Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Service

Azure Database for PostgreSQL 18 is the newest actively maintained release. 5 of 8 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 14, on December 11, 2026.

Latest version

18

Actively maintained cycles

5

of 8 tracked

Total cycles tracked

8

since Jul 24, 2019

Support pattern

How Azure Database for PostgreSQL has behaved across the cycles tracked here, rather than what its policy documents state. Useful for judging how much runway a version is likely to have before you commit to it.

Typical support window

61 mo (~5 years)

median of 8 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

12 months

median gap between releases

Compared with service

+17 mo

longer than the service median

Next end of life

93 days

Azure Database for PostgreSQL 14

Support windows are getting shorter: the most recent cycles run about 5 months less than the earlier ones.

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for Azure Database for PostgreSQL. Medians are used rather than averages so one unusually short or long release does not skew the figure. Cycles with no recorded end-of-life date are excluded from the support window.

Release lifecycle

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