citusdata/citus v14.3.0

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citus v14.3.0 (October 23, 2026)

• Adds sorted-merge execution for multi-shard ORDER BY queries, avoiding
  an extra Sort node on the coordinator (#8529, #8584)

• Fetches rows in small batches in the adaptive executor where possible
  (#5195)

• Adds citus.enable_or_clause_arm_pruning to enable per-shard pruning of
  OR-clause arms (#8642)

• Speeds up ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE when many distributed objects
  exist (#8890)

• Speeds up citus_check_cluster_node_health() by checking source nodes
  concurrently (#8935)

• Restricts internal metadata cleanup to superusers (#8942)

• Uses an empty search_path for internal SPI queries, independent of caller
  settings (#8944)

• Evaluates replayed object definitions as their owner under restricted
  execution (#8946)

• Fixes GRANTED BY clause ordering in propagated REVOKE statements
  (#8766)

• Fixes incorrect column references in HAVING clauses pushed down to
  shards (#8864)

• Fixes use-after-free errors related to RELCACHE_FORCE_RELEASE,
  including table conversion (#8477)

• Fixes quoting of tablespace names in REINDEX commands sent to shards
  (#8872)

• Qualifies and quotes support function names in ALTER FUNCTION commands
  (#8873)

• Fixes a relation-lock assertion during concurrent distribution (#8679)

• Fixes a columnar metadata visibility issue by honoring xmin hint bits in
  stripe metadata (#8856)

• Fixes incorrect decomposition of non-column expressions in distributed
  GROUP BY queries (#8527)

• Prevents memory growth in the local plan cache for prepared statements
  (#8824)

• Fixes a crash in the CDC decoder when translated tuples outlive the
  publish call (#8845)

• Fixes foreign-key cache corruption during parallel reference-table
  rebalancing (#8869)

• Fixes clone promotion catch-up by using a fixed WAL target (#8829)

• Fixes transaction recovery when a node is removed (#8885)

• Fixes errors in time_partitions queries caused by join reordering
  (#8843)

• Fixes integer overflow in rebalance job IDs (#8819)

• Fixes row-count overflow for intermediate results (#8818)

• Fixes an orphan-cleanup snapshot issue on PostgreSQL 18 (#8676)

• Quotes EXTRACT fields in rewritten queries for PostgreSQL 16–18 (#8809)

Full Changelog: v14.2.0...v14.3.0