Infrastructure Namespaces

[eandre]

We're excited to announce Encore v1.23 with several new features! As always, upgrade with encore version update.

Infrastructure Namespaces

Encore now allows you to create and switch between multiple, independent infrastructure namespaces. Infrastructure namespaces are isolated from each other, and each namespace contains its own independent data.

Create and switch to a new namespace with encore ns switch --create NAME . Commands like encore run, encore db shell and so on automatically use the active infrastructure namespace (override this with -n).

Infrastructure namespaces makes it trivial to switch tasks, confident your old state and data will be waiting for you when you return. If you've ever worked on a new feature that involves making changes to the database schema, only to context switch to reviewing a Pull Request and had to reset your database, you know the feeling.

[Read the docs](https://encore.dev/docs/develop/infra-namespaces) to learn more about infrastructure namespaces, and let us know what you think over on Slack!

pgvector + PostGIS support

Databases provisioned by Encore now support the popular [pgvector](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector) and [PostGIS](https://postgis.net/) extensions! This is powered by the new encoredotdev/postgres:15 docker image. The extensions are supported across the board: for local development; in Encore's CI/CD pipeline when running tests; in new databases provisioned in Encore Cloud; and in cloud databases in AWS and GCP.

Let us know over on Slackif there are any more extensions you would like to see!

Bugfixes and other improvements

• Support for defining databases outside of service folders with sqldb.NewDatabase ([#822](v2/app: allow dbs to be defined outside svcs #822))
• Support for creating empty apps from the CLI with --example=empty ([#821](cli: support '--example=empty' to create empty app #821))
• Increased the timeout for encore gen wrappers to better work with first-time use during CI/CD workloads ([#815](cli: bump 'encore gen wrappers timeout' #815))
• Fixed missing "missing secret" warning ([#818](cli: fix missing secret warning #818))

Thanks to all contributors!

We rely on the community to improve Encore, and we continue to be overwhelmed by your support and encouragement.
Thank you Juan Álvarez, Will Demaine, Jakob Nordfeldt, MaxD, and Jamie MacLeod for your ideas in the new #suggestions Slack channel! ✨

What’s next

Right now we're working on adding support for deploying to Kubernetes on AWS, gRPC, and much more. Remember to vote on your favorite feature on the roadmap!

As always, if you have questions or feedback, tell us on Slack or just email us at hello@encore.dev.
We’re excited to hear your feedback! ❤️

Catch you in the cloud,
The Encore team

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