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To: PostgreSQL Hackers <[email protected]>
Subject: IMPORTANT: Out-of-cycle release scheduled for February 26, 2026
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:04:03 -0500
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
Hi,
The PostgreSQL Release Team decided to issue an out-of-cycle release for
February 26, 2026[1] due to several regressions introduced in the
February 12, 2026 update release[2]. More info:
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/out-of-cycle-release-scheduled-for-february-26-2026-3241/
Here's a high-level description of the regressions:
* substring() function raises an error "invalid byte sequence for
encoding" on non-ASCII text values if the source of that value is a
database column[4]
* A standby may halt and return an error "could not access status of
transaction"[5]
There's a wiki page tracking the regressions and fixes[3]:
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/2026-02_Regression_Fixes
Please follow all standard guidelines for commits ahead of the release.
Thanks!
Jonathan
[1]
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/out-of-cycle-release-scheduled-for-february-26-2026-3241/
[2]
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-182-178-1612-1516-and-1421-released-3235/
[3] https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/2026-02_Regression_Fixes
[4] https://postgr.es/m/[email protected]
[5]
https://postgr.es/m/CACV2tSw3VYS7d27ftO_cs%2BaF3M54%2BJwWBbqSGLcKoG9cvyb6EA%40mail.gmail.com
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