upcoming release has no changelog yet)
Fixes per Scheduled Minor Release, by Major Version
A fix backpatched to all branches appears on each line; shipped releases only (the upcoming release has no changelog yet)
2022
April
July
October
2023
April
July
October
2024
April
July
October
2025
April
July
October
2026
April
July
0
50
100
150
changelog items, pooled trend, trend excluding latest release
PG18
PG17
PG16
PG15
PG14
pooled trend
trend excluding latest release
Distinct fixes; backpatched duplicates collapsed across branches
Category Mix per Full-Quarter Release
Distinct fixes; backpatched duplicates collapsed across branches
Category
Partitioning & inheritance
Extensions & contrib
Storage, vacuum & TOAST
Client interfaces
Numeric, overflow & limits
Build & platform
Indexes
Planner & optimizer
Data types, text & collation
Replication & recovery
Client tools
Concurrency, locking & crashes
Execution & correctness
linear trend (full-quarter releases)
trend excluding Aug '26
2022
July
2023
July
2024
July
2025
July
2026
July
0
50
100
150
100% stacked
Same Data as Shares of Each Release
100% stacked
2022
July
2023
July
2024
July
2025
July
2026
July
0.0%
50.0%
100.0%
Partitioning & inheritance
Extensions & contrib
Storage, vacuum & TOAST
Numeric, overflow & limits
Client interfaces
Build & platform
Indexes
Planner & optimizer
Data types, text & collation
Replication & recovery
Client tools
Execution & correctness
Concurrency, locking & crashes
Re-releases shipped one or two weeks after a scheduled release
The Out-of-Band Emergency Releases
Re-releases shipped one or two weeks after a scheduled release
Category
Execution & correctness
Concurrency, locking & crashes
Data types, text & collation
Replication & recovery
Planner & optimizer
Build & platform
Client interfaces
Indexes
Client tools
0
5
10
15
20
2022-06 re-release
2024-11 re-release
2025-02 re-release
2026-02 re-release
CVE-bearing fixes per scheduled release, by CVSS v3 severity band
The Security Hockey Stick
CVE-bearing fixes per scheduled release, by CVSS v3 severity band
Band
LOW
MEDIUM
HIGH
linear trend (full-quarter releases)
trend excluding Aug '26
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
0
10
20
30
Names credited in the release notes; first-time = new to this 2022+ corpus
Contributors per Release: First-Time vs Returning
Names credited in the release notes; first-time = new to this 2022+ corpus
2022
April
July
October
2023
April
July
October
2024
April
July
October
2025
April
July
October
2026
April
July
0
20
40
60
80
first-time
returning
Historical distinct fixes per full-quarter release, with four scenarios for the next release
Next-Release Projection Scenarios
Historical distinct fixes per full-quarter release, with four scenarios for the next release
2022
April
July
October
2023
April
July
October
2024
April
July
October
2025
April
July
October
2026
April
July
October
50
100
150
distinct fixes, Scenario,
distinct fixes
escalation
regime repeat
reversion
trend
Scenario Assumptions
Projected dt
Scenario
fixes
Assumption
12 Nov 2026
reversion
75
the latest release was a one-off: return to the mean of the few full-quarter releases before it (reversion_baseline_releases of them), with a
one-sample-standard-deviation band over every earlier release but the latest
12 Nov 2026
trend
93
least-squares line through every earlier full-quarter release, extended one slot
12 Nov 2026
regime repeat
142
whatever produced the latest release keeps delivering at that level
12 Nov 2026
escalation
144
the latest release is the new base and growth continues at the fitted trend rate
All Release Releases
Release dt
Versions
Distinct fix (Count)
Security fix (Count)
Distinct cve (Count)
Is out of band
13 Aug 2026
14.24 / 15.19 / 16.15 / 17.11 / 18.6
142
29
31
—
14 May 2026
14.23 / 15.18 / 16.14 / 17.10 / 18.4
73
14
11
—
26 Feb 2026
14.22 / 15.17 / 16.13 / 17.9 / 18.3
9
2
2
yes
12 Feb 2026
14.21 / 15.16 / 16.12 / 17.8 / 18.2
75
5
5
—
13 Nov 2025
14.20 / 15.15 / 16.11 / 17.7 / 18.1
78
2
2
—
14 Aug 2025
14.19 / 15.14 / 16.10 / 17.6
71
3
5
—
8 May 2025
14.18 / 15.13 / 16.9 / 17.5
63
1
1
—
20 Feb 2025
14.17 / 15.12 / 16.8 / 17.4
4
1
1
yes
13 Feb 2025
14.16 / 15.11 / 16.7 / 17.3
75
1
1
—
21 Nov 2024
14.15 / 15.10 / 16.6 / 17.2
8
1
1
yes
14 Nov 2024
14.14 / 15.9 / 16.5 / 17.1
69
4
4
—
8 Aug 2024
14.13 / 15.8 / 16.4
55
2
2
—
9 May 2024
14.12 / 15.7 / 16.3
58
1
1
—
8 Feb 2024
14.11 / 15.6 / 16.2
71
1
1
—
9 Nov 2023
14.10 / 15.5 / 16.1
72
3
3
—
10 Aug 2023
14.9 / 15.4
49
2
2
—
11 May 2023
14.8 / 15.3
83
2
2
—
9 Feb 2023
14.7 / 15.2
59
1
1
—
10 Nov 2022
14.6 / 15.1
47
0
0
—
11 Aug 2022
14.5
39
2
2
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