This is the third Beta version of PostgreSQL 19, the second Beta version of PostGIS 3.7 and an updated preview towards Postgres.app 3.0.

You can find an overview of the changes in PostgreSQL 19 in the Release Announcement and all the details in the Release Notes.

Extensions

This release updates pgvector to 0.8.6 and PostGIS to 3.7.0beta2, as well as some of their dependencies.

Please note that the address_standardizer and postgis_tiger_geocoder extensions have been removed from PostGIS. These, along with other extensions that were previously bundled with Postgres.app, will be made available as separate downloads for PostgreSQL 19 in the Postgres.app Extensions repository. The GDAL update retires several older, unmaintained raster and vector (OGR) drivers, while adding support for others by default. Due to various dependencies, not all format drivers are included in Postgres.app. If you require a format that is not currently included, please open an issue.

What else is new?

• Settings and About are available from the side-bar
• Servers can again be removed from the side-bar using the context menu

Beta notice

Please note that beta versions are intended for evaluation purposes only. You may encounter bugs of varying severity. During the beta testing period, the on-disk data format of PostgreSQL is not yet stable. This means that the data directory may not be compatible with future versions. When upgrading from 19beta1 or 19beta2 to 19beta3, you will need to dump and restore your database.

The binaries of PostgreSQL 14-18 are identical to those in Postgres.app release 2.9.6.