Release v1.4.3

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+---
+layout: post
+title: "Announcing DuckDB 1.4.3 LTS"
+author: "The DuckDB team"
+thumb: "/images/blog/thumbs/duckdb-release-1-4-3-lts.svg"
+image: "/images/blog/thumbs/duckdb-release-1-4-3-lts.png"
+excerpt: "Today we are releasing DuckDB 1.4.3."
+tags: ["release"]
+---
+
+In this blog post, we highlight a few important fixes and convenience improvements in DuckDB v1.4.3, the second bugfix release in [DuckDB's 1.4 LTS line]({% post_url 2025-09-16-announcing-duckdb-140 %}).
+You can find the complete [release notes on GitHub](https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.4.3).
+
+To install the new version, please visit the [installation page]({% link install/index.html %}).
+
+
+
+## Extension Distribution for Windows ARM64
+
+We are introducing beta support for Windows ARM64. You can now install core extensions now on this platform:
+
+```sql
+PRAGMA platform;
+```
+
+```text
+┌───────────────┐
+│   platform    │
+│    varchar    │
+├───────────────┤
+│ windows_arm64 │
+└───────────────┘
+```
+
+```sql
+INSTALL spatial;
+LOAD spatial;
+SELECT ST_Area(ST_GeomFromText('POLYGON((0 0, 4 0, 4 3, 0 3, 0 0))')) AS area;
+```
+
+```text
+┌────────┐
+│  area  │
+│ double │
+├────────┤
+│  12.0  │
+└────────┘
+```