---
title: "DigitalOcean PostgreSQL Advanced Edition no longer supports installing extensions: 2026-09-30 | Harbyn"
description: "DigitalOcean PostgreSQL Advanced Edition no longer supports installing extensions, announced Sep 30, 2026."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/digitalocean/2026-09-30-30-september-2026-postgresql"
last-updated: 2026-10-08
---

# DigitalOcean PostgreSQL Advanced Edition no longer supports installing extensions

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/digitalocean/2026-09-30-30-september-2026-postgresql>.

Breaking change - DigitalOcean. high severity. In effect.

You can no longer install extensions on PostgreSQL Advanced Edition clusters using CREATE EXTENSION. The pre-installed pg\_repack, pg\_stat\_statements, pgaudit, plpgsql, and vector extensions remain available.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [DigitalOcean](https://harbyn.com/vendors/digitalocean.md) |
| Kind | Breaking change |
| Severity | high |
| Status | In effect |
| Announced | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Oct 8, 2026 |
| Lead time | No dated deadline |
| Vendor page | <https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/dbaas-postgresql-advanced-extensions/> |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a model |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

This change names no identifier the scanner can match line by line, so the scan tells you whether your repository uses DigitalOcean, from its packages and API hosts. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://docs.digitalocean.com/release-notes/index.xml> (changelog, fetched 2026-10-08 17:16 UTC, sha256 `c711ab94f99b3edb57573774e37592e4f972a0cd524d036451419fa210fac9dc`)

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