Postgres 18 Beta 1 just shipped, and it comes with top-requested improvements in performance, migrations, observability, and usability.

Neon

Postgres 18 Beta introduces asynchronous I/O for improved performance and throughput, enhanced major version upgrade features, and more detailed EXPLAIN outputs. Additionally, it includes new statistics for vacuum and analyze operations, UUIDv7 generation, parallelizable GIN index builds, and OAuth authentication support. Postgres 18 promises significant performance improvements and operational enhancements for database users.

Postgres 18 Beta Is Out: 7 Features You Should Know About

Postgres 18 will be available on Neon as soon as it’s stable

I guess we’re STILL not getting the multi-master replication we were promised a decade ago.
I’m sure we’re finally getting the full implementation of SQL:2011, specifically system-versioning table, right?
Lol. Nope.
This is why I switched to SurrealDB. Postgresql is still releasing new versions with no significant improvement or modernisation, leaving it stuck in the past.