PostgreSQL 18 RC 1

Author: jkatz

templates/index.html

@@ -51,30 +51,23 @@ <h2>Latest Releases</h2>
       <div class="text">
         <p>
           <strong>
-            2025-08-14 -
-            <a href="/about/news/postgresql-176-1610-1514-1419-1322-and-18-beta-3-released-3118/">
-              PostgreSQL 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, 13.22, and 18 Beta 3 Released!
+            2025-09-04 -
+            <a href="/about/news/postgresql-18-rc-1-released-3130/">
+              PostgreSQL 18 RC 1 Released!
             </a>
           </strong>
         </p>
         <p>
-          The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has <a href="/download/"></a>released an update</a>
-          to all supported versions of PostgreSQL, including 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19,
-          and 13.22, as well as the third beta release of PostgreSQL 18. This
-          release fixes 3 <a href="/support/security/">security vulnerabilities</a>
-          and over 55 bugs reported over the last several months.
+          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.
         </p>
         <p>
-          PostgreSQL 13 will stop receiving fixes on November 13, 2025. If you are
-          running PostgreSQL 13 in a production environment, we suggest that you make
-          plans to upgrade to a newer, supported version of PostgreSQL. Please see our
-          <a href="/support/versioning/">versioning policy</a> for more
-          information.
-        </p>
-        <p>
-          For the more information about this release, please review the
-          <a href="/docs/release/">release notes</a>. You can download
-          PostgreSQL from the <a href="/download/">download</a> page.
+          The planned date for the general availability of PostgreSQL 18 is
+          September 25, 2025.
         </p>
         <ul>
           {% for v in versions %}
@@ -158,37 +151,29 @@ <h2 class="centered-lines">Latest News</h2>
       <!-- Featured Post -->
         <header>
           <h3>
-            <a href="/about/news/postgresql-176-1610-1514-1419-1322-and-18-beta-3-released-3118/">
-              PostgreSQL 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, 13.22, and 18 Beta 3 Released!
+            <a href="/about/news/postgresql-18-rc-1-released-3130/">
+              PostgreSQL 18 RC 1!
             </a>
           </h3>
           <ul class="meta">
-            <li><i class="far fa-clock"></i>&nbsp;2025-08-14</li>
+            <li><i class="far fa-clock"></i>&nbsp;2025-09-04</li>
             <!--<li><i class="far fa-comments"></i> 0</li>-->
           </ul>
         </header>
         <p>
-          The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has <a href="/download/"></a>released an update</a>
-          to all supported versions of PostgreSQL, including 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19,
-          and 13.22, as well as the third beta release of PostgreSQL 18. This
-          release fixes 3 <a href="/support/security/">security vulnerabilities</a>
-          and over 55 bugs reported over the last several months.
-        </p>
-        <p>
-          PostgreSQL 13 will stop receiving fixes on November 13, 2025. If you are
-          running PostgreSQL 13 in a production environment, we suggest that you make
-          plans to upgrade to a newer, supported version of PostgreSQL. Please see our
-          <a href="/support/versioning/">versioning policy</a> for more
-          information.
+          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.
         </p>
         <p>
-          For the more information about this release, please review the
-          <a href="/docs/release/">release notes</a>. You can download
-          PostgreSQL from the <a href="/download/">download</a> page.
+          The planned date for the general availability of PostgreSQL 18 is
+          September 25, 2025.
         </p>
         <ul class="bold">
-          <li><a href="/about/news/postgresql-176-1610-1514-1419-1322-and-18-beta-3-released-3118/">Release Announcement</a></li>
-          <li><a href="/docs/release/">Release Notes</a></li>
+          <li><a href="/about/news/postgresql-18-rc-1-released-3130/">Release Announcement</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>

templates/pages/developer/beta.html

@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ <h1>Beta Information <i class="fa fa-code"></i></h1>
 
 <ul>
   <li>
-    <a href="/about/news/postgresql-176-1610-1514-1419-1322-and-18-beta-3-released-3118/">
-      PostgreSQL 18 Beta 3 Release Announcement
+    <a href="/about/news/postgresql-18-rc-1-released-3130/">
+      PostgreSQL 18 RC 1 Release Announcement
     </a>
   </li>
   <li>
-    <a href="/ftp/source/v18beta3/">Download PostgreSQL 18 Beta 3 source code</a>
+    <a href="/ftp/source/v18rc1/">Download PostgreSQL 18 RC 1 source code</a>
   </li>
   <li>
     <a href="/docs/18/">PostgreSQL 18 Documentation</a>

templates/pages/include/topbar.html

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-August 14, 2025: <a href="/about/news/postgresql-176-1610-1514-1419-1322-and-18-beta-3-released-3118/">
-  PostgreSQL 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, 13.22, and 18 Beta 3 Released!
+September 4, 2025: <a href="/about/news/postgresql-18-rc-1-released-3130/">
+  PostgreSQL 18 RC 1 Released!
 </a>