February 11, 2026
Compatibility, Protocol Changes, and Virtual Generated Columns in Rails 8.1
At Kaigi on Rails 2025 , Rails Committer Yasuo Honda delivered a deep technical walkthrough titled:
Rails meets PostgreSQL 18
PostgreSQL 18 was officially released on September 25, 2025 , and the talk explains how Rails adapts — not just at the marketing level, but inside the adapter, the driver boundary, and feature negotiation logic.
This article walks through:
- Version compatibility strategy
- Protocol 3.2 and cancel key changes
- pg gem implications
- UNLOGGED partition removal
- pg_stat_statements improvements
- Virtual generated columns in PostgreSQL 18
- Rails 8.1 feature support
👉 Read the full article.
https://rubystacknews.com/2026/02/11/rails-meets-postgresql-18/
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