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Postgres 19 is late, and it's AI's fault
The release of PostgreSQL 19 faces significant delays as developers prioritize quality over deadlines due to an influx of AI-assisted bug reports.
What: Committers have reverted major features late in the beta cycle to address the surge in high-quality bug reports, which are being generated more frequently due to better AI-assisted analysis tools.
Why it matters: The quality-first culture of the PostgreSQL project is colliding with the rapid pace of modern bug identification, leading to a bottleneck in release scheduling.
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- PostgreSQL Committers: The group of developers with exclusive authority to accept and merge changes into the core PostgreSQL source code.
Original article
Postgres 19 most likely won't be released until November and could possibly be postponed further. Several large features were reverted quite late in the beta period. AI has made it easier to identify bugs, and this has resulted in a lot more bug reports that the PostgreSQL committers have to work on. This has taken the focus off development of new features, as the project cares about quality.
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