YugabyteDB 2.20 introduces key enhancements, including transactionally consistent change data capture (CDC), improved performance at scale with catalog metadata caching and faster local bootstrap in self-managed YugabyteDB, simplified lift-and-shift for PostgreSQL users with wait-on-conflict concurrency control, OIDC-based authentication for enhanced security, online point-in-time recovery (PITR) capabilities, and several behind-the-scenes improvements. This release broadens YugabyteDB's applicability to a wider range of cloud native applications, including real-time data analysis, business-critical event-driven applications, data auditing and compliance, master data management, and real-time customer experience management.