Autonomous Postgres: From Scripts to Self-Driving Database
Postgres is evolving - from a system that DBAs operate to a system that increasingly operates itself. But how real is "Autonomous Postgres" today? Where does automation actually work, and where does it quietly break? What should we build next as a community?
About
This half-day working session brings together practitioners, builders, and skeptics to explore how AI, machine learning, and automation are reshaping the way we develop, run, and scale PostgreSQL.
Through a curated set of short talks and an interactive discussion, we will move beyond hype and focus on:- What is working in production today
- Where current approaches fall short
- What “good” looks like for autonomous database systems
- What the Postgres ecosystem should prioritize next
Schedule
- 09:00: Opening & setting the stage
- 09:15: Autonomous Postgres: From Self-Managed Operations to AI-Ready Data Platform (Rajesh Nagpal, Anil Kumar)
- 09:40: Observe Before You Act: Why Autonomous Postgres Fails Without a Lifecycle Metadata Foundation (Janardhan Korapala)
- 10:05: Postgres Needs an Agent Loop: What Autonomous Database Operations Actually Require (Matt "The Yonk" Yonkovit)
- 10:30: Coffee Break
- 10:45: An Agent You'd Trust at 3am: A Safety-First Foundation for Autonomous PostgreSQL (Dave Page)
- 11:10: Building an AI agent which detects and resolves PostgreSQL transaction ID wraparound (Divya Sharma)
- 11:35: Your Database Has No Idea Who's Asking (Bilge Ince)
- 12:00: Discussion: Open floor: “what should we build next?”
Event Organisers
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Marc Linster
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Ryan Booz
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Vibhor Kumar
While this community event is being hosted by PGConf.EU 2026 it is being organised by the team above, please contact them directly for any queries about the event.
