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layout: changelog
title: "Database relationships are out of beta"
date: 2026-05-13
cover: /images/blog/relationships-are-out-of-beta/cover.avif
tags: databases, performance
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Database relationships in Appwrite are graduating from experimental to **production-ready**. After a year of performance, ergonomics, and capability improvements, they are now a first-class way to model connected data.

**What's shipped over the past year**

- **Opt-in relationship loading**: Related rows are no longer pulled in automatically, you select exactly which relationships to load using query selection. Smaller payloads, faster responses.
- **Filter queries on relationships**: Filter across related data using dot notation, like `Query.equal('author.name', ['Jake'])`. All comparison operators are supported, including `equal`, `notEqual`, `greaterThan`, `lessThan`, `between`, `contains`, and spatial queries.
- **12-18x faster relationship operations**: A full internal overhaul made every relationship read, write, and join dramatically faster, with no configuration changes required.
- **CSV export support**: Relationship fields export cleanly as IDs from the Console.

[Read the announcement to learn more](/blog/post/relationships-are-out-of-beta)