--- 格式版本: 2 标题: "[Infographic] Highlights | Alibaba Cloud Database New Features in July 2026 - Alibaba Cloud Community" 原文链接: "https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/infographic-highlights-%7C-alibaba-cloud-database-new-features-in-july-2026_603496" 发布日期: "2026-08-25" 发布时间校准状态: "found" 发布时间需复核: "否" 发布时间来源: "rule:configured_publication_date_rule" 发布时间证据: "alibaba-cloud-news-publication-date html:original: ApsaraDB August 25, 2026" 发布时间校准原因: "信源发布日期识别规则直接确认发布时间" 发布时间校准置信度: "high" 发布时间候选数量: 1 发布时间严格候选数量: 1 发布时间原页读取状态: "source template page reused from URL open" 发布时间未找到原因: "" 发布时间校准时间: "2026-08-25T21:39:53+08:00" 发布时间仲裁状态: "skipped" 发布时间仲裁尝试次数: 0 发布时间仲裁耗时毫秒: 0 发现时间: "2026-08-25T21:36:44+08:00" 入库时间: "2026-08-25T13:39:56.734Z" 来源平台: "固定入口" 搜索渠道: "fixed_url" 搜索词: "https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog" 匹配关键词: - "deployment" - "latency" - "AI" 相关厂家: - "阿里" - "Meta" - "Oracle" 相关专家: [] 内容类型: "网页" 抓取工具: "CDP Render" 清洗工具: "CDP Text + Defuddle/Readability 正文提取" 原始附件: [] AI优质: "否" AI打分: 0 AI分档: "非优质" AI质检状态: "不通过" AI打分理由: "内容为阿里云数据库新功能介绍，涉及PolarDB、ClickHouse等，与超节点/AI Rack/机柜级AI基础设施、供电、液冷、高速互连等主题完全无关。" AI质检模型: "ali-deepseek-v4-flash" AI质检时间: "2026-08-25T21:40:03+08:00" AI主题相关性: 0 AI来源权威性: 0 AI新颖性: 0 AI技术细节: 0 AI商业部署信号: 0 AI完整性: 0 AI摘要: "阿里云数据库2026年7月发布10项新功能，重点包括PolarDB for MySQL原生支持MongoDB协议，PolarDB-X内置AI搜索引擎，以及ClickHouse 26.3 LTS新增数据湖联邦和GA全文索引。" AI摘要模型: "ali-deepseek-v4-flash" AI摘要时间: "2026-09-07T02:09:37.717Z" 采集批次: "2026年8月25日21点23分42秒" 采集批次ID: "20260825-212342-957" 去重键: "https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/infographic-highlights-%7C-alibaba-cloud-database-new-features-in-july-2026_603496" --- July delivers a strong wave of convergence and AI-native capabilities across the Alibaba Cloud database portfolio. PolarDB for MySQL breaks down the wall between relational and document workloads with native MongoDB protocol support; PolarDB-X embeds a full AI search engine directly inside the database instance; and ClickHouse ships a landmark 26.3 LTS with data-lake federation, GA full-text indexing, and 31-dialect SQL compatibility. Below you'll find an at-a-glance table of all 10 releases, followed by three deep dives into this month's top highlights. ![202607_en](https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i3/O1CN011f08AhrNweB21taw_!!6000000004044-2-tps-1000-3710.png "202607_en") ## All New Features at a Glance | Product | Feature | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | PolarDB for MySQL | Document Database Compatibility (MongoDB Compatible Edition) | New Feature | | PolarDB for PostgreSQL (Oracle-compatible) | In-Memory Column Index (IMCI) | New Feature | | PolarDB for PostgreSQL (Oracle-compatible) | Custom Data Replication Key | New Feature | | PolarDB-X | Custom Connection Endpoints (New Version) | New Feature | | PolarDB-X | Replica Read Account | New Feature | | PolarDB-X | Intelligent Search (Search Engine) | New Feature | | ClickHouse | 26.3 LTS | New Version | | DTS | RDS MySQL → Lindorm schema sync & data migration | New Feature | | DTS | OceanBase (MySQL mode) → PolarDB-X 2.0 migration | New Feature | | AIDBS | One-Shot Agent short-term subscription | New Feature | --- ## Top Highlighted Features ### 1\. PolarDB for MySQL — Document Database Compatibility (MongoDB Compatible Edition) **What it is:** PolarDB for MySQL now natively supports the MongoDB Wire Protocol, allowing applications to connect with standard MongoDB drivers and issue document operations — all served by the same PolarDB cluster that handles relational workloads. **Description:** PolarDB for PostgreSQL has long offered MongoDB-compatible and DynamoDB-compatible interfaces, enabling applications to talk to a cloud-native relational engine using NoSQL protocols without code changes. With this release, PolarDB for MySQL joins the multi-protocol lineup — meaning the PolarDB family now provides seamless MongoDB access across both its MySQL and PostgreSQL editions. This positions PolarDB as a unified multi-protocol database platform: whether the application speaks SQL, MongoDB Wire Protocol, or DynamoDB, there is a PolarDB engine ready to serve it natively. On the MySQL side, PolarProxy translates incoming BSON operations into SQL at the wire level, storing documents in InnoDB while exposing a schema-free interface. Applications using pymongo, mongoose, or mongo-go-driver can connect without code changes. The feature supports 16 MB documents, TTL/unique/compound indexes, and DTS-based migration from existing MongoDB instances. No additional charges; enable via console. Requires kernel 8.0.2.2.36+ and PolarProxy 2.9.22+. Serverless and Multi-Primary (Limitless) clusters are not yet supported. **Why developers and enterprises should pay attention:** - **One cluster, two workload models:** Serve both relational SQL and document queries from a single PolarDB cluster — no dual-database provisioning or cross-system sync. - **Zero application refactoring:** Standard MongoDB drivers connect directly; no Hint annotations, no ORM rewrites. - **Built-in migration path:** DTS supports full and incremental migration from existing MongoDB, enabling a phased cutover without downtime. - **Cost efficiency:** No additional licensing or compute charges for the MongoDB-compatible layer — just the underlying PolarDB instance. 📄 [Documentation →](https://click.alibabacloud.com/m/20000002740/) --- ### 2\. PolarDB-X — Intelligent Search (Built-in AI Search Engine) **What it is:** PolarDB-X instances can now activate a built-in search engine compatible with OpenSearch and Elasticsearch, delivering semantic search, hybrid retrieval, and RAG capabilities without deploying or syncing to a separate search cluster. **Description:** Maintaining a standalone Elasticsearch cluster alongside a transactional database introduces data synchronization complexity, operational overhead, and latency gaps between write and searchability. PolarDB-X's Intelligent Search eliminates this by embedding a search engine directly into the database instance. It supports semantic search via a built-in text-embedding-v3 model (1024-dimensional vectors), BM25 + neural hybrid retrieval, RAG conversational search, Agentic Memory, and Agentic Search. Models are automatically deployed to Model Studio via AI Gateway, with compute-storage separation on PolarStore providing sub-second searchability after writes. One-click activation from the console — currently experimental. **Why developers and enterprises should pay attention:** - **No external search cluster:** Eliminates ES/OpenSearch deployment, data sync pipelines, and the associated operational burden. - **Sub-second write-to-search:** Data written to PolarDB-X is searchable almost immediately — no batch indexing lag. - **AI-native from day one:** Semantic embeddings, hybrid retrieval, and RAG conversation are built in, not bolted on. - **Agentic interfaces:** Native Agentic Memory and Agentic Search APIs position the database as a first-class component in AI agent architectures. 📄 [Documentation →](https://click.alibabacloud.com/m/20000002741/) --- ### 3\. ApsaraDB for ClickHouse — 26.3 LTS (Major Version with 8 Core Features) **What it is:** ApsaraDB for ClickHouse (Community-Compatible) ships 26.3 LTS — a landmark long-term support release that brings native data-lake federation, GA full-text search indexing, intelligent JOIN optimization, and 31-dialect SQL compatibility. **Description:** ClickHouse users have long needed to ETL data out of data lakes for analysis, rely on external systems for full-text search, and rewrite SQL when migrating from other engines. The 26.3 LTS addresses all three. Native queries on Paimon, Iceberg, Delta Lake, and Hudi tables arrive via DataLakeCatalog auto-mount (with Parquet caching cutting ~50% I/O). The native inverted index graduates to GA, reducing full-text log queries from 193 seconds to 0.42 seconds — a credible Elasticsearch alternative. Materialized CTEs (experimental) eliminate redundant scans; intelligent JOIN reordering provides up to 2x speedup across all join types; Bucketed Map accelerates single-key lookups 2–49x; TTL vertical merge cuts peak memory 40%+ on wide tables; ALP Codec delivers superior lossless float compression; and a Polyglot parser handles 31 SQL dialects (Snowflake, BigQuery, etc.) for zero-rewrite migration. **Why developers and enterprises should pay attention:** - **Data lake without ETL:** Query Paimon/Iceberg/Hudi tables directly in ClickHouse — no data movement, no sync jobs. - **Log analytics without Elasticsearch:** Native inverted index GA delivers 460x query speedup for full-text search with simpler operations. - **Wide-table friendly:** Bucketed Map and TTL vertical merge together reduce both query latency and memory footprint for high-column-count tables. - **Zero-rewrite migration:** 31-dialect SQL parser means workloads from Snowflake, BigQuery, or Presto can run with minimal or no SQL changes (experimental). 📄 [Documentation →](https://click.alibabacloud.com/m/20000002742/) *Note: Materialized CTE and SQL dialect compatibility are experimental.* --- ## Other Notable Updates ### PolarDB for PostgreSQL (Oracle-compatible) — In-Memory Column Index (IMCI) PolarDB Oracle-compatible Edition introduces IMCI for HTAP workloads on a single instance. July ships three enhancements: parallel columnar index creation for faster large-table indexing, columnar indexes on partitioned tables combining partition pruning with columnar scans, and columnar-accelerated materialized view refresh. Analytical queries achieve 100x+ acceleration while row-store transactions remain unaffected — CBO auto-routes queries to the optimal path. Enable by adding read-only columnar nodes; no extra charges beyond node specifications. 📄 [Documentation →](https://click.alibabacloud.com/m/20000002743/) ### PolarDB for PostgreSQL (Oracle-compatible) — Custom Data Replication Key Addresses the IMCI sync bottleneck for tables with UUID primary keys or no primary key. By designating an ordered-column index as the replication identity (`ALTER TABLE ... REPLICA IDENTITY USING INDEX`), random I/O converts to sequential I/O, reducing IMCI sync latency from ~0.5s to ~0.01s for 10,000-row updates — approximately 50x faster. A single DDL activates the feature. 📄 [Documentation →](https://click.alibabacloud.com/m/20000002744/) ### PolarDB-X — Custom Connection Endpoints (New Version) Create multiple independent access addresses per PolarDB-X cluster with fine-grained control over node scope, read-write splitting policies (including transaction splitting and consistency levels), and load-balancing strategies. Ideal for isolating reporting workloads on dedicated read-only nodes or routing canary traffic through separate endpoints. The new version offers more flexible node selection granularity and consistency model configuration. 📄 [Documentation →](https://click.alibabacloud.com/m/20000002745/) ### PolarDB-X — Replica Read Account Account-level read-write separation: mark a database account as "Replica Read" and all its queries automatically route to standby/read-only replicas — no SQL changes or hints required. Offloads heavy BI and data-export traffic from the primary node. Complements Custom Connection Endpoints (port-level isolation + account-level isolation can stack). 📄 [Documentation →](https://click.alibabacloud.com/m/20000002746/) ### DTS — RDS MySQL to Lindorm Schema Sync & Data Migration New migration path from RDS MySQL to Lindorm (multi-model database compatible with HBase/Cassandra/time-series interfaces). Supports schema synchronization with automatic DDL-to-wide-table mapping and incremental Binlog sync. Enables hot-cold data tiering: migrate TB-scale historical data to Lindorm at a fraction of MySQL storage cost while keeping hot data on RDS. 📄 [Documentation →](https://click.alibabacloud.com/m/20000002747/) ### DTS — OceanBase (MySQL Mode) to PolarDB-X 2.0 Migration Direct migration channel supporting schema migration, full data migration, and incremental synchronization via OceanBase CDC logs. Enables online switchover with continuous source writes and real-time target catch-up — no intermediate staging or manual export required. 📄 [Documentation →](https://click.alibabacloud.com/m/20000002748/) ### AIDBS — One-Shot Agent (Short-Term High-Density Subscription) AIDBS introduces One-Shot Agent — a 7-day (or 14-day) prepaid subscription delivering full enterprise-grade AI database service capabilities without long-term contracts. Covers four Agent products: Data Agent for Analytics ($3,180/week), Data Agent for Meta ($4,704/week), Data Agent for DAS ($2,940/week), and Security Audit ($2,940/week). Designed for POC validation, quarterly audits, and project-based consulting where teams need enterprise capabilities on a defined timeline. 🔥 [Learn More →](https://click.alibabacloud.com/m/20000002749/) ![one_shot_agent_pricing](https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i4/O1CN01WzCTvOHdGgK3rgH6_!!6000000003915-2-tps-1904-996.png "one_shot_agent_pricing") --- ## Looking Ahead July's releases make a clear statement: the database is evolving from a passive data store into an active AI participant — embedding search engines, understanding MongoDB protocols, and federating across data lakes natively. As these capabilities mature from experimental to GA, expect deeper integration between database engines and AI orchestration layers. Stay tuned for next month's roundup. --- *Learn more about Alibaba Cloud Database services: [ApsaraDB Product Page](https://click.alibabacloud.com/m/20000002750/)*