Dear Apache Community, The vote successfully passed with 3 +1 (binding) and 1 +1 (non-binding) votes. There were no 0 or -1 votes.
Following are the detailed results : Total of 4 (+1) votes. 3 +1 (binding) Muhammad Shoaib Muhammad Taha Eya Badal +1 (non-binding) Greg Felice VOTE thread: https://lists.apache.org/thread/jvkgmphwpl2t5vgj216w1d69w7gn8jo4 Thank you all! John Gemignani On Tue, Aug 4, 2026 at 4:48 PM Eya Badal <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 (binding) > > - Signature and Hash passed > - Tags and links passed > - Validity of release notes passed > > > > On 2026/07/23 15:46:25 John Gemignani wrote: > > Dear Apache Community, > > > > Please carefully read all instructions as they may have changed since the > > last vote thread. > > > > This is an official vote for 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: > > ***************************************************************** > > > > 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>) > > ***************************************************************** > > > > !!! 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