PostgreSQL 18 release announcement!

Author: jkatz

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           <strong>
-            2025-09-04 -
-            <a href="/about/news/postgresql-18-rc-1-released-3130/">
-              PostgreSQL 18 RC 1 Released!
+            2025-09-25 -
+            <a href="/about/news/postgresql-18-released-3142/">
+              PostgreSQL 18 Released!
             </a>
           </strong>
         </p>
         <p>
-          The PostgreSQL Global Development Group announces that the
-          <a href="/developer/beta/">first release candidate of PostgreSQL 18</a>
-          is now available for <a href="/download/">download</a>. As a release
-          candidate, PostgreSQL 18 RC 1 will be mostly identical to the initial release of
-          PostgreSQL 18, though some more fixes may be applied prior to the general
-          availability of PostgreSQL 18.
+          The PostgreSQL Global Development Group today announced the release of
+          <a href="/docs/18/release-18.html">PostgreSQL 18</a>, the latest
+          version of the world's most advanced open source database.
         </p>
         <p>
-          The planned date for the general availability of PostgreSQL 18 is
-          September 25, 2025.
+          PostgreSQL 18 improves performance for workloads of all sizes through
+          a new I/O subsystem that has demonstrated up to 3× performance
+          improvements when reading from storage, and also increases the number
+          of queries that can use indexes. This release makes major-version
+          upgrades less disruptive, accelerating upgrade times and reducing the
+          time required to reach expected performance after an upgrade
+          completes. Developers also benefit from PostgreSQL 18 features,
+          including virtual generated columns that compute values at query time,
+          and the database-friendly <code>uuidv7()</code> function that provides
+          better indexing and read performance for UUIDs. PostgreSQL 18 makes it
+          easier to integrate with single-sign on (SSO) systems with support for
+          OAuth 2.0 authentication.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          For the full list of features in PostgreSQL 18, please review the
+          <a href="/docs/18/release-18.html">release notes</a>. You can download
+          PostgreSQL 18 from the <a href="/download/">download</a> page.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          For the <a href="/about/press/"></a>full press release</a>
+          and <a href="/about/press/">translations of the release announcement</a>,
+          please visit the <a href="/about/press/">press kit</a>.
         </p>
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-            <a href="/about/news/postgresql-18-rc-1-released-3130/">
-              PostgreSQL 18 RC 1!
+            <a href="/about/news/postgresql-18-released-3142/">
+              PostgreSQL 18 Released!
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-            <li><i class="far fa-clock"></i>&nbsp;2025-09-04</li>
+            <li><i class="far fa-clock"></i>&nbsp;2025-09-25</li>
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         <p>
-          The PostgreSQL Global Development Group announces that the
-          <a href="/developer/beta/">first release candidate of PostgreSQL 18</a>
-          is now available for <a href="/download/">download</a>. As a release
-          candidate, PostgreSQL 18 RC 1 will be mostly identical to the initial release of
-          PostgreSQL 18, though some more fixes may be applied prior to the general
-          availability of PostgreSQL 18.
+          The PostgreSQL Global Development Group today announced the release of
+          <a href="/docs/18/release-18.html">PostgreSQL 18</a>, the latest
+          version of the world's most advanced open source database.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          PostgreSQL 18 improves performance for workloads of all sizes through
+          a new I/O subsystem that has demonstrated up to 3× performance
+          improvements when reading from storage, and also increases the number
+          of queries that can use indexes. This release makes major-version
+          upgrades less disruptive, accelerating upgrade times and reducing the
+          time required to reach expected performance after an upgrade
+          completes. Developers also benefit from PostgreSQL 18 features,
+          including virtual generated columns that compute values at query time,
+          and the database-friendly <code>uuidv7()</code> function that provides
+          better indexing and read performance for UUIDs. PostgreSQL 18 makes it
+          easier to integrate with single-sign on (SSO) systems with support for
+          OAuth 2.0 authentication.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          "The efforts of the global open source community shape every
+          PostgreSQL release and help deliver features that meet users where
+          their data resides," said Jonathan Katz, a member of the PostgreSQL
+          core team. "PostgreSQL 18 builds on the project's long, rich history
+          of delivering a reliable and robust data management experience, while
+          continuing to expand the workloads it can support."
         </p>
         <p>
-          The planned date for the general availability of PostgreSQL 18 is
-          September 25, 2025.
+          PostgreSQL, an innovative data management system known for its
+          reliability, robustness, and extensibility, benefits from nearly 30
+          years of open source development from a global developer community and
+          has become the preferred open source relational database for
+          organizations of all sizes.
         </p>
         <ul class="bold">
-          <li><a href="/about/news/postgresql-18-rc-1-released-3130/">Release Announcement</a></li>
+          <li><a href="/about/news/postgresql-18-released-3142/">Release Announcement</a></li>
+          <li><a href="/about/press/">Press Kit &amp; Translations</a></li>
+          <li><a href="/docs/18/release-18.html">PostgreSQL 18 Release Notes</a></li>
           <li><a href="/support/versioning/">Versioning Policy</a>
-          <li><a href="/docs/18/release-18.html">Beta Release Notes</a></li>
-          <li><a href="/developer/beta/">Beta Testing Information</a></li>
           <li><a href="/download/">Download</a></li>
         </ul>
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-September 4, 2025: <a href="/about/news/postgresql-18-rc-1-released-3130/">
-  PostgreSQL 18 RC 1 Released!
+September 25, 2025: <a href="/about/news/postgresql-18-released-3142/">
+  PostgreSQL 18 Released!
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