Version Overview
[Release Date: June 17, 2026]
IvorySQL 5.4 is built on PostgreSQL 18.4 and includes a variety of bug fixes. For a comprehensive list of updates, please visit our documentation site.
Upstream Updates
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PostgreSQL 18.4
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Prevent unbounded recursion while processing startup packets.
- Fix assorted integer overflows in memory-allocation calculations.
- Properly quote subscription names in pg_createsubscriber.
- Properly quote object names in logical replication origin checks.
- Reject over-length options in
ts_headline(). - Detect faulty input when restoring attribute MCV statistics.
For further details, visit PostgreSQL's release notes.
Enhancements
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Upgrade to PG 18.4 kernel: Feature #1344 PostgreSQL kernel upgraded to version 18.4.
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IvorySQL Skills Empowering AI assistants to become IvorySQL database experts.
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IvorySQL 5.4 Online Experience: Feature #10 An interactive, browser-based environment is now available, allowing users to explore and evaluate IvorySQL 5.4 in real time — no installation required.
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Packaging for All Platforms
Provides multi-platform media packages for X86, ARM, MIPS, and LoongArch architectures. -
Containerized Deployment Support
Supports one-click deployment of standalone or highly available IvorySQL 5.4 clusters via Docker Compose, Podman, Swarm, Helm, and the IvorySQL 5.4 Operator. -
IvorySQL Cloud 5.4 released (Visual Database Lifecycle Management Platform)
Offers a fully managed, graphical control plane that handles IvorySQL 5.4 database subscriptions, orchestrates end-to-end lifecycle operations, and integrates surrounding ecosystem services. -
PostgreSQL Extensions
Support for Additional PostgreSQL Extensions and Tools: AGE, ddlx, pg_ai_query, pg_bigm, pg_cron, pg_curl, pg_hint_plan, pg_jieba, pg_partman, pg_show_plans, pg_stat_monitor, pg_textsearch, PgBouncer, pgRouting, pgagent, PGroonga, pgsql-http, pgvector, plpgsql_check, PostGIS, redis_fdw, system_stats, wal2json, Zhparser. -
Enhanced the EXTRACT function support to accept additional syntax variations in SQL queries: PR #1222
Source Code
IvorySQL's development is maintained across four main repositories:
- IvorySQL database source code: https://github.com/IvorySQL/IvorySQL
- IvorySQL official website: https://github.com/IvorySQL/Ivory-www
- IvorySQL documentation: https://github.com/IvorySQL/IvorySQL_docs
- IvorySQL Docker: https://github.com/IvorySQL/docker_library
Contributors
The following individuals (in alphabetical order) have contributed to this release as patch authors, committers, reviewers, testers, or reporters of issues.
- 3296442201
- Adria0615
- anapplebeee
- Cédric Villemain
- Fawei Zhao
- Ge Sui
- Grant Zhou
- hanjianqiao
- jerome-peng
- liketoochao
- movead123
- msdnchina
- Pierre Forstmann
- Rophy Tsai
- Shawn Yan
- Shuntian Jiao
- Steven Niu
- tian1220A
- xiaoyu509
- Xiaohui Liu
- Xiangyu Liang
- Xinjie LYU
- Xueyu Gao
- yes7rose
- Yasir Hussain Shah
- z20081120087
- Zhe Zhang
- Zhenhao Pan
- Zheng Tao
- Zhuoyan Shi
- zuinuan123