---
title: "PlanetScale database-js 2.0.0, a new major version: 2026-09-24 | Harbyn"
description: "PlanetScale database-js 2.0.0, a new major version, announced Sep 24, 2026."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/planetscale/2026-09-24-database-js-2-0-0"
last-updated: 2026-09-29
---

# PlanetScale database-js 2.0.0, a new major version

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/planetscale/2026-09-24-database-js-2-0-0>.

Breaking change - PlanetScale. medium severity. In effect.

@planetscale/database 2.0.0 removes client-side parameter interpolation, so queries must be passed as fully formed SQL with values escaped by the caller. It also requires Node.js 22 or later.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [PlanetScale](https://harbyn.com/vendors/planetscale.md) |
| Kind | Breaking change |
| Severity | medium |
| Status | In effect |
| Announced | Sep 24, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Lead time | No dated deadline |
| Packages | `npm: @planetscale/database <2.0.0` |
| Vendor page | <https://github.com/planetscale/database-js/releases/tag/v2.0.0> |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a deterministic parser |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

The scanner reads your repository on your machine and reports every file and line that uses the identifiers above. 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://api.github.com/repos/planetscale/database-js/releases?per_page=20> (release, fetched 2026-09-29 02:31 UTC, sha256 `cf0cf119308eb15905e5560951a99a4b9e0a3ffd5036ac51437860dffabc57b2`)

## Related changes

### More from PlanetScale

- [New container restart metrics for Prometheus](https://harbyn.com/changes/planetscale/2026-09-28-new-container-restart-metrics-for-prometheus.md) (Deprecation, announced Sep 28, 2026)
- [pscale workflow commands and /workflows API endpoints to be deprecated](https://harbyn.com/changes/planetscale/2026-09-29-new-move-tables-commands-replace-pscale-workflow.md) (Deprecation, announced Sep 29, 2026)
- [Older Terraform provider versions cannot read Postgres bouncers](https://harbyn.com/changes/planetscale/2026-10-14-manage-neki-router-parameters-with-terraform.md) (Breaking change, announced Oct 14, 2026)
- [Heroku Postgres migrations use deferred index rebuilds](https://harbyn.com/changes/planetscale/2026-10-21-faster-heroku-postgres-migrations-with-deferred-index-rebuilds.md) (Behavior change, announced Oct 21, 2026)

### Changes at other vendors

- [Amazon Selling Partner API: October listing attribute usage and enumeration value updates](https://harbyn.com/changes/amazon-sp-api/2026-10-14-sp-api-updates-new-listings-items-api-ivp-values-in-eu5-jp-and-ca-stores-oct-2.md) (effective Oct 26, 2026)
- [Supabase: four CBC-mode TLS 1.2 cipher suites will be removed from project HTTP APIs](https://harbyn.com/changes/supabase/2026-10-12-an-outdated-subset-of-tls-1-2-ciphers-will-be-disabled-on-project-http-apis.md) (effective Nov 10, 2026)
- [Google Workspace APIs: OAuth clients must be marked as agentic to call Google Workspace MCP servers](https://harbyn.com/changes/google-workspace/2026-10-12-oauth-clients-must-be-marked-as-agentic-to-call-google-workspace-mcp-servers.md) (effective Nov 11, 2026)
- [Bitbucket Cloud API: Git Credential Manager upgrade required for OAuth 2.0 Git authentication](https://harbyn.com/changes/bitbucket/2026-10-13-git-credential-manager-upgrade-required-for-oauth-2-0-git-authentication.md) (effective Nov 30, 2026)

[All upcoming deadlines](https://harbyn.com/deadlines.md)