The [pgagroal](https://pgagroal.github.io/) community is happy to announce version [2.0.0](https://pgagroal.github.io/_posts/2026-01-28-pgagroal-2.0.0.html).
__New features__ * New I/O framework with focus on io_uring and kqueue - increased performance compared to 1.x * Vault implementation which can change frontend password based on configuration * Grafana 12 dashboards * Support for SSL for Prometheus and new metrics * New management protocol * Support for UTF-8 passwords * Numerous improvements and bug-fixes __pgagroal__ [pgagroal](https://pgagroal.github.io/) is a high-performance protocol-native connection pool for [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org/). __Features__ * High performance * Connection pool * Limit connections for users and databases * Prefill support * Remove idle connections * Perform connection validation * Enable / disable database access * Graceful / fast shutdown * Prometheus support * Grafana 12 dashboard * Vault for frontend password management * Remote management * Authentication query support * Failover support * Transport Layer Security (TLS) v1.2+ support * Daemon mode * User vault Learn more on our [web site](https://pgagroal.github.io/) or [GitHub](https://github.com/pgagroal/pgagroal). Follow on [X](https://x.com/pgagroal). [pgagroal](https://pgagroal.github.io/) is released under the [3-clause BSD license](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause).
