## PostgreSQL 16 supported on Citus Citus 12.1 adds support for Postgres 16. There are many new features that are enabled by PG16 that are particularly interesting for Citus users:
* Load balancing when querying from any node * pg_stat_io in a distributed Citus cluster * Support for JSON_ARRAYAGG() and JSON_OBJECTAGG() aggregates * Support for DEFAULT option to COPY FROM * Propagate custom ICU collation rules * Support for TRUNCATE triggers on Citus foreign tables * Propagate new CREATE TABLE, VACUUM, and ANALYZE options to Citus nodes In addition to support of Postgres 16 Citus 12.1 also includes: * GRANT CREATE ON DATABASE * Distributed schema move with citus_schema_move () ## Where to find the Citus 12.1 Blog post, Release Notes, & Release Party Livestream * __Citus 12.1 blog post__: Read [Naisila’s 12.1 post](https://www.citusdata.com/blog/2023/09/22/adding-postgres-16-support-to-citus-12-1/) for more insight on the new features and improvement in Citus 12 * __Release notes__: Get all the nitty gritty details on the [Citus 12.1 updates page](https://www.citusdata.com/updates/v12-1/). * __Watch the Citus 12.1 release party__: [The release party](https://www.youtube.com/live/TsHs9x9ILMg)—including demos and Q&A—is available to watch on YouTube. ## About the Citus database extension Citus is a distributed database built entirely as an [open source extension for PostgreSQL](https://youtu.be/JwjjUT8K7po). With Citus, you can create tables that are transparently distributed or replicated across a cluster of PostgreSQL nodes. Citus is available as [open source](https://www.citusdata.com/download/) and also as a [managed service on Azure](https://aka.ms/docs-citus-on-azure)
