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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<formalpara>
<title>Release date:</title>
- <para>2021-??-?? (AS OF 2021-09-18)</para>
+ <para>2021-09-30</para>
</formalpara>
<sect2>
@@ -20,7 +20,70 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- TO BE ADDED
+ Stored procedures can now return data via <literal>OUT</literal>
+ parameters.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The SQL-standard <literal>SEARCH</literal>
+ and <literal>CYCLE</literal> options for common table expressions
+ have been implemented.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Subscripting can now be applied to any data type for which
+ it is a useful notation, not only arrays. In this release,
+ the <type>jsonb</type> and <type>hstore</type> types have gained
+ subscripting operators.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Range types have been extended by adding multiranges, allowing
+ representation of noncontiguous data ranges.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Numerous performance improvements have been made for parallel
+ queries, heavily-concurrent workloads, partitioned tables, logical
+ replication, and vacuuming.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ B-tree index updates are managed more efficiently, reducing index
+ bloat.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <command>VACUUM</command> automatically becomes more aggressive, and
+ skips inessential cleanup, if the database starts to approach a
+ transaction ID wraparound condition.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Extended statistics can now be collected on expressions, allowing
+ better planning results for complex queries.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <application>libpq</application> now has the ability to pipeline
+ multiple queries, which can boost throughput over high-latency
+ connections.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>