Amazon Aurora now supports PostgreSQL major version 17

Amazon Aurora now supports PostgreSQL major version 17 (17.4). This release contains product improvements and bug fixes from the [PostgreSQL community](https://postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-174-168-1512-1417-and-1320-released-3018/) along with Aurora- specific feature improvements such as enhanced memory management, faster storage metadata initialization during failovers, and optimized write-heavy workloads on new Graviton 4 high-end instances. This release also includes [new features for Babelfish](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraPostgreSQLReleaseNotes/AuroraBabelfish.Updates.html), Aurora-specific security fixes, and updates to key extensions including pgvector 0.8.0 and postgis 3.5.1\. Please refer to the PostgreSQL community announcement and [Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL updates for more details about the release.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraPostgreSQLReleaseNotes/AuroraPostgreSQL.Updates.html#aurorapostgresql-versions-version17) To use the new version, create a new Aurora PostgreSQL-compatible database with just a few clicks in the Amazon RDS Management Console. Please review the Aurora documentation to learn more about upgrading and refer the [Aurora version policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/Aurora.VersionPolicy.html) to help decide how often to upgrade and plan your upgrade process. PostgreSQL 17.4 is available in all commercial AWS Regions and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Amazon Aurora is designed for unparalleled high performance and availability at global scale with full MySQL and PostgreSQL compatibility. It provides built-in security, continuous backups, serverless compute, up to 15 read replicas, automated multi-Region replication, and integrations with other AWS services. To get started with Amazon Aurora, take a look at our [getting started page](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/CHAP%5FGettingStartedAurora.html).