EDB CloudNativePG Cluster 1.28.0-rc1 release notes v1.28.0-rc1

Promoted the quorum-based failover feature, introduced experimentally in 1.27.0, to a stable API. This data-driven failover mechanism is now configured via the spec.postgresql.synchronous.failoverQuorum field, graduating from the previous alpha.k8s.enterprisedb.io/failoverQuorum annotation.

Introduced comprehensive declarative management for Foreign Data Wrappers (FDW) by extending the Database CRD. This feature adds the .spec.fdws and .spec.servers fields, allowing you to manage FDW extensions and their corresponding foreign servers directly from the Database resource. This work was implemented by Ying Zhu (@EdwinaZhu) as part of the LFX Mentorship Program 2025 Term 2.

allowing you to update the container image (including PostgreSQL version or extensions) and PostgreSQL configuration settings in the same operation. The operator first applies the image change, followed by the configuration changes in a subsequent rollout, ensuring safe and consistent cluster updates.

This provides granular control over security settings, replacing the previous cluster-wide postgres and operator user settings. Contributed by @x0ddf.

(e.g., app.kubernetes.io/name) for all resources generated by EDB Postgres for Kubernetes (Clusters, Backups, Poolers, etc.). Contributed by @JefeDavis.

to reduce load on the PostgreSQL database.

When applied, this annotation instructs the operator to permanently delete the instance by removing its Pod and PVCs, after which it will recreate the replica from the primary.

(Stage-specific options are preRestore, postRestore, dataRestore.) Contributed by @hanshal101.

The Pooler CRD was extended with clientTLSSecret, clientCASecret,serverTLSSecret, and serverCASecret fields under .spec.pgbouncer. These fields enable users to supply their own certificates for both client-to-pooler and pooler-to-server connections, taking precedence over the operator-generated certificates.

This feature is opt-in and enabled by setting the METRICS_CERT_DIRenvironment variable, which instructs the operator to look for tls.crt andtls.key files in the specified directory. When unset, the server continues to use HTTP for backward compatibility.

All other resources (pods, secrets, config maps, events, webhooks, and OLM data) are now optional and collected on a best-efforts basis. The command gracefully handles permission errors for those resources by logging clear warnings and continuing report generation with available data, rather than failing completely. This enables least-privileged access, where users may have limited, namespace-scoped permissions.

The previously generated syntax was only valid for PostgreSQL 15+ and caused syntax errors on older versions.

The collector now correctly fetches previous and current logs in separate requests and gracefully handles missing previous logs (e.g., on containers with no restart history), ensuring current logs are always collected.