Feature release notes
This topic describes the product feature updates and related documentation of ApsaraDB for PolarDB Distributed Edition (PolarDB-X).
August 2026
Type | Highlights | References |
New feature | Agent Observability Service (PXFuse) - An observability platform for AI Agents. It provides complete capabilities including data ingestion, feature usage details, settings and management, and capability boundaries and FAQs. | |
New feature | Context Service (Context0) - A context management service for AI Agents. It provides quick start guides, API references, and best practices. | |
New feature | AI Search - A new AI search capability suite that includes onboarding, semantic search, hybrid search, RAG conversational search, Agentic Memory (long-term memory for AI Agents), Agentic Search (intelligent agent search), and resource cleanup and FAQs. | |
New feature | AI Node - A new AI node capability that supports mounting cloud disks, CPFS, OSS, and NAS to provide flexible storage and network access for AI workloads. |
July 2026
Type | Description | References |
New feature | Custom Connection Endpoint (New Version) - Added custom connection endpoint (new version) feature. | |
New feature | Standby Read Account - Added support for configuring standby read accounts. | |
New feature | Intelligent Search (Search Engine) - Added intelligent search (Search Engine) supporting full-text and vector search. Built on OpenSearch (compatible with the Elasticsearch ecosystem) and tightly integrated with PolarDB-X, it provides capabilities such as product search, log analysis, vector retrieval, and RAG-powered Q&A. |
June 2026
Type | Description | References |
New feature | Native Vector Index - Added native vector index with support for similarity search. | |
New feature | PolarDB-X Zero - Released PolarDB-X Zero, targeted at lightweight scenarios. | |
New feature | Long-term Memory Service mem0 - Added long-term memory service mem0, providing memory capabilities for AI applications. | |
New feature | PolarDB-X BaaS - Added PolarDB-X BaaS Service (Supabase Compatible) support, including multi-tenant edition and BaaS service creation. | |
New feature | PolarDB-X CodeMatrix - Added PolarDB-X CodeMatrix multi-agent collaboration platform. | |
New feature | AI Function - Added AI Function, enabling direct invocation of large model capabilities in SQL. | |
New feature | Low-cost Context Storage (External Columns) - Added external column storage, providing a low-cost solution for context storage. |
May 2026
Type | Description | References |
New feature | Secondary Index Prefix Compression (SPC) - Added secondary index prefix compression (SPC) to effectively reduce index storage overhead. |
March 2026
Type | Description | References |
New feature | PolarDB-X Service-linked Role - Added PolarDB-X service-linked role for fine-grained RAM permission management. | |
New feature | PolarDB-X AI Assistant - Added PolarDB-X AI Assistant, providing intelligent database Q&A and O&M assistance. |
January 2026
Type | Description | References |
New feature | Active-active Mode - Added active-active deployment mode. |