EDB Postgres Advanced Server 17.6.0 release notes v17
Released: 14 Aug 2025
EDB Postgres Advanced Server 17.6.0 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
Deprecation
With the release of EDB Postgres Advanced Server 17, the DRITA is being deprecated and will not be included in EDB Postgres Advanced Server 18. This decision follows the introduction of EDB’s PWR and edb_wait_states extensions, which offer improved diagnostic capabilities compared to DRITA. These new extensions provide a diagnostic experience more closely aligned with Oracle’s AWR reports, making DRITA obsolete.
Note
The pgAgent and adminpack packages are end of life in EDB Postgres Advanced Server 17 and later.
| Type | Description | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Upstream merge | Merged with community PostgreSQL 17.6. This release includes a fix for CVE-2025-8713, CVE-2025-8714 and CVE-2025-8715. See the PostgreSQL 17.6 Release Notes for more information. | |
| Bug fix | Fixed an issue where a high number of concurrent failed login attempts for a user was leading to an unexpected server behavior. | |
| Bug fix | Fixed an issue by ensuring the SPL library is initialized before accessing its symbols to avoid errors. | #44514 |
| Bug fix | Fixed an issue in EDB*Loader where the SKIP parameter did not work correctly in direct-path mode on tables with column constraints. | #44853 |
| Bug fix | Fixed an issue in dblink_oci that caused a random server crash when performing bytea inserts. | #49578 |
| Bug fix | Fixed an issue where to_date() was not handling empty strings gracefully. | #49346 |
| Bug fix | Fixed an issue in edb_audit that was causing unexpected audit logs during user login. | #48070 |
| Bug fix | Fixed an issue where an error occurred with SPLIT PARTITION on tables that use a GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY column. | #49164 |
| Bug fix | Fixed an issue in SUBSTRB() that caused garbage bytes to appear in the return string. The function now replaces partial multi-byte characters with spaces to prevent this. | #46619 |
| Bug fix | Fixed an issue where edb_last_ddl_time entries were not being correctly flushed during autonomous transactions. | |
| Bug fix | Fixed an issue in automatic partitioning that was creating an edb_last_ddl_time entry even when an error occurred. | #49412 |
| Bug fix | Fixed an issue in INSTR() where it returned inaccurate results when used with multi-byte characters. | #100419, #49178 |
| Bug fix | Fixed an issue in edb_job_scheduler where the launcher process was not automatically restarting after an unexpected termination. | #50079 |