---
title: "v2026.10.18"
summary: "Flow starts as its own app, with a PostgreSQL data model for organisations, contacts, the price list and invoices."
description: "Flow v2026.10.18 release notes: what changed, and who contributed."
keywords:
  - Flow
  - v2026.10.18
  - release notes
---

# v2026.10.18

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This release covers **11 pull requests.**

## Highlights

- Flow starts as its own app, with a PostgreSQL data model for organisations, contacts, the price list and invoices. ([#11](https://github.com/arcforgelabs/flow/pull/11))
- People sign in through Clerk, and Flow keeps their roles. ([#19](https://github.com/arcforgelabs/flow/pull/19))
- Each release ships as an npm package, a container image and a GitHub Release, and a Replit install follows a release channel. ([#18](https://github.com/arcforgelabs/flow/pull/18), [#20](https://github.com/arcforgelabs/flow/pull/20))

## Changes

- PostgreSQL data model for organisations, contacts, price list and invoices. ([#11](https://github.com/arcforgelabs/flow/pull/11))
- Calendar release versions for Flow. ([#17](https://github.com/arcforgelabs/flow/pull/17))
- Release workflows for Flow: npm, GHCR and GitHub Release. ([#18](https://github.com/arcforgelabs/flow/pull/18))
- Replit installs follow a release channel with FLOW_DEPLOY_REF. ([#20](https://github.com/arcforgelabs/flow/pull/20))
- Sign in through Clerk with roles kept in Flow. ([#19](https://github.com/arcforgelabs/flow/pull/19))
- /health reports the release, and Flow says when a newer one is out. ([#22](https://github.com/arcforgelabs/flow/pull/22))

## Contribution record

[CHANGELOG/records/2026.10.18.md](https://github.com/arcforgelabs/flow/blob/main/CHANGELOG/records/2026.10.18.md) lists every pull request in this release once, with its related issues and thanks.