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* docs: 5.3 release notes

* docs: 5.3 release notes

* docs: update sql_exporter metrics list

Author: keithf4

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,37 @@ pgMonitor Release Notes
 
 .. contents:: Topics
 
+v5.3.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Crunchy Data is pleased to announce the availability of pgMonitor 5.3.0. This release brings several important bugfixes and updates dashboards in Grafana.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- grafana - Add pgBouncer dashboard to containers folder
+- grafana - Updated containers dashboards to use latest ccp metrics in v5.2.1
+- grafana - Updated containers dashboards/alerts to allow OTel or postgres-exporter values
+- grafana - Update HAProxy dashboard to the latest one from upstream (Revision 11)
+- prometheus - Add requested PGNoPrimary and PGNoReplica alerts for containers
+- prometheus - Moved the ExporterDown alert to its own common alerts file and have it be enabled by default (no .example extension on the file name)
+- prometheus - Remove unnecessary absence alerts. The general ExporterDown metric can cover these scenarios
+- sql_exporter - Consolidated setup file from different PostgreSQL versions to a single common file
+
+Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+--------------------------------
+
+- sql_exporter - Dropped support for PostgreSQL 11 and 12
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- grafana - Fix PG Overview dashboard for sql_exporter so that links to the PG Details dashboard have the proper, relevant node already chosen
+- sql_exporter - Removed the pg_settings_checksum metric since it was not working properly. Requires new version of pgmonitor-extension.
+
 v5.2.1
 ======
 

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -302,3 +302,37 @@ releases:
     - 464.yml
     - release.yml
     release_date: '2025-04-21'
+  5.3.0:
+    changes:
+      breaking_changes:
+      - sql_exporter - Dropped support for PostgreSQL 11 and 12
+      bugfixes:
+      - grafana - Fix PG Overview dashboard for sql_exporter so that links to the
+        PG Details dashboard have the proper, relevant node already chosen
+      - sql_exporter - Removed the pg_settings_checksum metric since it was not working
+        properly. Requires new version of pgmonitor-extension.
+      minor_changes:
+      - Add pgBouncer dashboard to containers folder
+      - Add requested PGNoPrimary and PGNoReplica alerts for containers
+      - Updated containers dashboards to use latest ccp metrics in v5.2.1
+      - Updated containers dashboards/alerts to allow OTel or postgres-exporter values
+      - grafana - Update HAProxy dashboard to the latest one from upstream (Revision
+        11)
+      - prometheus - Moved the ExporterDown alert to its own common alerts file and
+        have it be enabled by default (no .example extension on the file name)
+      - prometheus - Remove unnecessary absence alerts. The general ExporterDown metric
+        can cover these scenarios
+      - sql_exporter - Consolidated setup file from different PostgreSQL versions
+        to a single common file
+      release_summary: Crunchy Data is pleased to announce the availability of pgMonitor
+        5.3.0. This release brings several important bugfixes and updates dashboards
+        in Grafana.
+    fragments:
+    - 461.yml
+    - 467.yml
+    - 470-containers-dashboard-updates.yml
+    - 471-containers-dashboard-updates.yml
+    - 472.yml
+    - 474.yml
+    - release.yml
+    release_date: '2025-07-09'

changelogs/fragments/461.yml

@@ -4,6 +4,33 @@ draft: false
 weight: 5
 ---
 
+## v5.3.0
+
+### Release Summary
+
+Crunchy Data is pleased to announce the availability of pgMonitor 5.3.0. This release brings several important bugfixes and updates dashboards in Grafana.
+
+### Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+
+- sql_exporter - Dropped support for PostgreSQL 11 and 12
+
+### Minor Changes
+
+- grafana -Add pgBouncer dashboard to containers folder
+- grafana -Updated containers dashboards to use latest ccp metrics in v5.2.1
+- grafana -Updated containers dashboards/alerts to allow OTel or postgres-exporter values
+- grafana - Update HAProxy dashboard to the latest one from upstream (Revision 11)
+- prometheus - Add requested PGNoPrimary and PGNoReplica alerts for containers
+- prometheus - Moved the ExporterDown alert to its own common alerts file and have it be enabled by default (no .example extension on the file name)
+- prometheus - Remove unnecessary absence alerts. The general ExporterDown metric can cover these scenarios
+- sql_exporter - Consolidated setup file from different PostgreSQL versions to a single common file
+
+### Bugfixes
+
+- grafana - Fix PG Overview dashboard for sql_exporter so that links to the PG Details dashboard have the proper, relevant node already chosen
+- sql_exporter - Removed the pg_settings_checksum metric since it was not working properly. Requires new version of pgmonitor-extension.
+
+
 ## v5.2.1
 
 ### Release Summary

changelogs/fragments/467.yml

@@ -363,8 +363,6 @@ These metrics are common to all versions of PostgreSQL and are recommended as a
 
  * *ccp_pg_hba_checksum_status* - Value of checksum monitioring status for pg_catalog.pg_hba_file_rules (pg_hba.conf). 0 = valid config. 1 = settings changed. Settings history is available for review in the table `monitor.pg_hba_checksum`. To reset current config to valid after alert, run monitor.pg_hba_checksum_set_valid(). Note this will clear the history table.
 
- * *ccp_pg_settings_checksum_status* -  Value of checksum monitioring status for pg_catalog.pg_settings (postgresql.conf). 0 = valid config. 1 = settings changed. Settings history is available for review in the table `monitor.pg_settings_checksum`. To reset current config to valid after alert, run monitor.pg_settings_checksum_set_valid(). Note this will clear the history table.
-
  * *ccp_postmaster_uptime_seconds* - Time interval in seconds since PostgreSQL database was last restarted
 
  * *ccp_postgresql_version_current* - Version of PostgreSQL that this exporter is monitoring. Value is the 6 digit integer returned by the `server_version_num` PostgreSQL configuration variable to allow easy monitoring for version changes.