v4.2.0 Kernel Update

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Highlights

• Aligned with PostgreSQL out-of-band minor updates: 18.3, 17.9, 16.13, 15.17, 14.22.
• Total PostgreSQL extension coverage reaches 461 packages.
• Kernel updates across Babelfish, AgensGraph, pgEdge, OriolePG, OpenHalo, and Cloudberry.
• Babelfish template now uses a Pigsty-maintained PG17-compatible build, with no WiltonDB repo dependency.
• Supabase images and self-hosted templates are refreshed to the latest stack, using Pigsty-maintained pgsty/minio.

Major Changes

• mssql now defaults to Babelfish PG17 (pg_version: 17, pg_packages: [babelfish, pgsql-common, sqlcmd]) and no longer requires an extra mssql repo.
• Kernel install paths are normalized in pg_home_map: mssql -> /usr/babelfish-$v/, gpsql -> /usr/local/cloudberry.
• package_map adds a dedicated cloudberry mapping and fixes babelfish* aliases to versioned RPM/DEB package names.
• Redis data root default changes from /data to /data/redis; deployment blocks legacy defaults, while redis_remove keeps backward-compatible cleanup.
• configure now supports absolute -o output paths with auto-created parent directories, tri-state region detection (CN/global/offline fallback), and a fix for behind_gfw() hangs.
• Debian/Ubuntu default repo URL mappings (updates/backports/security) and China mirror components are corrected to prevent bootstrap package failures.
• Supabase stack is updated (including PostgREST 14.5 and Vector 0.53.0) and now includes missing S3 protocol credential variables.
• Rich/Sample templates explicitly define dbuser_meta defaults; node.sh systemd completion is simplified.
• pgbackrest stanza initialization now retries (2 attempts, 5-second interval) to reduce lock contention with archive-push.
• Vibe template now ships @anthropic-ai/claude-code, @openai/codex, and happy-coder, and includes age in the default example.

PG Software Updates

• PostgreSQL 18.3, 17.9, 16.13, 15.17, 14.22
• RPM Changelog 2026-02-27
• DEB Changelog 2026-02-27
• Core upgrades: timescaledb 2.25.0 -> 2.25.1, citus 14.0.0-3 -> 14.0.0-4, pg_search -> 0.21.9
• New/rebuilt: pgedge 17.9, spock 5.0.5, lolor 1.2.2, snowflake 2.4, babelfish 5.5.0, cloudberry 2.0.0
• Kernel-side updates: oriolepg 17.11 -> 17.16, orioledb beta12 -> beta14, openhalo 14.10 -> 1.0(14.18)

Package	Old Version	New Version	Notes
timescaledb	2.25.0	2.25.1
citus	14.0.0-3	14.0.0-4	Rebuilt from the latest official release
age	1.7.0	1.7.0	Added PG 17 support for version 1.7.0
pgmq	1.10.0	1.10.1	Package currently unavailable
pg_search	0.21.7 / 0.21.6	0.21.9	Previous RPM/DEB versions differ
oriolepg	17.11	17.16	OriolePG kernel update
orioledb	beta12	beta14	Matches OriolePG 17.16
openhalo	14.10	1.0	Updated and renamed, based on 14.18
pgedge	-	17.9	New multi-master edge-distributed kernel
spock	-	5.0.5	New core pgEdge extension
lolor	-	1.2.2	New core pgEdge extension
snowflake	-	2.4	New core pgEdge extension
babelfishpg	-	5.5.0	New BabelfishPG package group
babelfish	-	5.5.0	New Babelfish compatibility package
antlr4-runtime413	-	4.13	New runtime dependency for Babelfish
cloudberry	-	2.0.0	RPM build only
pg_background	-	1.8	DEB build only

Infrastructure Software Updates

Name	Old Version	New Version
grafana	12.3.2	12.4.0
prometheus	3.9.1	3.10.0
mongodb_exporter	0.47.2	0.49.0
victoria-metrics	1.135.0	1.136.0
victoria-metrics-cluster	1.135.0	1.136.0
vmutils	1.135.0	1.136.0
victoria-logs	1.45.0	1.47.0
vlagent	1.45.0	1.47.0
vlogscli	1.45.0	1.47.0
loki	3.6.5	3.6.7
promtail	3.6.5	3.6.7
logcli	3.6.5	3.6.7
grafana-victorialogs-ds	0.24.1	0.26.2
grafana-victoriametrics-ds	0.21.0	0.23.1
grafana-infinity-ds	3.7.0	3.7.2
redis_exporter	1.80.2	1.81.0
etcd	3.6.7	3.6.8
dblab	0.34.2	0.34.3
tigerbeetle	0.16.72	0.16.74
seaweedfs	4.09	4.13
rustfs	1.0.0-alpha.82	1.0.0-alpha.83
uv	0.10.0	0.10.4
kafka	4.1.1	4.2.0
npgsqlrest	3.7.0	3.10.0
postgrest	14.4	14.5
caddy	2.10.2	2.11.1
rclone	1.73.0	1.73.1
pev2	1.20.1	1.20.2
genai-toolbox	0.25.0	0.27.0
opencode	1.1.59	1.2.15
claude	2.1.37	2.1.59
codex	0.104.0	0.105.0
code	1.109.2	1.109.4
code-server	4.108.2	4.109.2
nodejs	24.13.1	24.14.0
pig	1.1.2	1.3.0
stalwart	-	0.15.5
maddy	-	0.8.2

API Changes

• pg_mode now includes agens and pgedge.
• mssql defaults are updated to pg_version: 17 and pg_packages: [babelfish, pgsql-common, sqlcmd].
• Kernel/package alias mappings are updated in pg_home_map and package_map (Babelfish, OpenHalo, IvorySQL, Cloudberry, pgEdge family).
• redis_fs_main now defaults to /data/redis, with deployment guardrails and backward-compatible cleanup behavior.
• configure output path handling and region detection logic are updated, with offline fallback warnings and unified SSH probe timeouts.
• grafana.ini.j2 is updated for Grafana 12.4 config changes and deprecations.

Compatibility Notes

• If existing Redis configs still use redis_fs_main: /data, migrate to /data/redis before deployment.
• Grafana 12.4 changes data link merge behavior. This release moves key links into field overrides; review custom dashboards accordingly.

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