Pgpool Global Development Group is pleased to announce the availability of Pgpool-II 4.2 beta1. This is not intended to be used in production but is close to the release version. So users are encouraged to test it out.
Pgpool-II is a tool to add useful features to PostgreSQL, including: - connection pooling - load balancing - automatic fail over and more. For more information, please see the [website](https://pgpool.net/). V4.2 contains new features and enhancements, including: - Some items in the configuration file pgpool.conf are vastly enhanced for easier configuration and administration. - Implement logging\_collector for easier log management. - Implement log\_disconnections to collect disconnection logs. - Implement pg\_enc and pg\_md5 to allow to register multiple passwords at once. - Allow to show statistics of health check by using SHOW POOL\_HEALTH\_CHECK\_STATS command, and also allow to show statistics of issued SQL by using SHOW POOL\_BACKEND\_STATS command. - New PCP command pcp\_reload\_config is added. - Now it is possible to omit write\_function\_list and read\_only\_function\_list by looking at system catalog information. - Add new clustering mode snapshot\_isolation\_mode which guarantees not only data modifications to multiple PostgreSQL but read consistency. - Support LDAP authentication between clients and Pgpool-II. - Add ssl\_crl\_file and ssl\_passphrase\_command to SSL configuration. - Import PostgreSQL 13's SQL parser. You can download it from [here](https://pgpool.net/mediawiki/index.php/Developer_releases) Please take a look at [release notes](https://www.pgpool.net/docs/42/en/html/release-4-2-0.html)
