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  • Aug 18, 2026

      New
      Aiven for PostgreSQL®

    Aiven for PostgreSQL® upgraded to 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24

    Aiven for PostgreSQL® has been upgraded to latest minor versions 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24, which contain a variety of fixes to previous versions. Removing bugs and security vulnerabilities increases database performance, improves service availability, and helps ensure business continuity. Existing instances will be scheduled for a rolling upgrade as part of our standard maintenance cycle.

    See PostgreSQL release notes for more details about the PostgreSQL minor releases.

  • Aug 17, 2026

      New
      Aiven Console
      Aiven API

    View project audit logs permission deprecated

    The view project audit logs permission, project:audit_logs:read, is deprecated and will be sunset on 30 October 2026.

    It has been replaced by the new project:event_logs:read permission. This permission grants the same access to the GET /v1/project/{project}/events endpoint.

    What you need to do

    Use the new permission when granting access to users and groups. Aiven also recommends migrating existing project:audit_logs:read permission. All existing assignments will be migrated to the new project:event_logs:read permission on the sunset date.

  • Aug 12, 2026

      New
      OVHcloud

    OVH SYD1 cloud region now available on Aiven

    The Aiven Platform now supports OVH SYD1 (Asia Pacific, Australia: Sydney) cloud region. This enables you to create Aiven-managed services closer to your users in this area for improved latency and compliance.

    For the complete list of available cloud regions, see the list of clouds documentation.

  • Aug 10, 2026

      New
      Aiven Console

    Explore your spend in the Aiven Console with billing reports

    The new billing reports help your teams slice organization-wide spend without exporting invoices or checking costs service by service.

    • Current month at a glance: View total costs, billable services, and support charges.
    • Cost explorer: Filter by billing group, cloud provider, project, service name, or service type, pick a time range, and see the total cost and applied credits.
    • Cost trends: See how your spending changes using the daily cost chart, with bar or line view, grouped by billing group, project, service, cloud, or service type.
    • Details of charges: Get specific information on charges with a sortable line-item table, including configurable columns for service, project, cloud, quantity, pricing, and more.

    Billing reports works with the granular billing permissions introduced earlier this year, meaning users don’t need full organization admin rights. Users with the view billing (organization:billing:read) or manage billing (organization:billing:write) permission can view the reports page.

    To start using the billing reports, you may need to enable it: go to your user profile > Feature previews.

  • Aug 7, 2026

      Improved
      Aiven for Apache Kafka®

    Karapace upgraded to version 6.2.2

    Karapace 6.2.2 expands Schema Registry compatibility and improves reliability and performance.

    New

    • Schema Registry now supports JSON Schema drafts 2019-09 and 2020-12 for validation, storage, and compatibility checks. The unevaluatedProperties, $dynamicRef, $recursiveRef, and $vocabulary keywords are not yet supported.

    Fixed

    • Schema Registry could remain unavailable when the _schemas topic was replicated with Apache Kafka® MirrorMaker 2 and ended with a transaction control record.
    • Avro records with multi-way unions are now decoded up to 6 times faster, reducing REST proxy timeouts.

    For details, see the Karapace 6.2.2 release notes.

  • Aug 3, 2026

      Improved
      Aiven for Apache Kafka®

    Karapace upgraded to version 6.2.1

    Karapace 6.2.1 improves performance, security, and reliability for your clusters.

    If you use Protobuf schemas with map<K,V> fields in Schema Registry, this release fixes an issue where binary serialization and deserialization didn't preserve the underlying map_entry representation.

    This release also updates the protobuf and confluent-kafka-py dependencies for Schema Registry and Kafka REST proxy.

    For details, see the Karapace 6.2.1 release notes.

  • Jul 31, 2026

      Improved
      Aiven for OpenSearch®

    Aiven for OpenSearch® Hobbyist plan retirement

    Aiven is retiring the Hobbyist plan for Aiven for OpenSearch®. From July 31, 2026, new customers cannot create Hobbyist services. Projects already running a Hobbyist service keep full access: existing services continue to run, and you can still create new Hobbyist services in those projects until further notice.

    We are making this change to improve the overall product experience. The current technical specifications of the Hobbyist plan don't provide the performance modern applications require, often leading to a sub-optimal experience.

    If you are starting a new Aiven for OpenSearch service, use the Developer tier. It gives you 4 GB RAM and 30 GB storage at $40/month for an always-on single node with daily backups. To change the plan for an existing Hobbyist service, upgrade the plan in the Aiven Console. See the Developer tier page for full specifications.

  • Jul 31, 2026

      Improved
      Aiven for PostgreSQL®

    Aiven for PostgreSQL®: Version 18 is now the default for new services

    We are excited to announce that PostgreSQL 18 is now the default version for all new Aiven for PostgreSQL® services.

    What this means for you:

    • New services: When creating a new Aiven for PostgreSQL service, the platform will now automatically select version 18 as the default.
    • Existing services: Your currently running services on versions other than 18 remain unaffected and will continue to operate normally.

    See our documentation for the Aiven for PostgreSQL service version lifecycle.

  • Jul 30, 2026

      New
      Aiven Terraform provider

    Aiven Provider for Terraform version 4.61.0 now available

    This release adds support for new service configuration and integration options, while improving day-to-day Terraform stability.


    Highlights for this release:

    • Organization user groups are easier to manage. Group name and description can now be updated in place instead of forcing resource recreation.
    • PostgreSQL database reads are more reliable for services with larger database lists through pagination fixes.
    • OpenTelemetry integration is supported through new integration and endpoint types, including OpenTelemetry endpoint user configuration.
    • MySQL configuration coverage was expanded with many new optimizer and FULLTEXT settings.

    For more details on fixes and updates, view the complete Aiven Provider for Terraform changelog.