Re: Postgres automatic minor version upgrade

On 8/12/20 5:46 AM, Shantanu Shekhar wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> We are using Postgres 11.6 through AWS relational database service. As 
> part of its RDS service AWS offers automatic minor version upgrade. If 
> we turn this setting on the minor versions will get upgraded without us 
> even knowing about it. We are in a security sensitive vertical so we 
> would like to ensure we don't miss out on critical security patches and 
> bug fixes. We also use AWS Multi Availability Zones which I believe is 
> built upon Postgres hot standby HA feature.
> 
> We are not very clear on what are the possible risks we may be opening 
> ourselves up to if we did automatic minor version. I would appreciate 
> any suggestions on how to go about  understanding the potential risks 
> with using automatic minor version upgrade.

https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Shantanu


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