# Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 12.11 (2022-06-06)
Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is a collection of tools to assist you in managing PostgreSQL. Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL
installs PostgreSQL and complements it by a selection of extensions that
enable solving essential practical tasks efficiently.
This release of Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is based on [PostgreSQL 12.11](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/release/12.11/).
## Release Highlights
The set of extensions supplied with Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL now includes the [HAProxy](http://www.haproxy.org/) - a high-availability and load-balancing solution.
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The following is the list of extensions available in Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL.
| Extension | Version | Description |
| ------------------- | -------------- | ---------------------------- |
| [Patroni](https://patroni.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) | 2.1.3 | a HA (High Availability) solution for PostgreSQL |
| [pgAudit](https://www.pgaudit.org/) | 1.4.3 | provides detailed session or object audit logging via the standard logging facility provided by PostgreSQL |
|[pgAudit set_user](https://github.com/pgaudit/set_user)|3.0.0| provides an additional layer of logging and control when unprivileged users must escalate themselves to superuser or object owner roles in order to perform needed maintenance tasks.|
| [pgBackRest](https://pgbackrest.org/) | 2.38 | a backup and restore solution for PostgreSQL |
|[pgBadger](https://github.com/darold/pgbadger) | 11.8 | a fast PostgreSQL Log Analyzer |
| [PgBouncer](https://www.pgbouncer.org/) | 1.17.0 | a lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL |
| [pg_repack](https://github.com/reorg/pg_repack) | 1.4.7 | rebuilds PostgreSQL database objects |
| [pg_stat_monitor](https://github.com/percona/pg_stat_monitor) | 1.0.0 | collects and aggregates statistics for PostgreSQL and provides histogram information. |
| [PostgreSQL Common](https://packages.debian.org/sid/percona-postgresql-common)| 241 | PostgreSQL database-cluster manager. It provides a structure under which multiple versions of PostgreSQL may be installed and/or multiple clusters maintained at one time.|
|[wal2json](https://github.com/eulerto/wal2json) | 2.4 | a PostgreSQL logical decoding JSON output plugin. |
|[HAProxy](http://www.haproxy.org/) | 2.5.6 | a high-availability and load-balancing solution |
Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL also includes the following packages:
* `llvm` 12.0.1 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and derivatives. This fixes compatibility issues with LLVM from upstream.
* supplemental `ETCD` packages which can be used for setting up Patroni clusters. These packages are available for the following operating systems:
| Operating System | Package | Version | Description |
| ------------------- | ---------------------| --------| ------------------ |
| RHEL 7 |`python3-python-etcd` | 0.4.3 | A Python client for ETCD |
| RHEL 8 | `etcd` | 3.3.11 | A consistent, distributed key-value store|
| | `python3-python-etcd`| 0.4.3 | A Python client for ETCD |
| Debian 9 ('stretch')| `etcd` | 3.3.11 | A consistent, distributed key-value store|
| | `python3-etcd` | 0.4.3 | A Python client for ETCD |
Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is also shipped with the [libpq](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/libpq.html) library. It contains "a set of
library functions that allow client programs to pass queries to the PostgreSQL
backend server and to receive the results of these queries."