Hi,The PostgreSQL Release Team decided to issue an out-of-cycle release for February 26, 2026[1] due to several regressions introduced in the February 12, 2026 update release[2]. More info:
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/out-of-cycle-release-scheduled-for-february-26-2026-3241/ Here's a high-level description of the regressions:* substring() function raises an error "invalid byte sequence for encoding" on non-ASCII text values if the source of that value is a database column[4] * A standby may halt and return an error "could not access status of transaction"[5]
There's a wiki page tracking the regressions and fixes[3]: https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/2026-02_Regression_Fixes Please follow all standard guidelines for commits ahead of the release. Thanks! Jonathan[1] https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/out-of-cycle-release-scheduled-for-february-26-2026-3241/ [2] https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-182-178-1612-1516-and-1421-released-3235/
[3] https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/2026-02_Regression_Fixes [4] https://postgr.es/m/[email protected][5] https://postgr.es/m/CACV2tSw3VYS7d27ftO_cs%2BaF3M54%2BJwWBbqSGLcKoG9cvyb6EA%40mail.gmail.com
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