Re: PostgreSQL 18 Beta 1 release announcement draft

[Jonathan S. Katz]

On 5/7/25 5:16 PM, Jacob Champion wrote:

On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM Jonathan S. Katz <jk...@postgresql.org> wrote:

Here's the next update

Thanks!

PostgreSQL 18 introduces `oauth` authentication, which people can create 
extensions that support OAuth 2.0 based authentication mechanisms that 
PostgreSQL can authenticate with.

Suggested alternative: "PostgreSQL 18 introduces `oauth`
authentication, which lets the client retrieve OAuth 2.0 tokens and
allows people to create server extensions that authenticate users with
those tokens."

I did a double take on the current sentence, and revised it to:

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Thanks!

Jonathan

PostgreSQL 18 introduces `oauth` authentication, which lets users authenticate using OAuth 2.0 mechanisms supported through PostgreSQL extensions. I don't know how much we want to get into the back-and-forth flow in the announcement itself, since it's more about raising awareness that this exists, and then people can read the docs to find out more.

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