--- title: powa-archivist 5.2.0 is out! | daily.dev description: PoWA team has released powa-archivist 5.2.0, the core extension of the PostgreSQL Workload Analyzer (PoWA) project. PoWA is a performance monitoring tool... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/powa-archivist-5-2-0-is-out--ekkxu7x02 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: powa-archivist 5.2.0 is out! | daily.dev og:description: PoWA team has released powa-archivist 5.2.0, the core extension of the PostgreSQL Workload Analyzer (PoWA) project. PoWA is a performance monitoring tool... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/powa-archivist-5-2-0-is-out--ekkxu7x02 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/eKKXU7X02.png og:image:alt: powa-archivist 5.2.0 is out! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # powa-archivist 5.2.0 is out! **[PostgreSQL](https://daily.dev/sources/postgres)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary PoWA team has released powa-archivist 5.2.0, the core extension of the PostgreSQL Workload Analyzer (PoWA) project. PoWA is a performance monitoring tool compatible with all supported PostgreSQL versions that collects and aggregates metrics from multiple PostgreSQL instances, provides real-time charts and graphs, and suggests optimizations including index recommendations for individual queries. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is powa-archivist and what does version 5.2.0 add? Powa-archivist is the core PostgreSQL extension behind PoWA (PostgreSQL Workload Analyzer), a tool that collects and aggregates performance metrics from multiple PostgreSQL instances, displays real-time charts, and suggests optimizations like index recommendations. Version 5.2.0 is a bug-fix and patch release, with contributor changes documented in the project's CHANGELOG and CONTRIBUTORS files. _Teams tuning PostgreSQL performance can track extension updates like this via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [powa-archivist and powa-web 5.1.0 are out\!](https://daily.dev/posts/powa-archivist-and-powa-web-5-1-0-are-out--zgz4ctfbk) · PostgreSQL · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [pgAssistant 3.8.0 : continuous improvement loop for Postgres](https://daily.dev/posts/pgassistant-3-8-0-continuous-improvement-loop-for-postgres-a5o5xydfr) · PostgreSQL · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [pg\_qualstats 2.1.3 is out\!](https://daily.dev/posts/pg-qualstats-2-1-3-is-out--ziqsx017h) · PostgreSQL · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [AI-Powered PostgreSQL Query Optimization: A Comprehensive Approach](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-powered-postgresql-query-optimization-a-comprehensive-approach-jrdbimybh) · Trendyol Tech · 5 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database), [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/powa-archivist-5-2-0-is-out--ekkxu7x02) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"powa-archivist 5.2.0 is out!","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/powa-archivist-5-2-0-is-out--ekkxu7x02","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/powa-archivist-5-2-0-is-out--ekkxu7x02"},"datePublished":"2026-07-12T16:11:36.441Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:13:26.724Z","description":"PoWA team has released powa-archivist 5.2.0, the core extension of the PostgreSQL Workload Analyzer (PoWA) project. 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