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PlanetScale Blog

Designing a reliable unplanned failover

In Designing a planned switchover for minimum disruption, we discussed how Neki moves Postgres primaryship when all the participants are healthy. Admin, Neki's control plane, knows when the primary is going to step aside. It can inspect the shard, select a target, and prepare the handoff before causing any disruption. This is the "planned" in "planned switchover." An unplanned failover begins with none of those advantages. This happens in circumstances with unexpected (though still well-handled)

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PostgreSQL News

myDBR 7.7 brings web reporting to PostgreSQL

Helsinki, Finland, 2026-10-28 - myDBR.com announced PostgreSQL support in myDBR, its web-based reporting platform for SQL databases. PostgreSQL 12 or later can now hold both myDBR's own objects and the reports, alongside the MySQL, MariaDB and Microsoft SQL Server support that myDBR already has. What is myDBR? myDBR turns SQL into a finished reporting portal. A developer writes the report logic in the database. myDBR supplies the web interface: parameter forms, tables, charts, maps, drill-downs,

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PostgreSQL News

ReinDB: read-only performance monitoring for PostgreSQL, first database free

Bandlei has released ReinDB, read-only performance monitoring for PostgreSQL, self-managed or on Amazon RDS and Aurora. ReinDB learns what normal looks like for each database and statement, hour by hour, using pg_stat_statements, and flags what drifts from it, ranked by the extra database time each change costs. Each flag shows the evidence, including plan history, and a fix script your DBA can test, with an undo for each step. ReinDB installs nothing in your database and needs one read-only log

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PostgreSQL News

Autobase 2.12 released

We are pleased to announce the release of Autobase 2.12! Highlights Built-in Monitoring Dashboards Autobase isn't intended to replace your monitoring system. Instead, we've integrated with Netdata, which we consider one of the best solutions for real-time infrastructure monitoring. Autobase Platform now includes built-in dashboards powered by the Netdata agent, providing convenient access to key metrics for: System — CPU, memory, disk, and network performance PostgreSQL — database health and pe

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Vercel Blog

Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash now available on AI Gateway

from Google is now available on AI Gateway. Generate videos from text prompts with one API key and no separate Google account.Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash generates 3–15 second videos with native audio and edits 3–15 second source clips with up to six reference images. Extend videos by 3–10 seconds per call, up to 30 seconds total, or refine generated clips in follow-up calls using . Output supports 360p, 720p, 1080p, and 4K in 16:9 or 9:16. Use or in to receive the generated v

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