# DuckDB v0.2.9 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** DuckDB (https://duckdb.org)
- **Version:** v0.2.9
- **Released:** Sep 06, 2021
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/duckdb/updates/v0.2.9/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
DuckDB v0.2.9. Source highlight: This preview release of DuckDB is named "Platyrhynchos" after the very well-known Mallard, πλατυρυγχος meaning "broad-billed".

## New Features
- #2189: Add support for `SUMMARIZE` of SQL statement/table
- #2115: Improve performance of duckdb_value functions, add support for HUGEINT type and add extra result helper functions