Announcing Vitess 23.0.0 # We’re excited to release Vitess 23.0.0 — the latest major version of Vitess — bringing new defaults, better operational tooling, and refined metrics. This release builds on the strong foundation of version 22 and is designed to make deployment and observability smoother, while continuing to scale MySQL workloads horizontally with confidence. ✅ Why This Release Matters # For production users of Vitess, this release is meaningful in several ways:

Announcing Vitess 22 # The Vitess maintainers are happy to announce the release of version 22.0.0, along with version 2.15.0 of the Vitess Kubernetes Operator. This release is the first to benefit from a 6-month-long development cycle, after our recent change to the release cadence. Version 22.0.0 comes with significant enhancements to query serving and cluster management. These changes have allowed Vitess to be more performant and easier to operate compared to version 21.

Announcing Vitess 21 # We're delighted to announce the release of Vitess 21 along with version 2.14.0 of the Vitess Kubernetes Operator. Version 21 focuses on enhancing query compatibility, improving cluster management, and expanding VReplication capabilities, with experimental support for atomic distributed transactions and recursive CTEs. Key features include reference table materialization, multi-metric throttler support, and enhanced Online DDL functionality. Backup and restore processes benefit from a new mysqlshell engine, while vexplain now offers detailed execution traces and schema analysis.

We're delighted to announce the release of Vitess 20 along with version 2.13.0 of the Vitess Kubernetes Operator. Version 20 focuses on usability and maturity of existing features, and continues to build on the solid foundation of scalability and performance established in previous versions. Our commitment remains steadfast in providing a powerful, scalable, and reliable solution for your database scaling needs. What's New in Vitess 20 # Query Compatibility: enhanced DML support including improved query compatibility, Vindex hints, and extended support for various sharded update and delete operations.