This article was originally published on June 24, 2021
WHAT’S NEW
This update is notifying you of the new release of EDB Pgpool-II 4.2.3. Pgpool-II acts as a middleman between client applications and a PostgreSQL database server. Using Pgpool-II can add the following benefits to your application connection infrastructure:
- Reroute and load balance Read Only transactions to Standby database servers
- Reuse connections to prevent reconnects
- Reduce Postgres connections by queuing stale connections
EDB Pgpool-II is enhanced to support extra EDB Postgres Advanced capabilities, and can be used in conjunction with PostgreSQL or EDB Postgres Advanced.
Highlights of this release
This release contains a merge with upstream, which includes the following bug fixes:
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Highlights |
Type |
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Fix race condition between detach_false_primary and follow_primary_command. |
Bugfix |
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Fix broken database/app redirect preference in statement level load balancing mode. |
Bugfix |
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Fix pgpool crash when query cache enabled for non-streaming and logical replication mode. |
Bugfix |
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Fix query cache not being created in other than streaming and logical replication mode. |
Bugfix |
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Fix scenario where no primary node is found when detach_false_primary and follow_primary_command operation are running concurrently |
Bugfix |
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Fix hang when using asyncpg (Python frontend driver with asynchronous I/O) |
Bugfix |
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Enhance debug message upon receiving startup packet. Now it will print all the GUC variables in the log instead of just username, database name and application name. It will help clients to see why cached connections are not used. |
Bugfix |
For more information, please refer to the Upstream release notes.
TELL ME MORE
For more details, please review the EDB Pgpool-II 4.2.3 documentation:
https://www.enterprisedb.com/docs/pgpool/latest/
IS THIS FOR ME?
This announcement is for EDB customers who are using, or are interested in, EDB Pgpool-II 4.2.3 and have a subscription purchased for:
- Standard Subscription
- Enterprise Subscription
- Enterprise+ Subscription
HOW TO GET THE SOFTWARE
EDB Pgpool-II 4.2 is available from the EDB website https://www.enterprisedb.com/downloads/pgpool.
To request the credentials required to access EDB repositories, please visit https://www.enterprisedb.com/repository-access-request
TROUBLESHOOTING
If you experience any problems around the installation, migration, upgrade or general use of your EDB software please contact our Technical Support teams.
We can be reached at https://support.enterprisedb.com, and we are also available 24 x 7 via email or phone at the details below:
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