3.5.3

Dear community,

Apache CouchDB® 3.5.3 has been released and is available for download.

CouchDB 3.5.3 is a maintenance release that includes fixes for several security vulnerabilities. In this release announcement, we are only mentioning the CVE ids for users to track. Details for all CVEs will be made available seven (7) days after this release to give everybody enough time to upgrade.

The CouchDB team recommends upgrading to this version in a timely manner.

It was originally published on 2026-10-12.

https://couchdb.apache.org/#download

Pre-built packages for Windows, macOS, Debian/Ubuntu and RHEL/CentOS, as well as Docker images are available.

Release Notes highlights:

  • Includes fixes for CVE-2026-86471, CVE-2026-90797, CVE-2026-90798, CVE-2026-90800, CVE-2026-90799, CVE-2026-107755
  • Numerous substantial performance improvements.
  • Over 50 bugfixes and improvements across the whole codebase.

See the official release notes document for an exhaustive list of all changes

http://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/whatsnew/3.5.html

Apache CouchDB® lets you access your data where you need it. The Couch Replication Protocol is implemented in a variety of projects and products that span every imaginable computing environment from globally distributed server-clusters, over mobile phones to web browsers.

Store your data safely, on your own servers, or with any leading cloud provider. Your web- and native applications love CouchDB, because it speaks JSON natively and supports binary data for all your data storage needs.

The Couch Replication Protocol lets your data flow seamlessly between server clusters to mobile phones and web browsers, enabling a compelling offline-first user-experience while maintaining high performance and strong reliability. CouchDB comes with a developer-friendly query language, and optionally MapReduce for simple, efficient, and comprehensive data retrieval.

The community would like to thank all contributors for their part in making this release, from the smallest bug report or patch to major contributions in code, design, or marketing, we couldn’t have done it without you!

On behalf of the CouchDB PMC,
Jan Lehnardt
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CouchDB Digest — #11

Welcome back! This edition looks a little different, and wasn’t on time if you were expecting it a few weeks ago. That’s because the CouchDB Digest will now follow an itinerant schedule — it’ll be published when there’s a decently large collection of CouchDB articles and tools that ensure each Digest is well worth a read. 

In this edition there are a bunch of handy CouchDB connectors and plugins, including Apache Camel and a replication monitor, plus a couple of resources for deploying with Docker. 

We also have two community updates:

  • If you’ve ever wanted to contribute to PouchDB, join our triage session in the #pouchdb channel every other week and help enhance the project:
    • July 20, 2026 from 8–9am UTC
    • August 3, 2026 from 3-4pm UTC
    • August 17, 2026 from 8-9pm UTC

Blog Articles

Misc

Videos

Tools 

  • DBCode can connect to CouchDB in VSCode to help with management, Mango queries, monitoring and few more bits and pieces [DBCode Documentation]

You’re all caught up with the world of CouchDB! If we missed something — like a recently published article or tool, as well as a source we should regularly keep an eye on — let us know in the comments!