AppCat Update – StackGres End of Life Announcement

AppCat v4.188.0 is a smaller release focused on technical improvements under the hood – but it brings one important announcement for you: VSHN PostgreSQL with StackGres is reaching End of Life on 31 August 2026.

VSHN PostgreSQL with StackGres – End of Life as of 31 August 2026

VSHN PostgreSQL with StackGres will reach End of Life on 31 August 2026. All new PostgreSQL instances already use CloudNativePG – which became the default in the previous AppCat release. If you haven’t migrated yet, now is the time.

You have two options:

• Migrate your existing instances yourself by following the migration guide.
• Create a new PostgreSQL instance on CloudNativePG from scratch.

Reach out to us if you have any questions.

The bigger picture: a maturing sovereign ecosystem

The move away from StackGres is part of the broader evolution of AppCat as the operational foundation of VSHN’s sovereign managed-services ecosystem.

If you want to understand where AppCat fits in the larger picture – from Framework 0.1 back in 2021 all the way to Servala and AppSlap 2.0 today – read our recent post: A guided tour through our digitally sovereign ecosystem.

Continuous improvements behind the scenes

As with most AppCat releases, v4.188.0 also includes a number of smaller technical improvements that keep the platform stable and maintainable. These are the kinds of changes that don’t make headlines but are exactly what keeps production workloads running reliably over time.

👉 Read the full changelog: AppCat Changelog 2026-06-02

👉 Learn more about VSHN AppCat