Learn about currently supported EDB Postgres Distributed (PGD) versions and about upcoming changes in PGD's release model and support policy. Plan around a published, predictable release calendar to accommodate your PGD upgrades.
Note
Release dates, version numbers, and policy details on this page reflect EDB's published roadmap. They're forward-looking and subject to change until each release ships.
Currently supported versions
These are the general availability and standard support end dates for the PGD versions supported today.
| PGD version | General availability | Standard support end date |
|---|---|---|
| 6.x | Jun 9, 2025 | Nov 2030 |
| 5.x | Feb 21, 2023 | June 17, 2027 |
PGD 6.5.0 is PGD 6's last feature release and adds PostgreSQL 19 support. After that, PGD 6 gets bug fixes and security patches only through regular patch versions released up until its end-of-life date. See the EDB Platform Compatibility page for the current, authoritative supported-versions table, including OS and CPU architecture compatibility.
What's coming
The next major PGD release is PGD 19 and aligns with PostgreSQL 19. From PGD 19 on, PGD is no longer a layer you install on top of Postgres. It becomes a database distribution, with Postgres and PGD shipped together, version-matched, as one product.
You choose a PGD version, and the matching Postgres version and its compatibility come guaranteed. Upgrading PGD and Postgres also becomes a single operation.
Version and release policy
One PostgreSQL major version per PGD major version: Each PGD major version supports exactly one PostgreSQL major version. PGD 19 only supports PostgreSQL 19 and its derivatives.
Version alignment: PGD version numbers match PostgreSQL version numbers one to one, at both the major and minor level. PostgreSQL 19.2 pairs with PGD 19.2, and PGD 19.3 doesn't work with PostgreSQL 19.2 or PostgreSQL 19.4.
Combined major upgrades: Major version upgrades always bundle a PostgreSQL major upgrade with a PGD major upgrade.
Feature releases: New features appear only in a major version's initial release, timed to the annual PostgreSQL release.
Maintenance releases: They follow each PostgreSQL minor release. They include only bug fixes, security patches, and data integrity fixes, and don't introduce new features.
Patch releases: These releases swap only the compiled binaries, with no SQL schema upgrade script and no Raft consensus or replication protocol version bump and are reversible.
Upgrade paths: Every currently supported PGD major version gets an upgrade path to PGD 19.
Note
PGD 19 targets Postgres 19.2 to allow additional stabilization time. PGD 20 and beyond ship with the first minor release of each PostgreSQL major version.
Long-term version lifecycle
Each PGD major version starting with PGD 19 gets a five-year support lifecycle, matching PostgreSQL's. General availability and standard support end dates for each PGD major version align with the end of life of the associated PostgreSQL major version, consistent with EDB's Postgres distributions, EPAS and PGE.
| PGD 6.x | PGD 19.x | PGD 20.x | PGD 21.x | PGD 22.x | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General availability | Jun 9, 2025 | Feb 2027 | Nov 2027 | Nov 2028 | Nov 2029 |
| End of life | Nov 2030 | Nov 2031 | Nov 2032 | Nov 2033 | Nov 2034 |
| Associated PostgreSQL | 14–18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
Note
PGD 6 supports each PostgreSQL version, 14 through 18, through that version's own end of life. See the EDB Platform Compatibility page for current PostgreSQL end-of-life dates. PGD 6's own end of life aligns with PostgreSQL 18.