PostgreSQL 19 Open Items

Important Dates

Current schedule:

• Feature Freeze (tentative): April 8, 2026 0:00 UTC-12

Decisions to Recheck Mid-Beta

• Do we want to keep the assertions added by commit 7dcea51c2a4d
  • Owner: Álvaro Herrera

• When exactly should we revert protocol grease?
  • Owner: Jacob Champion

Open Issues

• No method to block effective_wal_level=logical when wal_level=replica is needed

• Revert the beta-only grease patch (4966bd3ed) before RC1.
  • Owner: Jacob Champion

• pg_upgrade fails when extension_control_path is used
  • Commit: 4f7f7b0375854e2f89876473405a8f21c95012af added this feature to 18; upgrading to 19 fails.
  • Owner: Peter Eisentraut

NOTE: Please place new open items at the end of the list.

NOTE: If known, please list the Owner of the open item.

See also

• Release Management Team
• PostgreSQL 18 Open Items