Dear Apache Community, Since there are no objections, I am closing this [DISCUSS] thread. I will open the official [VOTE] thread for Apache AGE 1.8.0 for PostgreSQL 18 shortly.
Thank you all for your time and effort! John Gemignani On Mon, Jul 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM John Gemignani <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Apache Community, > > We would like to open a discussion for the Apache AGE release 1.8.0 for > PostgreSQL 18. > > To learn more about Apache AGE, please see http://age.apache.org/ > > Functionalities included and issues addressed in this release are: > ***************************************************************** > > Release Notes for Apache AGE release 1.8.0 for PG18 branch > > WARNING! > > Always back up your database before executing any upgrade scripts > > WARNING! > > Apache AGE 1.8.0 - Release Notes > > Merge master into PG18: advance to Apache AGE 1.8.0 > Advance master branch to Apache AGE version 1.8.0 (#2455 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2455>) > Fix installcheck fetch-depth parameter to 100 (#2461 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2461>) > Fix segfault on CREATE/MERGE/SET with generated or extra label columns ( > #2458 <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2458>) > Propagate null through unnest and single() three-valued logic (#2406 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2406>) > Add automatic header-dependency tracking to the Makefile (#2454 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2454>) > ci: pin Build/Regression runner to ubuntu-24.04 and guard Bison version > for GLR grammar (#2445 <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2445>) > Fix segfault and out-of-bounds reads in file loaders on malformed rows ( > #2453 <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2453>) > Support outer references in reduce() fold bodies (#2448 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2448>) > Fix stack overflow and precision loss in toFloatList() conversion (#2451 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2451>) > Fix Node.js driver CI build broken by @types/node drift (#2452 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2452>) > Preserve null-valued keys in map literals (#2391 > <https://github.com/apache/age/issues/2391>) (#2412 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2412>) > Fix single-node labeled pattern expressions not filtering by label (#2443 > <https://github.com/apache/age/issues/2443>) (#2444 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2444>) > Support relationship-type filters and a minimum hop count (#2442 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2442>) > resolve subgraph staging sequences via regclass (#2446 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2446>) > Add reduce() list folding function (#2435 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2435>) > Support pattern expressions as boolean expressions (#2360 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2360>) > Add shortest_path / all_shortest_paths SRFs (#2430 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2430>) > cypher_with: add ORDER BY to non-deterministic RETURN queries (#2436 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2436>) > Make ag_catalog ownership and built-in resolution explicit (#2440 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2440>) > Makefile: add installcheck-existing target and improve readability (#2437 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2437>) > age_global_graph: stabilize regression tests (#2431 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2431>) > cypher_vle: add ORDER BY to non-deterministic RETURN queries (#2434 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2434>) > feature: add create_subgraph() (#2441 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2441>) > Make age extension usable from shared_preload_libraries (#2438 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2438>) > Fix locale-dependent string comparison in direct_field_access test (#2439 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2439>) > Fix VLE [*0..N] zero-hop self-binding when edge label is missing (#2382 > <https://github.com/apache/age/issues/2382>) (#2419 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2419>) > fix: remove pthread_mutex that causes self-deadlock on VLE queries (#2433 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2433>) > Restore contsel/contjoinsel for containment & key-existence operators ( > #2356 <https://github.com/apache/age/issues/2356>) (#2417 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2417>) > perf: VLE hash-adjacency overhaul — agehash + flat-array VertexEdgeArray ( > #2421 <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2421>) > python driver: preserve trailing quotes in agtype string values (#2425 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2425>) > perf(agtype): arena passthrough + binary-direct id extraction (#2424 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2424>) > Add vertex and edge composite types with direct field access optimization ( > #2303 <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2303>) > perf: VLE terminal-qual rewrite (#2420 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2420>) > Add agtype <-> jsonb bidirectional casts (#350 > <https://github.com/apache/age/issues/350>) (#2361 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2361>) > feat(python-driver): add public API for connection pooling and model dict > conversion (#2374 <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2374>) > Fix upgrade test: allow function removal (#2422 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2422>) > Zero-initialize parent_cpstate in analyze_cypher (#2423 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2423>) > Fix upgrade test: replace data-integrity checks with catalog comparison ( > #2403 <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2403>) > Allow safe Cypher reserved keywords in alias positions (#2355 > <https://github.com/apache/age/issues/2355>) (#2415 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2415>) > Propagate null through agtype arithmetic operators (#2405 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2405>) > Update README.md (#2414 <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2414>) > Add VLE semantics and cost model design note (#2349 > <https://github.com/apache/age/issues/2349>) (#2413 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2413>) > Fix property access on list comprehension / predicate loop variables ( > #2402 <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2402>) > Add MERGE ON CREATE SET / ON MATCH SET support (#2347 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2347>) > Propagate null in agtype_access_slice bounds (#2400 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2400>) > VLE cache + performance improvements (#2376 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2376>) > CI: fail build on compiler and bison warnings (#2398 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2398>) > fix(python-driver): add null-guards in ANTLR parser and relax runtime > version pin (#2372 <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2372>) > Return an empty list from tail() for empty and singleton lists (#2399 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2399>) > Fix substring() crash when start-offset is NULL and length is supplied ( > #2401 <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2401>) > fix(python-driver): quote-escape column aliases in buildCypher() (#2373 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2373>) > Implement predicate functions: all(), any(), none(), single() (#2359 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2359>) > Fix OPTIONAL MATCH dropping null-preserving rows with subquery WHERE ( > #2380 <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2380>) > Python driver: Add skip_load parameter to skip LOAD 'age' statement (#2366 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2366>) > Fix upgrade test: build default install SQL from HEAD, not initial commit ( > #2397 <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2397>) > Improve extension upgrade regression test (addendum to #2364 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2364>) (#2377 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2377>) > Add missing include for PR: Add index scan (#2351 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2351>) (#2379 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2379>) > Add index scan (#2351 <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2351>) > Fix MATCH on brand-new label after CREATE returning 0 rows (#2341 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2341>) > Fix nondeterministic age_global_graph regression test (#2365 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2365>) > Add extension upgrade template regression test (#2364 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2364>) > Fix crash in PREPARE with property parameter when enable_containment is > off (#2339 <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2339>) > Fix entity_exists() CID visibility for CREATE + WITH + MERGE (#2343 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2343>) > Support doubled-quote escaping in Cypher string literals (issue #2222 > <https://github.com/apache/age/issues/2222>) (#2342 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2342>) > Fix MATCH after CREATE returning 0 rows (issue #2308 > <https://github.com/apache/age/issues/2308>) (#2340 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2340>) > Fix chained MERGE not seeing sibling MERGE's changes (#1446 > <https://github.com/apache/age/issues/1446>) (#2344 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2344>) > Fix VLE queries failing on read-only replicas (#2160 > <https://github.com/apache/age/issues/2160>) (#2345 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2345>) > Fix VLE NULL handling for chained OPTIONAL MATCH (#2337 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2337>) > fix incorrect variable assignment (#2336 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2336>) > Remove labeler github action (#2335 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2335>) > Fix ISO C90 forbids mixed declarations and code warning (#2334 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2334>) > Fix null pointer handling in array iteration (#2313 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2313>) > Fix security vulnerabilities in Node.js driver (#2329 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2329>) > Update python-driver security and formatting (#2330 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2330>) > Fix JDBC driver CI test failures (#2333 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2333>) > Add pg_upgrade support functions for PostgreSQL (#2326 > <https://github.com/apache/age/pull/2326>) > ***************************************************************** > The git tag to be discussed and voted on: > https://github.com/apache/age/releases/tag/PG18/v1.8.0-rc0 > > The git commit hash: > commit e43dc1a12b78fba4acef9835b2b10379b8d243b4 > > The release files for 1.8.0, can be found at: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/age/PG18/1.8.0.rc0/ > > Signatures used for AGE RCs can be found in this file: > https://downloads.apache.org/age/KEYS > > The fingerprint of key to sign release artifacts: > 4293 0603 8E35 AC05 4DBB 4B58 26B6 CD9D CD5B 0045 > > For information about the contents of this release see: > https://github.com/apache/age/releases/tag/PG18/v1.8.0-rc0 > > Please verify the above links, files, and signatures in addition to sharing > your thoughts and feedback and if we can call for a vote. > > Thank you for your time. > > John Gemignani >
