We’re excited to announce the general availability of Heroku Postgres version 17 , packed with new features and enhancements to your database performance. And that’s not all – we’re also introducing a game-changing feature that streamlines your upgrade experience . This new method of version upgrade is now the default, so you can try it to upgrade to Postgres 17! Postgres 17: Powering your applications with enhanced performance and security Before we dive into the simplicity of the new upgrade process, let’s talk about what makes PostgreSQL 17 a must-have. This release brings significant improvements that directly translate to better performance and stronger security for your applications. Fast Query Performance : Postgres 17 delivers notable enhancements to query optimization. Expect to see faster execution times, especially for complex queries. IN clauses with B-tree indexes should see a big improvement, so should IS NOT NULL clauses from improved query planning.…