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Release notes and project updates for pg_exporter, the declarative PostgreSQL and pgBouncer metrics exporter.

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Posts in 2026
  • pg_exporter v1.4.1

    July 29, 2026 in Release Notes

    v1.4.1 is a maintenance release focused on metric accuracy and RPM upgrade compatibility. Highlights Fix pg_subrel_count overcounting when parallel logical replication apply workers are active: deduplicate pg_stat_subscription by subscription ID and …

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  • pg_exporter v1.4.0

    July 18, 2026 in Release Notes

    v1.4.0 introduces the Snapshot Histogram metric type and the new pg_xact_age transaction age collector, along with a round of systematic hardening across HTTP routing, packaging, and the build toolchain. New Features New HISTOGRAM column type: SQL …

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  • pg_exporter v1.3.0

    June 24, 2026 in Release Notes

    v1.3.0 adds PostgreSQL 19 support, and refreshes the default collector bundle, build toolchain, and config coverage tests. Highlights Default support range extended from PostgreSQL 10-18+ to 10-19+ Default config bundle includes 57 config/*.yml …

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  • pg_exporter v1.2.2

    April 14, 2026 in Release Notes

    v1.2.2 is a routine maintenance release that only refreshes the release toolchain to Go 1.26.2. It does not introduce new collectors, config semantics, or runtime behavior changes. Highlights Refresh the release toolchain: bump release builds to Go …

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  • pg_exporter v1.2.1

    March 21, 2026 in Release Notes

    v1.2.1 is a lightweight maintenance release focused on release engineering, config package consistency, and documentation/metadata refresh. It does not introduce new collector semantics or runtime behavior changes. Highlights Refresh the build …

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  • pg_exporter v1.2.0

    February 12, 2026 in Release Notes

    v1.2.0 is a stability-and-compatibility focused minor release across startup flow, hot reload, health probing, config validation, and legacy support. New Features Add robust hot reload workflow: support platform-specific reload signals (SIGHUP / …

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  • pg_exporter v1.1.2

    January 15, 2026 in Release Notes

    Minor release fixing pg_timeline configuration issue and building with latest go deps Checksums https://github.com/pgsty/pg_exporter/releases/download/v1.1.2/checksums.txt 8cddd57a843914a3145a80a3220bc875047b9bcac0664357c01ba86485436236 …

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Posts in 2025
  • pg_exporter v1.1.1

    December 31, 2025 in Release Notes

    Minor release with new collectors and bug fixes. New Features New pg_timeline collector for timeline monitoring New pg_sub_16 collector branch to exclude parallel operations in subscriptions (PostgreSQL 16+ compatibility) Bug Fixes Fix: Add coalesce …

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  • pg_exporter v1.1.0

    December 15, 2025 in Release Notes

    Build with Go 1.25.5 and latest dependencies, collector updates: Collector Changes pg_setting: Major refactor for PG10-18 compatibility with missing_ok support Add 13 new metrics: max_parallel_workers, max_parallel_workers_per_gather, …

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  • pg_exporter v1.0.3

    November 20, 2025 in Release Notes

    Build with Go 1.25.4 and latest dependencies Fix #80 Conflict with libpq env variables Change default value of auto-discovery to true by @kadaffy Checksums https://github.com/pgsty/pg_exporter/releases/download/v1.0.3/checksums.txt …

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  • pg_exporter v1.0.2

    August 14, 2025 in Release Notes

    Build with Go 1.25.0 and latest dependencies Dedicate website and homepage: https://exp.pgsty.com Release with goreleaser for more os/arch with CI/CD pipeline: add windows amd64 support add linux ppc64le support Checksums …

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  • pg_exporter v1.0.1

    July 17, 2025 in Release Notes

    Add dockerhub images: pgsty/pg_exporter Bump go dependencies to the latest version, build with go 1.24.5 Disable pg_tsdb_hypertable collector by default, since timescaledb catalog is changed. Checksums d5e2d6a656eef0ae1b29cd49695f9773 …

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  • pg_exporter v1.0.0

    May 06, 2025 in Release Notes

    Changes Add PostgreSQL 18 metrics support new collector branch pg_wal_18: remove write, sync, write_time, sync_time metrics move to pg_stat_io new collector branch pg_checkpointer_18: new metric num_done new metric slru_written new collector branch …

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  • pg_exporter v0.9.0

    April 26, 2025 in Release Notes

    Default Collectors new metrics collector for timescaledb hypertable new metrics collector for citus dist node new metrics collector for pg_wait_sampling wait event profile pg_slot overhaul: Add 16/17 pg_replication_slot metrics allow pg_slot …

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  • pg_exporter v0.8.1

    March 29, 2025 in Release Notes

    Changes Bump dependencies to the latest version Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.35.0 to 0.36.0 #67 Update docker images building tags Release resources GitHub Release Browse the v0.8.1 source tag

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  • pg_exporter v0.8.0

    February 14, 2025 in Release Notes

    Changes Add PgBouncer 1.24 new metrics support (stat, pool, database) Fix: 310-pg_size.yml fails if log dir not set properly #64 by @Süleyman Vurucu Build with the latest Go 1.24 and bump all dependencies Refactor logging with the standard log/slog …

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Posts in 2024
  • pg_exporter v0.7.1

    December 29, 2024 in Release Notes

    Changes Routine update with dependabot Feat: support specifying configuration as Reader by @ringerc in #62 Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.21.0 to 0.31.0 by @dependabot in #63 Fix some typos Full Changelog: …

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  • pg_exporter v0.7.0

    August 13, 2024 in Release Notes

    Changes Refactor codebase for the latest go version. PostgreSQL 17 Metrics Support by @Vonng pg_exporter: predicate queries feature by @ringerc Do a clean build in the dockerfile by @ringerc by @ringerc pg_exporter: don’t panic after …

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  • pg_exporter v0.6.1

    January 26, 2024 in Release Notes

    Changes Update golang.org/x/net from v0.10.0 to v0.17.0 to pick up security fixes (#38) Fix connect-timeout propagation (#37), contributed by @mouchar Recognize both .yaml and .yml files in a configuration directory (#34), contributed by @japinli …

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Posts in 2023
  • pg_exporter v0.6.0

    October 18, 2023 in Release Notes

    Changes Security Enhancement: Fix security dependent-bot issue Add pg16 collectors Add arm64 & aarch64 packages Remove the monitor schema requirement for pg_query collectors (you have to ensure it with search_path or just install …

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Posts in 2022
  • pg_exporter v0.5.0

    April 28, 2022 in Release Notes

    Exporter Enhancement Build rpm & deb with nfpm Add column.default, replace when metric value is NULL Add column.scale, multiply scale factor when metric value is float/int (e.g µs to second) Fix /stat endpoint output Add docker container …

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  • pg_exporter v0.4.1

    March 08, 2022 in Release Notes

    Changes update default collectors omit citus & timescaledb schemas on object monitoring avoid duplicate pg_statio tuples support pgbouncer v1.16 bug fix: pg_repl collector overlap on pg 12 new parameter: -T connect-timeout …

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Posts in 2021
  • pg_exporter v0.4.0

    July 12, 2021 in Release Notes

    Changes Add PG 14 support Default metrics configuration overhaul. (BUT you can still use the old configuration) add auto-discovery , include-database and exclude-database option Add multiple database monitoring implementations (with auto-discovery = …

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  • pg_exporter v0.3.2

    February 01, 2021 in Release Notes

    Changes fix shadow DSN corner case fix typo & docs Release resources GitHub Release Browse the v0.3.2 source tag

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Posts in 2020
  • pg_exporter v0.3.1

    December 04, 2020 in Release Notes

    Changes fix default configuration problems (especially for versions lower than 13) setting primary_conninfo not exists until PG13 add funcid label to pg_func collector to avoid func name duplicate label fix version string to pg_exporter Release …

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  • pg_exporter v0.3.0

    October 29, 2020 in Release Notes

    Changes https://github.com/pgsty/pg_exporter/releases/tag/v0.3.0 Change default configuration, Support PostgreSQL 13 new metrics (pg_slru, pg_shmem, pg_query13,pg_backup, etc…) Add a series of new REST APIs for health / recovery status check …

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  • pg_exporter v0.2.0

    March 21, 2020 in Release Notes

    Changes add yum package and linux service definition add a ‘skip’ flag into query config fix pgbouncer_up metrics add conf reload support Release resources GitHub Release Browse the v0.2.0 source tag

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  • pg_exporter v0.1.2

    February 20, 2020 in Release Notes

    Changes fix pgbouncer_up metrics add dynamic configuration reload remove ‘shard’ related logic add a ‘bulky’ mode to default settings Release resources GitHub Release Browse the v0.1.2 source tag

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  • pg_exporter v0.1.1

    January 10, 2020 in Release Notes

    Changes Fix the bug that pg_exporter will hang during start-up if any query is failed. Release resources GitHub Release Browse the v0.1.1 source tag

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  • pg_exporter v0.1.0

    January 08, 2020 in Release Notes

    Changes It works, looks good to me. Release resources GitHub Release Browse the v0.1.0 source tag

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  • pg_exporter v0.0.5

    January 08, 2020 in Release Notes

    This is an early repository tag without a separate GitHub Release object. This archival note is based on the tag commit and historical release summary. Changes Add per-collector query timeouts Replace the earlier skip_error behavior with the fatal …

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Posts in 2019
  • pg_exporter v0.0.4

    December 20, 2019 in Release Notes

    Changes Tested in real world production environment with 200+ nodes for about 2 weeks. Looks good ! Release resources GitHub Release Browse the v0.0.4 source tag

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  • pg_exporter v0.0.3

    December 14, 2019 in Release Notes

    Changes v0.0.3 Release, Tested in Production Environment This version is already tested in a production environment. This project is still under rapid evolution, I would say if you want use it in production , try with caution. Release resources …

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  • pg_exporter v0.0.2

    December 09, 2019 in Release Notes

    Changes It’s ok to try now Release resources GitHub Release Browse the v0.0.2 source tag

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  • pg_exporter v0.0.1

    December 09, 2019 in Release Notes

    This is an early repository tag without a separate GitHub Release object. This archival note is based on the tag commit and historical release summary. Changes Add pgbouncer mode Release resources Browse the v0.0.1 source tag

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