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>)
> > *****************************************************************
> >
> > !!! PLEASE VERIFY ALL of the below tags, hash, links, signatures, and
> keys
> > !!!
> >
> > 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/
> >
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> >
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