Upstream MySQL published an out-of-schedule release this week with two high-severity CVE fixes. If you’re running Percona Server for MySQL 5.7 or 8.0 under Extended Lifecycle Support (ELS), the program we previously called Post EOL Support, you don’t have to do anything to qualify for them. We’ve already applied the fixes and re-released the affected ELS builds.

This is the point of ELS. When a major version reaches End of Life (EOL), the community stops shipping patches, but the databases running on it don’t stop mattering. ELS keeps critical bug and security fixes coming for versions that are past their EOL date, so you can stay on 5.7 or 8.0 on your own timeline instead of a deadline someone else set.

What we did

These CVE fixes landed upstream outside the normal cadence. Under ELS, customers are entitled to security fixes for the versions they run, so we pulled the patches into the 5.7 and 8.0 builds and …

Keeping up with the MySQL ecosystem is becoming increasingly challenging. Every release introduces new features, performance improvements, security enhancements, and cloud capabilities. While the official documentation is comprehensive, it is not always easy to quickly identify what really matters.

To help with that, I've published a new edition of my MySQL & MySQL HeatWave Report, covering the most important announcements around MySQL 9.7 LTS and MySQL HeatWave 9.7.
Slides: https://speakerdeck.com/freshdaz/mysql-and-mysql-heatwave-report-june-2026

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Update, July 1, 2026: Percona Server for MySQL 8.4.10-10 is now available. It carries the content originally planned for 8.4.9 plus the upstream security fixes. See the 8.4.10-10 release notes. 9.7.1 is still on the way; we’ll link its release notes here when it ships.

Upstream MySQL published an out-of-schedule release this week with two high-severity CVE fixes. We’ve pulled those fixes into our next builds and are skipping the two versions we had already queued: Percona Server for MySQL 8.4.9 and 9.7.0.

These fixes arrived through Oracle’s new monthly Critical Security Patch Updates (CSPUs), which Oracle announced begin May 28, 2026. CSPUs ship targeted …

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This lesson should have been learned with the CREATE TABLE of death, but it is worth a refresh.

Do not uselessly grant CREATE and ALTER TABLE

The reason I am posting this reminder is that another crashing bug related to DDL came to my attention.  This bug is only fixed in a recent version of MySQL (probably not affecting 5.6 and 5.7), so if you are running the latest 8.0 or 8.4, you should

On April 21st, 2026, we released MySQL 9.7.0, the latest Long-Term Support release. As always, we are grateful to the MySQL community for helping improve MySQL with bug reports, patches, pull requests, and continued feedback. Community contributions help make MySQL better for everyone, and we are happy to recognize the contributors whose work was included […]