Password Rotation
You can now rotate the database password for thexata PostgreSQL user directly from the Console or CLI. This security feature allows you to generate new credentials without disrupting existing connections.Key features:- Rotate passwords through the branch settings page in the Console
- Use the new
xata branch rotate-passwordCLI command - Existing database connections remain active during rotation
- PgBouncer automatically picks up the new password for connection pooling
PostgreSQL Minor Version Upgrades
You can now upgrade your branches to newer minor versions of PostgreSQL through the Console, CLI, and API. This allows you to apply bug fixes and performance improvements from newer PostgreSQL releases while maintaining the same major version.When upgrading:- Only minor version upgrades are supported (e.g., 17.5 → 17.7)
- The PostgreSQL offering type (postgres or analytics) must remain the same
- Downgrades and major version changes are not permitted
- Upgrades trigger a rolling update of your branch instances
Connection Pooler Endpoint
You can now connect to your Xata database through a connection pooler endpoint using PgBouncer. This is particularly useful for applications that create many short-lived connections, as the pooler maintains a pool of persistent connections to the database and reuses them across client requests.When enabled, you can connect to your branch using the-pooler suffix in your connection string (e.g., {branch-id}-pooler). This routes your connections through PgBouncer for efficient connection pooling.Learn more about connection endpoints.CLI Download Progress
The Xata CLI now displays download progress when upgrading or downloading pgroll and pgstream binaries. You’ll see a progress bar with percentage completion, making it easier to track the status of binary downloads duringxata upgrade and xata stream/roll download commands.Enhanced Authentication Debugging
When using theXATA_API_KEY environment variable for authentication, the CLI now provides helpful debug logging. If a command fails and you’re using an API key from the environment, you’ll see a note indicating this, making it easier to troubleshoot authentication issues.Multiple PostgreSQL Image Sources
You can now choose from multiple PostgreSQL image sources when creating or configuring branches. In addition to the standardpostgres image, we now support:- Analytics: Optimized PostgreSQL images for analytical workloads with specialized extensions and configurations
Sep 26, 2025
PG18 support, choosing a default database, preloaded libraries, new metrics and simplified onboarding.
Support for Postgres 18!
Postgres 18 was officially released yesterday 🥳 We’ve been testing the alpha, beta and release candidates as they’ve come out to have PG18 support on day one. We won’t be defaulting to PG18 likely until 18.1, but it’s now available for everyone in our private beta.Project-level Default Database
There are many views within a project that use the database selected. If there’s more than one database, sometimes it’s not the one you expected. We’ve had a few requests to introduce the ability to define a default database to make things like copying connection strings easier. You can now set a project level default database that all views and child branches will default to within the console.Preloaded libraries
You can now configure extensions and libraries be preloaded with your branches. These will be loaded into shared memory and available for all databases on the branch.Streamlined Onboarding
Previously there were many steps to onboarding — create an organization, create a project and create your branch. This was unneccessary friction and we’ve simplified this initial experience into a single screen.New Metrics
We’ve added two more metrics for WAL sync time and replication lag time. These new metrics require additional Postgres settings to be enabled. If they aren’t enabled, you will now be prompted to enable to view the metrics.Branch Settings Menu
It’s the little things in life. We had too many branch settings and the page was getting bloated. As a result, we’ve added a new menu and search to help you get to the setting you need.Scale to Zero
You can now configure a branch to scale to zero after a duration of inactivity. Set project defaults or branch specific settings for the duration of inactivity. You can also manually hibernate a branch. Learn more about scale to zero here.New Frankfurt Region
AWS Frankfurt is now available as a region 🎉Endpoint Routing
When buidling your connection string, you can now choose to route traffic to your primary instance only, primary and read replicas or read replicas only.PostgreSQL Configuration
From your branch settings page, you can now configure PostgreSQL settings directly in the console. Some maximum values are set by the instance size in use.General SQL ✨
Generate SQL queries through natural language and explore your data simply by asking a question.