AlloyDB now supports Best Matching 25 (BM25) indexes for full-text search in Preview

PreviewAug 4, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

AlloyDB now supports Best Matching 25 (BM25) indexes for full-text search in Preview . You can use the pg_textsearch extension to create BM25 indexes and optimize probabilistic ranking of full-text search. This feature is supported on AlloyDB instances running PostgreSQL 17 or 18. For more information, see Create and manage a BM25 index .

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