KDB-X DB Service Release Notes

This page documents the version history of the KDB-X DB Service, including released versions, fixes, and improvements.

0.1.0 (Preview 1)

New Community Edition license

If you're using a Community Edition license from before May 2026, you'll need to generate a new one to use the DB Service. You can get a new automatically-generated license by visiting the KDB-X Install page.

Release date: 2026-04-28

This is the first public preview release of the single node KDB-X DB Service.

New features

• Data import APIs

  • File import: batch ingestion from delimited text (CSV), Parquet, or q binary.

  • kdb database import: ingests an existing kdb HDB.

  • API data import: inserts rows directly via API request.

• Query APIs

  • Structured query: parameterized API for querying timeseries.

  • q query: free-form q/qSQL, which can include an optional free-form aggregation function.

  • SQL query: SELECT-only SQL interface.

• Table management APIs

  • List: returns a simple list of table names in the database.

  • Describe: returns schema and metadata.

  • Create: defines a table with a specified schema and settings.

  • Drop: deletes a table and all associated data.

Artifacts

Database images

Service	Downloads Portal location
Storage Manager	portal.dl.kx.com/kxi-sm-single:0.1.0-beta.1
Data Access Process (DAP)	portal.dl.kx.com/kxi-da-single:0.1.0-beta.1
Gateway	portal.dl.kx.com/kxi-sg-gw:0.1.0-beta.1
Resource Coordinator	portal.dl.kx.com/kxi-sg-rc:0.1.0-beta.1
Aggregator	portal.dl.kx.com/kxi-sg-agg:0.1.0-beta.1

Reliable transport

Service	Downloads Portal location
Reliable Transport	portal.dl.kx.com/kxi-rt:1.18.0

Bundles & Clients

Repo	GitHub Repo Location
DB Service bundle	https://github.com/KxSystems/kdbx-db-service
q client	https://github.com/KxSystems/kdbx-db-service-q-client
Python client	https://github.com/KxSystems/kdbx-db-service-python-client