June 2025 monthly summary for crate/crate: Delivered a focused documentation feature clarifying JDBC compatibility between CrateDB and PostgreSQL drivers. The update documents limitations of specific PostgreSQL JDBC driver versions when used with CrateDB, including that metadata methods such as getTables() may not function with CrateDB 5.x under certain JDBC versions, and it recommends an alternative driver version to ensure compatibility. This work reduces integration risk for users and supports smoother adoption of CrateDB in JDBC-based applications.

March 2025 — Implemented a fix for indnkeyatts population in pg_index for composite primary keys and added a regression test to verify behavior. This work enhances catalog correctness and stability for composite PK scenarios, reducing the risk of incorrect metadata and query planning issues. The change was scoped to crate/crate with a primary commit and supported by regression coverage.

February 2025: Delivered PostgreSQL-compatible statistics enhancements by introducing stddev_pop as a dedicated aggregate and aliasing stddev to stddev_pop. Updated documentation and function registration to reflect the change, and laid groundwork to alias stddev to stddev_samp in a future release. This strengthens analytics capabilities and improves consistency for users migrating from PostgreSQL.

November 2024 monthly summary for crate/crate: Focused on documentation quality and correctness. Delivered a precise fix to reStructuredText reference spacing, ensuring proper rendering in the docs. This improvement enhances developer experience and reduces onboarding friction. No feature releases this month; the primary impact is documentation reliability and consistency across the repository.