Estuary has released significant updates to its PostgreSQL connectors, expanding support for production-grade change data capture (CDC) use cases.
What's New
Read-Only Capture
Estuary now supports CDC in read-only mode without needing to write to a watermarks table. Read-only captures should include a table with frequent updates or a "heartbeat" table to ensure WAL retention doesn't grow continuously.
Read-only mode also allows capturing from a PostgreSQL standby replica, letting teams offload replication impact from the primary database entirely. Capturing from read-only standbys requires:
- PostgreSQL 16 or later
- Logical decoding enabled
- hot_standby_feedback = on to retain catalog metadata
IAM Authentication
Both PostgreSQL source and destination connectors now support IAM authentication, enabling role-based access for teams running PostgreSQL on AWS, GCP, or Azure. This removes the need to manage static database credentials in pipeline configurations.
Partitioned Table Support
A new advanced setting called "Capture Partitioned Tables as Partitions" allows each partition of a partitioned PostgreSQL table to be captured as an individual stream, giving teams fine-grained control over how partitioned data flows through their pipelines.
Documentation & Resources
For full setup instructions including WAL configuration, replication slot management, and platform-specific guides for Amazon RDS, Aurora, Google Cloud SQL, and Azure Database for PostgreSQL:
PostgreSQL Source Connector Documentation
PostgreSQL Destination Connector Documentation
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Posted on 2026-04-03 by Estuary
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Estuary has released significant updates to its PostgreSQL connectors, expanding support for production-grade change data capture (CDC) use cases.
What's New Read-Only CaptureEstuary now supports CDC in read-only mode without needing to write to a watermarks table. Read-only captures should include a table with frequent updates or a "heartbeat" table to ensure WAL retention doesn't grow continuously.
Read-only mode also allows capturing from a PostgreSQL standby replica, letting teams offload replication impact from the primary database entirely. Capturing from read-only standbys requires:
- PostgreSQL 16 or later
- Logical decoding enabled
- hot_standby_feedback = on to retain catalog metadata
Both PostgreSQL source and destination connectors now support IAM authentication, enabling role-based access for teams running PostgreSQL on AWS, GCP, or Azure. This removes the need to manage static database credentials in pipeline configurations.
Partitioned Table SupportA new advanced setting called "Capture Partitioned Tables as Partitions" allows each partition of a partitioned PostgreSQL table to be captured as an individual stream, giving teams fine-grained control over how partitioned data flows through their pipelines.
Documentation & ResourcesFor full setup instructions including WAL configuration, replication slot management, and platform-specific guides for Amazon RDS, Aurora, Google Cloud SQL, and Azure Database for PostgreSQL:
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2 | PostgreSQL 19 Beta 3 is now available in Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment | 0 | 9.64 | 18-08-2026 |
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| 6 | PostgreSQL 19 Beta 2 Released! | 5 | 7 | 16-07-2026 |
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| 8 | powa-archivist 5.2.0 is out! | 0 | 5 | 12-07-2026 |
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