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PostgreSQL 18 Preview on Azure Postgres Flexible Server

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Sep 24, 2025
We’re excited to announce the preview release of PostgreSQL 18 on Azure Database for PostgreSQL! This release unlocks a number of powerful new features and enhancements that will bring improved perfo...
Updated Sep 30, 2025
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Bouke
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Sep 29, 2025

Sadly configuring the server to use PG 18's new async IO is not possible yet. The portal UI is not updated to allow specifying io_uring.