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If you’ve ever stood up multiple edge InfluxDB instances in remote locations and wished you could consolidate their data into a centralized instance for analysis, you’re not alone. That’s exactly why we designed Edge Data Replication (EDR) in InfluxDB v2. Now, with InfluxDB 3 Core and 3 Enterprise, we’re seeing new ways to handle replication using the brand-new Python Processing Engine.

InfluxDB 3.1 is now available for both Core and Enterprise editions, bringing significant improvements that make managing high-volume, high-velocity time series data even easier, faster, and more secure. InfluxDB 3 Core is the free, open source edition of InfluxDB 3—a high-speed, recent-data engine licensed under MIT and Apache 2. InfluxDB 3 Enterprise is the commercial version of Core, adding support for longer-term historical queries, high availability, enhanced security, and more.

Industrial systems constantly generate time series data—streams of time-stamped values like temperature, flow rate, vibration, or power load. This data powers real-time monitoring, performance tracking, and long-term forecasting across critical infrastructure, energy systems, and manufacturing environments.

Machine learning models must do more than make accurate predictions; they also need to adapt as the world around them changes. In real-world systems, data distributions shift due to seasonality, equipment wear, user behavior changes, or other external forces. If your models can’t keep up, the result is poor predictions. This can lead to outages, inefficiencies, or missed opportunities. That’s why forecasting systems need to be monitored and resilient, not just accurate.

InfluxDB 3 is our latest time series database built for real-time analytics and high-volume data. Its Python Processing Engine lets developers run custom scripts known as plugins to process data, trigger alerts, or integrate with external systems via HTTP web requests. To demonstrate what’s possible, we’ve developed several plugins, all of which are available in the influxdb3_plugins GitHub repository. This public repo is open for anyone to use, modify, and contribute to.

Managing your InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated environment just got easier. We’ve introduced an admin UI to streamline everyday tasks, so you can spend less time navigating settings and more time working with your data. The update is built for speed and usability. Whether you’re creating tables, managing tokens, or checking database status, the new UI helps you move faster with: This update is all about reducing friction for developers and teams managing time series infrastructure at scale.

Manufacturers are under pressure to increase efficiency, reduce downtime, and future-proof their factories. Rising costs, global competition, and shifting customer expectations mean that even small inefficiencies can lead to lost revenue or market share. This is difficult while using legacy systems that limit visibility and adaptability. These outdated systems often operate in silos, making it hard to access real-time data, respond to unexpected issues, or scale with modern technologies.

Curious how time series forecasting fits into your InfluxDB 3 workflows? Let’s build a complete forecasting pipeline together using InfluxDB 3 Core’s Python Processing Engine and Facebook’s Prophet library. InfluxDB 3 Core’s Python Processing Engine dramatically lowers the barrier to entry—not just for experienced developers but for anyone with a basic understanding of time series data and Python.

InfluxDB 3 Core is an open source, high-speed, recent-data engine; InfluxDB 3 Enterprise adds performance, high availability, security, and scalability for mission-critical workloads Built-in Python Processing Engine brings collection, transformation, monitoring, alerting, and automation on time series data.

After months of development, testing, and community feedback, we’re excited to announce the general availability (GA) release of InfluxDB 3 Core and InfluxDB 3 Enterprise. This release brings us closer to our vision for InfluxDB: a time series database that helps developers solve the problem of collecting, analyzing, monitoring, and acting on data across sensors, networks, servers, and applications. We view time series as a way to analyze, monitor, and act on data through time.