Features

• Bounded JWT cache using the SIEVE algorithm by @mkleczek in #4084
  • Increases throughput of all requests having a JWT. 20% more throughput for GET requests according to our benchmarks.
  • Includes JWT Cache Metrics.
• Ready flag for postgrest healthcheck by @taimoorzaeem in #4239

Fixes

• Fix schema cache loading taking a long time for large schemas by @mkleczek in #4360, #3704
  • On a complex database, it goes down from 7 minutes to 2 seconds.
• Fix not logging OpenAPI queries when log-query is enabled by @steve-chavez in #4226
• Fix not logging explain query when log-query is enabled by @steve-chavez in #4319
• Fix not logging transaction variables and db-pre-request function when log-query is enabled by @steve-chavez in #3934
• Fix not logging the JSON message to stderr on a PGRST002 error by @laurenceisla in #4129
• Fix reloading the Schema Cache unnecessarily on a PGRST002 error by @laurenceisla in #4367

Breaking Changes

• Drop support for PostgreSQL EOL version 12 by @wolfgangwalther in #3865
• From now on PostgREST will follow a MAJOR.PATCH two-part versioning. Only even-numbered MAJOR versions will be released, reserving odd-numbered MAJOR versions for development.
• Replaced jwt-cache-max-lifetime config with jwt-cache-max-entries by @mkleczek in #4084
• log-query config now takes a boolean instead of a string value by @steve-chavez in #3934