What’s New in InfluxDB 3.12: Distributed Compaction, 3x Faster Imports, and More Control

InfluxDB 3.12 extends the performance foundation introduced in version 3.11 with faster bulk imports, horizontally scalable distributed compaction, per-database schema enforcement, and generally available role-based access control for InfluxDB 3 Enterprise. Parquet bulk imports now run in parallel and are roughly three times faster in testing, while requiring only write access to the target database rather than an administrator token. Distributed compaction, available in beta and disabled by default, allows organizations to add dedicated compact-mode nodes as ingestion volume grows, with jobs reassigned if a node fails. Teams can now define fixed schemas for production databases to reject undefined columns at write time, while retaining schema-on-write flexibility for exploratory workloads. Explorer gains user and role administration, token, password, and SSO sign-in options, six additional visualization types, SQL query explanations, and default configuration for new deployments. Additional changes include standalone Processing Engine deployment for isolating Python plugins, Apache DataFusion 52 support for query improvements, and updated multi-node upgrade requirements.

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