What Happened at the Summits

We just wrapped up two MySQL Community Summits – one in San Francisco in January, and one in Brussels right before FOSDEM. The energy in the rooms: a lot of people who care deeply about MySQL got together, exchanged ideas, and left with a clear sense that we need to act.

The goal was to gather the people who care about MySQL, have an open exchange of ideas, and leave with action points.  We had end users, contributors, and vendors all in the same room, all agreeing on one thing: MySQL matters, and we all want MySQL to grow in popularity, not to follow a trajectory of decline.

Where MySQL Stands Today

MySQL is declining in popularity. PostgreSQL has become the default choice for new projects. MySQL is at genuine risk of becoming irrelevant if we don’t do something about it. …

Right before FOSDEM kicked off, the preFOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days returned to the usual place in Brussels for two packed days (Jan 29-30, 2026). The format stayed true to what makes this event special: a friendly, hallway-track-heavy gathering with serious technical content — this year running two parallel tracks and the grand final: the RockStars […]

We are pleased to introduce the ability to export MySQL HeatWave backup data directly to an OCI Object Storage bucket in your tenancy, enabling a one-step process to create an exported backup via the Console or API. This process creates a logical dump from the backup without utilizing DB system resources, thereby minimizing the impact on the […]

As we mark the milestone of MySQL’s 30-year anniversary, the celebrations around the globe have been a testament to the widespread impact and popularity of the Dolphin. This week’s annual preFOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days in Brussels are not only an opportunity to celebrate, but also a chance for Oracle to share some key updates on […]

As AI workloads become standard in modern applications, engineering teams face a familiar dilemma: MySQL is already the system of record, but vector search typically requires bolting on a separate database. MyVector and ProxySQL solve this without fragmenting your data stack.

The new protocol dissector for X Protocol in MySQL was just merged to the master branch in Wireshark. To get it build Wireshark from the master branch or wait for the next release.

This protocol is using Google Protobuf, which makes it much easier to work with than the regular MySQL protocol.

See also: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/dev/mysql-server/latest/page_mysqlx_protocol.html 

If you like what Wireshark does, consider donating on https://wiresharkfoundation.org/donate/ 

ProxySQL v4.0 adds a transparent AI layer at the proxy — RAG pipelines, NL2SQL, and an MCP server for AI agents — without touching your database or application code.

MySQL 8.0 is scheduled for End of Life (EOL) in April 2026. In line with this milestone, we previously announced in this Oracle blog post that all existing MySQL HeatWave instances running version 8.0 would be automatically upgraded to the latest supported 8.4 release after April 2026. However, understanding the operational realities and planning cycles […]

MySQL is taking a significant step forward by rethinking how foreign key constraints and cascades are managed. Starting with MySQL 9.6, foreign key checks and cascade operations will be handled directly by the SQL engine rather than the InnoDB storage engine. This improvement addresses long-standing challenges with change tracking, binary log replication, and data consistency, making […]

When a replica fails due to corruption or drift, the standard solution is to rebuild it from a fresh copy of the master when pt-table-sync is not an option. Traditionally, when we need to build a new replica, we use a physical backup for speed, but there are some cases where you still need logical backups. For instance, when you migrate to a specific vendor (i.e.: MariaDB to MySQL) or storage engines (in the past MyISAM to InnoDB and nowadays from InnoDB to RocksDB), upgrade to a new database version or move to a cloud based solution. This is where a logical backup shines, offering portability and simplicity, but only if it can be performed quickly. MyDumper emerges as the essential, modern solution, delivering the best of both worlds: the cross-platform, cross-version flexibility of a logical dump combined with the parallel, multi-threaded speed previously reserved for physical methods, making it the clear choice for rapidly rebuilding a consistent …