pgBackRest 2.60.0 released with configurable page checksum error reporting, object store prefech, and GCS Workload Identity Federation. pgbackrest.org/release.html#…

pgBackRest, largely considered one of the most widely used PostgreSQL backup tools, is getting its own session at PostgreSQL Conference Europe 2026 in Valencia, Spain. 🐘 "The Monday We Learned Who Maintains Our Backups" is on Tuesday 20 October, 14:45 local time, in Audit 2 (Beginner level). David Steele (pgBackRest) and Jan Wieremjewicz (Percona) cover why the tool was created, how it became a core part of the PostgreSQL ecosystem, what maintaining it involves, and how users, vendors and the community responded when doubts about its future spread. The close is in regards to funding and succession planning. New to it? pgBackRest is a free, MIT-licensed backup and restore solution for PostgreSQL. It supports parallel backup and restore, full, differential and incremental backups at the file or block level, per-file checksums rechecked on restore, repository encryption, and S3, Azure or GCS compatible object storage. pgEdge is one of pgBackRest's sponsors, and a Gold Sponsor of the conference. If you're in Valencia, come by the pgEdge table in the sponsor area. Session details: 🎙️ hubs.la/Q04Bj0970 #postgresql #postgres #pgbackrest #backup #disasterrecovery #opensource #database #dba #valencia #spain #techevent #techcommunity

pgBackRest 2.59.3 released with an important bug fix for encrypted repositories. pgbackrest.org/release.html#…

pgBackRest 2.59.2 released with bug fixes and PostgreSQL 19beta4 support. pgbackrest.org/news.html#rel…

pgBackRest 2.59.1 released with PostgreSQL 19beta3 support and minor bug fixes. pgbackrest.org/news.html#rel…

pgBackRest 2.59.0 released with PostgreSQL 19beta2 support, S3 Outposts, SFTP retries, Azure batch delete, and many other bug fixes and improvements. pgbackrest.org/news.html#rel…

Very pleased that @TimescaleDB is financially supporting the continued development of @pgBackRest. To many more years of robust backup/recovery!

#pgBackRest : Dalibo fait désormais partie de ses sponsors ! => dali.bo/202606_pgbackrest Après le coup d'arrêt du projet annoncé par son mainteneur en avril dernier, des membres de la communauté #PostgreSQL se sont mobilisés rapidement. #sgbd #opensource #logicielsLibres

We run 100% vanilla Postgres. No fork, no modifications. A deliberate decision from day one to build a platform around Postgres with branching at the storage layer instead of inside the database. This means that the whole Postgres ecosystem just works with Xata.

Allow me to introduce the newest members of the pgBackRest sponsor coalition: @xata, @dalibo, and @dataegret. Many thanks to our new sponsors — and to all the sponsors! Without your support pgBackRest would simply not be possible. Now, back to making pgBackRest amazing!

pgBackRest will continue! pgbackrest.org/news.html#wil…

UPDATE: pgBackRest is likely to receive enough funding be be revived. See github.com/pgbackrest/pgback… for details.

TL;DR: pgBackRest is no longer being maintained. For details see github.com/pgbackrest/pgback…

Thank you @dataegret for your sponsorship of pgBackRest! Please consider a sponsorship if you use pgBackRest in your enterprise. github.com/sponsors/dwsteele

A special thank you to @pgstef for sponsoring pgBackRest! Stefan has also been a contributor for many years. Please consider a sponsorship if you use pgBackRest in your enterprise. github.com/sponsors/dwsteele

Many thanks to @supabase for their sponsorship! Please consider a sponsorship if you use pgBackRest in your enterprise. github.com/sponsors/dwsteele

pgBackRest 2.58.0 released with object store improvements, TLS security enhancements, and the ability to manually expire the oldest backup. pgbackrest.org/release.html#…

pgBackRest 2.57.0 released with an option to suppress repository symlinks and bug fixes: pgbackrest.org/release.html#…. Please consider a sponsorship if you use pgBackRest in your enterprise: github.com/sponsors/dwsteele.

pgBackRest 2.56.0 released with progress info improvements and bug fixes: pgbackrest.org/release.html#…. Please consider a sponsorship if you use pgBackRest in your enterprise: github.com/sponsors/dwsteele.

pgBackRest 2.55.0 released with PostgreSQL 18 support and many other bug fixes, improvements, and features. pgbackrest.org/release.html#…