<div class="text">
<p>
<strong>
- 2023-05-11 -
- <a href="/about/news/postgresql-153-148-1311-1215-and-1120-released-2637/">
- PostgreSQL 15.3, 14.8, 13.11, 12.15, and 11.20 Released!
+ 2023-05-25 -
+ <a href="/about/news/postgresql-16-beta-1-released-2643/">
+ PostgreSQL 16 Beta 1 Released!
</a>
</strong>
</p>
<p>
- The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has
- <a href="/download/">released an update</a> to all supported
- versions of PostgreSQL, including 15.3, 14.8, 13.11, 12.15, and 11.20.
- This release fixes two security vulnerabilities and over 80 bugs
- reported over the last several months.
+ The PostgreSQL Global Development Group announces that the
+ <a href="/about/news/postgresql-16-beta-1-released-2643/">
+ first beta release of PostgreSQL 16
+ </a>
+ is now <a href="/download/">available for download</a>. This release
+ contains previews of all features that will be available when
+ PostgreSQL 16 is made generally available, though some details of the
+ release can change during the beta period.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ You can find information about all of the features and changes found
+ in PostgreSQL 16 in the
+ <a href="/docs/16/release-16.html">release notes</a>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ In the spirit of the open source PostgreSQL community, we strongly
+ encourage you to <a href="/developer/beta/"></a>test</a> the new
+ features of PostgreSQL 16 on your systems to help us eliminate bugs or
+ other issues that may exist. While we do not advise you to run
+ PostgreSQL 16 Beta 1 in production environments, we encourage you to
+ find ways to run your typical application workloads against this beta
+ release.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Your testing and feedback will help the community ensure that the
+ PostgreSQL 16 release upholds our standards of delivering a stable,
+ reliable release of the world's most advanced open source relational
+ database.
</p>
<p>
PostgreSQL 11 will stop receiving fixes on November 9, 2023. If you
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- PostgreSQL 15.3, 14.8, 13.11, 12.15, and 11.20 Released!
+ <a href="/about/news/postgresql-16-beta-1-released-2643/">
+ PostgreSQL 16 Beta 1 Released!
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<p>
- The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has
- <a href="/download/">released an update</a> to all supported versions
- of PostgreSQL, including 15.3, 14.8, 13.11, 12.15, and 11.20. This
- release fixes two security vulnerabilities and over 80 bugs reported
- over the last several months.
+ The PostgreSQL Global Development Group announces that the
+ <a href="/about/news/postgresql-16-beta-1-released-2643/">
+ first beta release of PostgreSQL 16
+ </a>
+ is now <a href="/download/">available for download</a>. This release
+ contains previews of all features that will be available when
+ PostgreSQL 16 is made generally available, though some details of the
+ release can change during the beta period.
</p>
<p>
- PostgreSQL 11 will stop receiving fixes on November 9, 2023. If you
- are running PostgreSQL 11 in a production environment, we suggest that
- you make plans to upgrade to a newer, supported version of PostgreSQL.
- Please see our <a href="/support/versioning/">versioning policy</a>
- for more information.
+ You can find information about all of the features and changes found
+ in PostgreSQL 16 in the
+ <a href="/docs/16/release-16.html">release notes</a>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ In the spirit of the open source PostgreSQL community, we strongly
+ encourage you to <a href="/developer/beta/"></a>test</a> the new
+ features of PostgreSQL 16 on your systems to help us eliminate bugs or
+ other issues that may exist. While we do not advise you to run
+ PostgreSQL 16 Beta 1 in production environments, we encourage you to
+ find ways to run your typical application workloads against this beta
+ release.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Your testing and feedback will help the community ensure that the
+ PostgreSQL 16 release upholds our standards of delivering a stable,
+ reliable release of the world's most advanced open source relational
+ database.
</p>
<p>
For the full list of changes, please review the
the <a href="/download/">download</a> page.
</p>
<ul class="bold">
- <li><a href="/about/news/postgresql-153-148-1311-1215-and-1120-released-2637/">Release Announcement</a></li>
- <li><a href="/docs/release/">Release Notes</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/about/news/postgresql-16-beta-1-released-2643/">Release Announcement</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/docs/16/release-16.html">Release Notes</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/developer/beta/">Beta Testing Information</a></li>
<li><a href="/support/versioning/">Versioning Policy</a>
- <li><a href="/about/press/">PostgreSQL 15 Press Kit & Translations</a></li>
<li><a href="/download/">Download</a></li>
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are subject to changes that are backwards incompatible at any time during
the development of the betas, and could possibly be removed altogether.</p>
+{% comment %}
<p>
<strong>PostgreSQL 15 is released</strong>. The first beta of version 16
is not yet available for testing. Beta testing of version 16 is likely to
begin around May 2023.
</p>
+{% endcomment %}
-{% comment %}
<p>
- The current beta release is <strong>PostgreSQL 15 RC 2</strong>. For more
+ The current beta release is <strong>PostgreSQL 16 Beta 1</strong>. For more
information on the current beta release and how to test, please view the links
below.
</p>
<ul>
<li>
- <a href="/about/news/postgresql-15-rc-2-released-2521/">PostgreSQL 15 RC 2 Release Announcement</a>
+ <a href="/about/news/postgresql-16-beta-1-released-2643/">PostgreSQL 16 Beta 1 Release Announcement</a>
</li>
<li>
- <a href="/ftp/source/v15rc2/">Download PostgreSQL 15 RC 2 source code</a>
+ <a href="/ftp/source/v16beta1/">Download PostgreSQL 16 Beta 1 source code</a>
</li>
<li>
- <a href="/docs/15/">PostgreSQL 15 Documentation</a>
+ <a href="/docs/16/">PostgreSQL 16 Documentation</a>
</li>
<li>
- <a href="/docs/15/release-15.html">PostgreSQL 15 Release Notes</a>
+ <a href="/docs/16/release-16.html">PostgreSQL 16 Release Notes</a>
</li>
<li>
- <a href="https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_15_Open_Items">PostgreSQL 15 Open Items</a>
+ <a href="https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_16_Open_Items">PostgreSQL 16 Open Items</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/HowToBetaTest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Guide to PostgreSQL Beta Testing</a>
</li>
</ul>
-{% endcomment %}
{%endblock%}