# Pigsty v2.4.0

> PG16, RDS monitoring, new extensions: FTS/graph/HTTP/embedding

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LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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**v2\.4\.0 · 2023-09-14**
- [View release](https://github.com/pgsty/pigsty/releases/tag/v2.4.0)
- [Source · tar\.gz](https://github.com/pgsty/pigsty/archive/refs/tags/v2.4.0.tar.gz)
- [Source · zip](https://github.com/pgsty/pigsty/archive/refs/tags/v2.4.0.zip)
- [pgsty\/pigsty](https://github.com/pgsty/pigsty)

## Highlights

- PostgreSQL 16 GA released, Pigsty provides support
- Monitor cloud databases: RDS for PostgreSQL and PolarDB with brand-new PGRDS dashboards
- Commercial support and consulting services officially launched. First LTS version released, providing up to 5 years of support for subscribers
- New extension: Apache AGE, openCypher graph query engine on PostgreSQL
- New extension: zhparser, full text search for Chinese language
- New extension: pg_roaringbitmap, roaring bitmap for PostgreSQL
- New extension: pg_embedding, HNSW alternative to pgvector
- New extension: pg_tle, admin/manage stored procedure extensions
- New extension: pgsql-http, issue HTTP requests with SQL interface
- Additional extensions: pg_auth_mon, pg_checksums, pg_failover_slots, pg_readonly, postgresql-unit, pg_store_plans, pg_uuidv7, set_user
- Redis improvements: Sentinel monitoring support, automatic HA configuration for primary-replica clusters

## API Changes

- New parameter: `REDIS`.`redis_sentinel_monitor` — specify list of primaries monitored by Sentinel cluster

## Bug Fixes

- Fixed missing `uid` when registering datasources in Grafana 10.1

```bash
MD5 (pigsty-pkg-v2.4.0.el7.x86_64.tgz) = 257443e3c171439914cbfad8e9f72b17
MD5 (pigsty-pkg-v2.4.0.el8.x86_64.tgz) = 41ad8007ffbfe7d5e8ba5c4b51ff2adc
MD5 (pigsty-pkg-v2.4.0.el9.x86_64.tgz) = 9a950aed77a6df90b0265a6fa6029250
```

## Sources

- [GitHub release](https://github.com/pgsty/pigsty/releases/tag/v2.4.0)
- [Pigsty v2.4 release article](https://pigsty.io/blog/pigsty/v2.4/)
- [Historical About / Release Note](https://pigsty.io/docs/about/release/#v240)
- [Source comparison: `v2.3.1...v2.4.0`](https://github.com/pgsty/pigsty/compare/v2.3.1...v2.4.0)