Planet MySQL HA Blog
Open source, PostgreSQL, and risk mitigation in an era of acquisitions
As the year comes to a close and many of us start slowing down before the winter holidays, I find myself reflecting on patterns I’ve seen repeat, both as a customer and as someone working closely with the PostgreSQL ecosystem.
Looking back at software acquisitions over the past year, one might assume they only change logos. In reality, they often change roadmaps, priorities, and unfortunately all too often also the promises customers originally bought into.
Deploying on OCI with the starter kit – part 8 (using MySQL REST Service)
Deploying on OCI with the starter kit – part 7 (GenAI in HeatWave)
Enhancing PostgreSQL OIDC with pg_oidc_validator
With PostgreSQL 18 introducing built-in OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication, tools like pg_oidc_validator have become an essential part of the ecosystem by enabling server-side verification of OIDC tokens directly inside PostgreSQL. If you’re new to the topic, make sure to read our earlier posts explaining the underlying concepts and the need for external validators:
Deploying on OCI with the starter kit – part 6 (GenAI)
What is New in Percona Toolkit 3.7.1
Percona Toolkit 3.7.1 has been released on Dec 17, 2025. The most important updates in this version are:
- Finalized SSL/TLS support for MySQL
- Added support for Debian 13 and Amazon Linux 2023
- Fixed MariaDB support broken in version 3.7.0
- Added options to skip certain collections in pt-k8s-debug-collector and pt-stalk
- Documentation improvements
- Other performance improvements
In this blog, I will outline the most significant changes. A full list of improvements and bug fixes can be found in the release…