PostgreSQL 19 RC1 is now available in Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment

Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL 19 Release Candidate 1 (RC1)

Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL 19 RC1 is now available in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment. This release focuses on stability, with bug fixes and improvements from the Beta 4 testing period.

Key Improvements

• Improved error handling for complex text-search expressions
• Hardened parallel autovacuum
• Improved reliability of GIN index maintenance

What to do

• Evaluate the pre-release of PostgreSQL 19 on Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL
• Refer to the PostgreSQL community announcement for more details

Source: AWS release notes

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