Welcome to pgrx v0.17.0. This is a new minor release that brings a bunch of internal code refactoring, cleanup, new Postgres headers, and additional cargo-pgrx regress CLI options.

As always, please install the latest cargo-pgrx with cargo install cargo-pgrx --version 0.17.0 --locked and also update your extension crate dependencies with cargo pgrx upgrade.

What's Changed

New Headers/Symbols

• include access/tsmapi.h by @usamoi in include access/tsmapi.h #2155
• Include access/subtrans.h & access/commit_ts.h by @isdaniel in Include access/subtrans.h & access/commit_ts.h #2147
• include utils/guc_tables.h by @usamoi in include utils/guc_tables.h #2243
• Include scanner.h in Rust bindings by @piki in Include scanner.h in Rust bindings #2163
• Add commands/publicationcmds.h to generated pg_sys bindings by @Sinjo in Add commands/publicationcmds.h to generated pg_sys bindings #2221
• Add the ClientAuthentication_hook by @daamien in Add the ClientAuthentication_hook #2231
• add storage/dsm_*.h headers by @eeeebbbbrrrr in add storage/dsm_*.h headers #2244
• pg-sys: add catalog/heap.h bindings for PG18 by @charmitro in pg-sys: add catalog/heap.h bindings for PG18 #2150
• Add back peer_dn field to Port on pg17.. by @workingjubilee in Add back peer_dn field to Port on pg17.. #2200
• Add repr(C) to struct Port on pg13..=16 by @workingjubilee in Add repr(C) to struct Port on pg13..=16 #2201

cargo-pgrx improvements

• Add a psql_verbosity parameter for cargo pgrx regress by @daamien in Add a psql_verbosity parameter for cargo pgrx regress #2230

Code Cleanup

• Replace with let-chains in pgrx-bindgen by @workingjubilee in Replace with let-chains in pgrx-bindgen #2168
• Replace with let-chains in pgrx-sql-entity-graph by @workingjubilee in Replace with let-chains in pgrx-sql-entity-graph #2169
• Restore so-called needless lifetimes by @workingjubilee in Restore so-called needless lifetimes #2167
• Drop stray Postgres 12 support in cargo-pgrx by @workingjubilee in Drop stray Postgres 12 support in cargo-pgrx #2173
• Remove deprecated enum##member constants by @workingjubilee in Remove deprecated enum##member constants #2170
• Remove variadic! macro by @workingjubilee in Remove variadic! macro #2171
• Semi-automated code cleanup by @workingjubilee in Semi-automated code cleanup #2189
• Deref instead of borrowing Option<&String> by @workingjubilee in Deref instead of borrowing Option<&String> #2185
• Refactor schema.rs using a cargo command builder by @workingjubilee in Refactor schema.rs using a cargo command builder #2187
• Replace impl AsRef<T> with &T by @workingjubilee in Replace impl AsRef<T> with &T #2182
• Make PgRelation::heap_relation unsafe by @workingjubilee in Make PgRelation::heap_relation unsafe #2176
• Move cargo_pgrx::env to cargo_pgrx::cargo by @workingjubilee in Move cargo_pgrx::env to cargo_pgrx::cargo #2186
• Move CargoProfile into cargo_pgrx::cargo by @workingjubilee in Move CargoProfile into cargo_pgrx::cargo #2188
• Add Scalar trait for generic handling of primitive arrays by @workingjubilee in Add Scalar trait for generic handling of primitive arrays #2153
• Set BGWORKER_SHMEM_ACCESS when building background workers by @cbandy in Set BGWORKER_SHMEM_ACCESS when building background workers #2161
• Stop referencing pg_config in schema generation by @workingjubilee in Stop referencing pg_config in schema generation #2174
• Show line number of failed asserts by @piki in Show line number of failed asserts #2175
• Ghostbust used_type.rs a bit by @workingjubilee in Ghostbust used_type.rs a bit #2190
• Manually bind static MyProcPort and struct Port by @workingjubilee in Manually bind static MyProcPort and struct Port #2162
• Make datetime types import each other via use super by @workingjubilee in Make datetime types import each other via use super #2198
• Migrate datetime types into pgrx::datetime by @workingjubilee in Migrate datetime types into pgrx::datetime #2199
• Use diagnostic attrs for ABI/SQL-related traits by @workingjubilee in Use diagnostic attrs for ABI/SQL-related traits #2203
• Make Scalar provide pg_sys::Oid constant by @workingjubilee in Make Scalar provide pg_sys::Oid constant #2209
• Hoist varlena encoding fn by @workingjubilee in Hoist varlena encoding fn #2208
• Recurse through T while anonymizing &T by @workingjubilee in Recurse through T while anonymizing &T #2212
• impl BorrowDatum for TimeTz by @workingjubilee in impl BorrowDatum for TimeTz #2213
• Change MemCx::alloc_bytes to return NonNull by @workingjubilee in Change MemCx::alloc_bytes to return NonNull #2214
• Add MemCx<'current, T> arguments and PBox<'current, T> returns by @workingjubilee in Add MemCx<'current, T> arguments and PBox<'current, T> returns #2210
• Further improve diagnostics for signatures with no SQL form by @workingjubilee in Further improve diagnostics for signatures with no SQL form #2215
• Add array::Element and callconv::DatumPass by @workingjubilee in Add array::Element and callconv::DatumPass #2218
• Remove unused line in memcxt_tests.rs by @workingjubilee in Remove unused line in memcxt_tests.rs #2220
• Add FlatArray<'_, T> by @workingjubilee in Add FlatArray<'_, T> #2207
• Allow explicit handling of allocation errors by @workingjubilee in Allow explicit handling of allocation errors #2226
• Place lbound before updating array len product by @workingjubilee in Place lbound before updating array len product #2236
• introduce #[pg_guard(unsafe_entry_thread)] by @eeeebbbbrrrr in introduce #[pg_guard(unsafe_entry_thread)] #2242

Project Administrativa

• Use Rust Edition 2024 by @workingjubilee in Use Rust Edition 2024 #2165
• Remove testing for deprecated Intel Macs by @workingjubilee in Remove testing for deprecated Intel Macs #2156
• Remove unused Cargo.lock for version-updater by @workingjubilee in Remove unused Cargo.lock for version-updater #2180
• Add rust-analyzer.toml by @workingjubilee in Add rust-analyzer.toml #2179
• Note pgrx requires an unknown minimum Xcode version by @workingjubilee in Note pgrx requires an unknown minimum Xcode version #2164

New Contributors

• @isdaniel made their first contribution in Include access/subtrans.h & access/commit_ts.h #2147
• @cbandy made their first contribution in Set BGWORKER_SHMEM_ACCESS when building background workers #2161
• @piki made their first contribution in Include scanner.h in Rust bindings #2163
• @Sinjo made their first contribution in Add commands/publicationcmds.h to generated pg_sys bindings #2221

Full Changelog: v0.16.1...v0.17.0