---
title: "SurrealDB 3.0 release highlights"
description: "SurrealDB 3.0 is a major release that brings new features and improvements to the database."
url: https://surrealdb.com/3.0
---

# Introducing SurrealDB 3.0

VERSION 3.0

[Read the announcement](https://surrealdb.com/blog/introducing-surrealdb-3-0--the-future-of-ai-agent-memory) [View benchmarks](https://surrealdb.com/blog/surrealdb-3-0-benchmarks-a-new-foundation-for-performance)

**Agent memory.** First-class in the database.

**In-memory engine.** New, and built for speed.

**Native extensions.** Rust compiled to WebAssembly, inside the engine.

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2. ![ING](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/ing.X3I6S3_V.svg)
3. ![British Airways](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/british-airways.KEsZiwV-.svg)
4. ![Nvidia](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/nvidia.DaIEuMil.svg)
5. ![Apple](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/apple.D5pq4flY.svg)
6. ![SpaceX](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/spacex.CQJEk-IL.svg)
7. ![Samsung](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/samsung.CH-vQgnb.svg)
8. ![adidas](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/adidas.DdTC5qhk.svg)
9. ![Tencent](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/tencent.paQmLxyy.svg)
10. ![Alibaba](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/alibaba.B16idgfM.svg)
11. ![PolyAI](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/poly-ai.c3w_fAg6.svg)
12. ![Later](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/later.Ds736jFO.svg)
13. ![Verizon](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/verizon.BI7CajdX.svg)
14. ![Liberty Mutual](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/liberty-mutual.B7qOU1pd.svg)
15. ![Walmart](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/walmart.BjDg_Sr8.svg)
16. ![Carrier](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/carrier.D21gC6NX.svg)
17. ![Saks Fifth Avenue](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/saks-fifth-avenue.COIDpLSb.svg)
18. ![San Francisco Compute Company](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/sfcc.B7jlImq4.svg)
19. ![Shield AI](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/shield-ai.pINZ0KJr.svg)
20. ![Wix](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/wix.DvHhmoBi.svg)

THE LAUNCH

## A walk-through of 3.0. Agent memory, the in-memory engine and native extensions, in one tour.

WHAT'S NEW

## Eleven changes, one release. Drawn from a year of alpha and beta releases.

[See all 3.0 features](https://surrealdb.com/surrealdb/features) [Read the release notes](https://surrealdb.com/releases)

01

### Streaming query planner

Results stream as they are produced, with concurrent writes on HNSW indexes.

02

### WebAssembly extensions

WASM plugins run inside SurrealQL, next to the data.

03

### File storage

Buckets and file pointers are first-class types, inside one transaction.

04

### In-memory engine

Lock-free MVCC with full ACID guarantees and optional background persistence.

05

### Indexing overhaul

Concurrent index updates, compound range scans and ALTER INDEX.

06

### Client-side transactions

Group operations across SDK calls and commit when ready.

07

### Custom API endpoints

DEFINE API ships HTTP routes and middleware inside SurrealQL.

08

### Record references

Bidirectional links at the schema level, kept in sync by the database.

09

### Computed fields

Logic defined once with COMPUTED, evaluated at query time.

10

### GraphQL is stable

Mutations, authentication, permissions and filtering, on by default.

11

### Production-ready foundations

Synced writes by default, 150+ bugs closed, Go and Java SDKs at 1.0.

TRUSTED BY

## Proven in production

[See more case studies](https://surrealdb.com/casestudies)

### [Three data stores collapsed into one](https://surrealdb.com/customer/samsung)

![Samsung](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/4c58b81e7b3c9466.C_Hv0eml.svg)

### [An AI assistant for 10,000 technicians](https://surrealdb.com/customer/verizon)

![Verizon](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/18b99996c689000f.B5PQ-nI9.svg)

### [Nine backend tools consolidated into one](https://surrealdb.com/customer/tencent)

![Tencent](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/401d8346058682c8.DqM87mst.svg)

### [Low-latency RAG, under the customer's control](https://surrealdb.com/customer/polyai)

![PolyAI](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/c5fa07c66cd05131.BnC7wHcc.svg)

### [45 million recommendation queries a month](https://surrealdb.com/customer/saks)

![Saks Fifth Avenue](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/saks-fifth-avenue-white.pDJ9HGmf.svg)

THE PLATFORM

## Everything an application and its agents know. Five surfaces, one engine.

Database

Document, graph, vector, time-series and relational in one engine.

![Five data models as dotted tiles: documents, graph, vector, time-series and relational](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/platform-database.DUdumYDz.avif)

Read more

[Database](https://surrealdb.com/surrealdb)

Agent Memory

What an agent learns, with its source and its time, in the same engine.

![A timeline of remembered facts, each with its source](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/platform-agent-memory.Cvv8D5Wl.avif)

Read more

[Agent Memory](https://surrealdb.com/agent-memory)

Cloud

Managed clusters in the regions you choose, scaled on demand.

![Clusters in three regions on a world map, each running or scaling](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/platform-cloud.--QZnaVi.avif)

Read more

[Cloud](https://surrealdb.com/cloud)

Studio

Query, explore and design the schema from the browser.

![A SurrealQL query in Studio and the schema graph under it](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/platform-studio.7ykBFNLq.avif)

Read more

[Studio](https://surrealdb.com/studio)

MCP

Every model that speaks MCP reaches the database and the memory directly.

![Three models connected through MCP to the database and Agent Memory](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/platform-mcp.D_oH0_wm.avif)

Read more

[MCP](https://surrealdb.com/mcp)

IN PRODUCTION

## Trusted at scale. Samsung, Nvidia, Verizon, Tencent, and Walmart run on SurrealDB.

14,000+

Developers building on SurrealDB Cloud

4M+

Developers building on SurrealDB worldwide

FROM THE TEAMS

> SurrealDB gives us a foundation where we can unify semantic search, knowledge graphs, and AI-driven decision making without stitching together multiple systems. Collapsing responsibility into SurrealDB has become our default engineering posture.

*Justin Foley*

VP of Engineering, Later

GET STARTED

## Start building with SurrealDB. One data layer for AI, from object storage to agent memory.

[Start free with SurrealDB](https://studio.surrealdb.com/current/instances/deploy) [Learn more](https://surrealdb.com/docs/what-is-surrealdb)

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