What's New in PostgreSQL 18 - a Developer's Perspective
PostgreSQL 18 was officially released on September 25, 2025. No doubt the most consequential change is the new Asynchronous I/O (AIO) subsystem. However, this post focuses on the features that will impact developers in their day-to-day work, starting with native UUID v7 support.
Native UUID v7 Support#
Commit: 78c5e141e
Docs: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/datatype-uuid.html
PostgreSQL 18 introduces the uuidv7() function for generating UUID version 7 values. This native support almost closes...
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