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ClickHouse 26.8 LTS feature map: cost-based optimizer, parallel GROUP BY, Parquet lazy materialisation, streaming HTTP API and background queries for real-time analytics

ClickHouse 26.8 LTS: The Advanced Features That Change Real-Time Analytics Performance

ChistaDATA · ClickHouse release engineering · September 2026 ClickHouse 26.8 LTS: The Advanced Features That Change Real-Time Analytics Performance ClickHouse 26.8 LTS shipped on 10 September 2026 with 98 new features, 128 performance optimisations and […]

ClickHouse Performance Settings in 26.8 LTS: 14 Proven Changes

ChistaDATA Inc.

The ClickHouse performance settings that changed between 26.3 LTS and 26.8 LTS: what each default does to ingest, aggregation, joins and distributed execution, how to measure it, and the rollout method we use.

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ClickHouse 26.8 LTS: 7 Essential Performance and HA Changes

ChistaDATA Inc.

ClickHouse 26.8 LTS read for production: adaptive aggregation, IEJoin, plan-based parallel replicas, Keeper on disk, always_fetch_mutated_part, and the 26.3 to 26.8 breaking-change checklist for self-managed and Cloud.

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ClickHouse 26.8 LTS: What’s New for Real-Time Analytics (Tested)

ChistaDATA Inc.

ClickHouse 26.8 shipped on 27 August 2026 as the second LTS line of the year, and two days later the 25.8 LTS line dropped out of support. If you run 25.8 in production, you are […]

ClickHouse 26.x in production: QBit vectors, text index GA, and Iceberg writes

ClickHouse 26.x in Production: QBit Vectors, Text Index, and Iceberg Writes

ChistaDATA Inc.

ClickHouse 26.x ships monthly on calendar versioning (YY.MM), and the ClickHouse 26.x line has been the most consequential run of releases since the project went commercial. As of August 2026, the latest stable is v26.7.3.19 […]

ClickHouse Upgrade Guide: 6 Proven Steps for Zero-Downtime Rolling LTS Upgrades

ChistaDATA Inc.

A production ClickHouse upgrade done properly is a rolling, replica-by-replica operation with zero query downtime, a measured before/after regression check, and a rollback posture decided before the first package is installed. Done casually, it is […]