Release Notes

What's new in rdSQL Desktop.

v1.3.0October 25, 2026

Restore now runs scripts made by pg_dump, mysqldump and mariadb-dump, binary columns included. Statements that give ownership or privileges to users from the source server are skipped by default.
Restore reads the file a few megabytes at a time, so a dump of any size can be restored.
PostgreSQL and Neon backups now copy every index, UNIQUE and CHECK constraint and foreign key, not just the tables and rows.
PostgreSQL and Neon backups are several times faster: restoring a ~470,000-row backup into Neon went from about 2 minutes to under 30 seconds.

A Stop button while comparing or generating the sync script.
Pick the source and target in a clear setup screen with a swap button, and start over with New compare.

Check for Updates said "Could not check for updates" when you were already up to date.
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The results grid shows PostgreSQL interval, inet, cidr, macaddr, bit, timetz and money values instead of NULL.

v1.2.0October 25, 2026

Backing up straight into another connection now works, including into an empty database: for PostgreSQL you pick the target schema, and it is created if missing.
Restoring into Neon, Amazon RDS, Supabase and other managed PostgreSQL no longer stops at the first line.
Backups keep every value exactly: JSON/JSONB, binary data, intervals, IP addresses, money, very large integers and more used to come out empty or changed on some engines.
A copied database keeps its column defaults, auto-increment and identity counters, and enum types, so your app can keep inserting rows into it.
SQL Server backups now work, and SQLite copies no longer lose rows.

Neon is now in the engine list. Paste a Neon connection string and rdSQL picks Neon and turns on SSL for you.
Every backup, restore and migration path is now checked by an automated end-to-end test against real PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, DuckDB, CockroachDB, YugabyteDB, TiDB and SQL Server servers.
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Migrate Database: the Run button now appears on the last step, PostgreSQL → MySQL handles timezone columns, and migrating from SQL Server works.
CockroachDB connections load their schema again.
SQL Server: SET, USE and temporary tables now carry over between statements.
The results grid shows JSON, JSONB and XML values instead of NULL.

v1.1.11October 18, 2026

The Cloudflare D1 connection form now has an API Token field, so new D1 connections can authenticate.

Fewer Keychain prompts: after an update, signed-in users see one access prompt instead of up to three, and the app no longer re-reads the Keychain on every request.

Errors are now written to a local log file. Settings → Application Data → Diagnostics can open the logs folder or copy the recent log, with credentials removed, to paste into a bug report. Nothing is sent anywhere.

v1.1.9September 8, 2026

The app now launches on a clean Windows install without the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable — fixes a startup error about a missing MSVCP140.dll.

Intel Macs now get a native download instead of running the Apple Silicon build under Rosetta.

MySQL restore handles foreign-key checks correctly, so restoring a backup with cross-table references no longer fails partway through.

v1.1.8August 25, 2026

Connect to PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, DuckDB, Cloudflare D1, and more from one workspace.
A clean SQL editor, inline grid editing, JSON result views, and visual entity-relationship diagrams.

Sign in to sync connections, credentials, and app settings across devices, end-to-end encrypted.
Pair, rename, or revoke devices from Settings → Account.

Redesigned SQL editor toolbar with compact icon groups and a right-click context menu.
Data grids auto-fit column widths on first load.
New detail panels in ERD Studio, the storage browser, and the table explorer.
Faster, more stable data grids — server-side sort and pagination, and a reworked scroll/virtualization engine that eliminates freezing on large tables.
Enum and array column support: dropdown pickers for enum values, a relation picker for foreign keys, and a Postgres enum-type manager in Table Structure.
Create a new connection directly from a tag in the Explorer, and reorder table columns by position in Table Structure (MySQL/MariaDB).

Numerous stability and reliability fixes across sync, the SQL editor, and data grids.
JSON and Postgres array columns render their actual value instead of "[object Object]" or NULL.
The Table Structure type picker now shows the right dropdown options for CockroachDB, YugabyteDB, TiDB, and PlanetScale.
Connection URLs containing query parameters with "=" no longer get misidentified as environment-variable blobs.