Extended Support for AlloyDB

As you look out at your 2026 infrastructure roadmap, your goal is to balance the need for rapid innovation with operational stability. You shouldn't have to choose between adopting the latest database features and maintaining a secure, supported environment for your workloads. Today, we are announcing the general availability of PostgreSQL 18 in AlloyDB and the introduction of Extended Support for older major versions. These updates give you the flexibility to build with the most advanced open-source tools while providing a reliable, long-term safety net for your existing applications.

Maintain stability with Extended Support

Moving production workloads to a new major version is a significant undertaking that requires careful planning and testing. To provide you with the flexibility to upgrade on your own schedule without compromising security, we are introducing Extended Support for AlloyDB.

This new offering bridges the gap between community end-of-life (EOL) dates and your upgrade timelines ...