We are excited to announce a new release of the Postgres Operator.

New features

• Allow secrets in namespaces different from cluster (#1490, #1540, #1569, #1581)
• Selector for pre-provisioned volumes (#1385)
• Add support for backups on Azure (#1537)

Enhancements

• Changes under Patroni section will be reflected, e.g. replication slots (#1535)
• Avoid rolling updates if only restart is needed, e.g. parameters changed under postgresql section (#1103)
• For preparedDatabases, define default access privileges for default LOGIN roles, too (#1512)
• Improved connection pooler sync fixes missing pooler schema for new databases (#1593)
• Node affinities and tolerations are reused for pooler pods (#1464)
• Add basic retry around switchover (#1510)
• Do not modify volumes when below gp3 minimum throughput (#1543)
• Extended admin docs on operator upgrades and restoring backups (#1592)
• [UI, helm] improve manifest templates (#1514, #1575, #1582)

Breaking changes

• new bootstrap parameter blacklist moves fields between parameters and DCS sections in SPILO_CONFIGURATION env variable -> rolling update (#1103)
• [helm] Both configuration options are served from the same values.yaml file (#1224, #1603)

Docker image: registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/postgres-operator:v1.7.0 UI Docker image: registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/postgres-operator-ui:v1.7.0 Sample logical backup image: registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/logical-backup:v1.7.0 Default Spilo image: registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/spilo-13:2.1-p1

Thanks to our contributors: @FxKu, @RafiaSabih, @sdudoladov, @Jan-M, @erthalion, @CyberDem0n, @apeschel, @yanchenko-igor, @jcrood, @dalbani, @cucxabong, @frankconrad, @flyinggecko, @golgoth31, @markus-codes, @yelhouti, @ssinger, @stromvirvel