Neo4j Aura Database August Release Update

The Neo4j Aura August release is now rolling out—starting with AuraDB Free and gradually extending to higher-tier instances.

This month brings new Cypher and Cypher Shell functionalities, and improved query performance!

Key Updates

Introduced a new Cypher function
allReduce()
to optimize variable path expansion in your queries, allowing for earlier filtering of irrelevant paths.
ALTER DATABASE privileges (including sub-privileges) can now be specified per database, and not just at DBMS.
Some queries previously unsupported by the
NEXT
statement are now supported.
Improved the performance of dynamic label queries, bringing them closer to the speed of static label lookups.
Added an option in Cypher Shell CLI to disable the command and query history.

Fixes

Server

Range index is now consistent with no index for equality comparisons over points and durations.

Cypher

Resolved a bug causing large number overflows in arithmetic operations
Fixed an issue with spatial queries (
point.distance()
and
point.withinBBox()
) that could fail to find points just outside a restricted index region.
Note: You may need to rebuild your point index for this fix to take full effect.
Corrected an error that occurred when creating multiple linked users with a parameterized username.

For full details of all updates and fixes in this release, please visit: Release Notes: Neo4j Aura Database – August 2025