YugabyteDB 2.21 introduces industry-first native orchestration capabilities, including disaster recovery made simple with xCluster DR, which simplifies data resilience and tailors it for each workload. The release also accelerates database modernization with full support of Read Committed isolation, enables seamless Kubernetes deployments with the new YugabyteDB Operator, and provides a powerful upgrade rollback feature to reduce risk and automate microservice environments. Additionally, this latest version empowers users to meet their data resilience requirements by introducing several new capabilities, including native xCluster DR, which simplifies operations and reduces costs, accelerates compliance and saves time, increases flexibility and decreases risk, and is an ideal solution for limited regional availability, long-distance latency concerns, and existing DR knowledge and processes.