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What LTS, Innovation, and “latest supported” mean across MySQL Server, Shell, Router, Connectors, and Operator MySQL has two different release models, and understanding which products follow which model makes choosing versions much simpler. MySQL Server and MySQL NDB Cluster offer Long-Term Support (LTS) and Innovation releases. MySQL Shell, MySQL Router, MySQL Connectors, and MySQL Operator for Kubernetes follow a Single Releasemodel: use […]

Oracle plans to move MySQL security updates toward a monthly cadence, supplementing the current quarterly Critical Patch Update (CPU) schedule. These monthly Critical Security Patch Update (CSPU) releases will be issued only when needed to address critical security or stability issues; they are not a fixed monthly release commitment. These CSPU releases will focus on […]

Choosing how to upgrade a MySQL database is rarely just a question of source and target versions. The best approach can depend on database size, storage engines, replication topology, available infrastructure, acceptable downtime, backup readiness, application compatibility, and rollback requirements. A small standalone database with a long maintenance window may be a good candidate for […]

The July 2026 MySQL releases are now available, including: MySQL 26.7.0 is the first generally available Innovation release following MySQL 9.7 LTS and the first MySQL release to use the new calendar-versioning model. MySQL 9.7.2 and MySQL 8.4.11 continue the quarterly maintenance cadence for the current MySQL Long-Term Support release lines. A new calendar-versioning model […]

Overview OpenSSL 3.5 integrates a number of algorithms resistant to attack by future quantum computers, commonly referred as Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC). These include: Possibility of storing the vast amounts of TLS encrypted traffic now and decrypting it later once the quantum computers become capable enough is considered a real problem, so the governments and standards […]

With the new LTS (Long Term Support) release of MySQL 9.7.0 https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/9.7/en/ , Dynamic Data Masking (DDM) is one of the new features introduced as part of Enterprise Edition. The recent blog by Mike Frank, MySQL Product Management Director, details why DDM is important in every industry where PII (Personal Identifiable Information) data is stored […]

MySQL Enterprise Edition includes powerful audit filtering capabilities, but writing audit filter JSON by hand can be tedious and error-prone. The JSON model is flexible, which is exactly what makes it useful, but it also means that a small typo, a missing event class, or an incorrectly assigned user can change what does or does […]

Understanding the New Cadence: Quarterly CPUs, Targeted CSPUs, and Transitioning to Calendar Versioning MySQL is updating its release model to make releases easier to understand, plan for, and follow: The goal is not simply to change the number on a release. The goal is to give users, DBAs, developers, Linux distributions, cloud platforms, and ecosystem […]

Modern applications generate and consume enormous amounts of semi-structured data. User profiles, product catalogs, IoT telemetry, application events, AI prompts, and content metadata rarely fit neatly into rigid relational schemas anymore. At the same time, enterprises still need the reliability, security, analytics, and operational maturity of a traditional database platform. This is where MySQL HeatWave […]

Many applications start with a simple database setup: create one MySQL user, give it access to the application schema, put the credentials in the app config, and move on. That may work at first, but it is not a good long-term security model. A better approach is to use separate MySQL users for separate application […]