diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml index c9c4fc07ca..c4ae566900 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml @@ -229,6 +229,24 @@ Collations and locales can vary between databases so having them as read-only se + + + + +Role inheritance now controls the default inheritance status of member roles added during GRANT (Robert Haas) + + + +The role's default inheritance behavior can be overridden with the new GRANT ... WITH INHERIT clause. +This allows inheritance of some roles and not others because the members' inheritance status is set at GRANT time. +Previously the inheritance status of member roles was controlled only by the role's inheritance status, and +changes to a role's inheritance status affected all previous and future member roles. + + +