The latest from the MySQL community

At a recent discussion with MySQL ACEs and Rockstars, we were asked a fair question: If a bug is fixed in one supported MySQL LTS series, why isn’t it always fixed in another? A quick refresher: LTS means Long-Term Support. Within an LTS series, MySQL aims to keep the feature set and data format stable […]

The MySQL 26.10.0 Early Access Release is now available, giving developers and database teams an early opportunity to preview, evaluate, and provide feedback on the next evolution of MySQL. Early Access releases are where curiosity becomes contribution. Whether you’re testing an application stack, validating upgrade plans, or simply eager to see what’s coming, this is […]

This September and October, Heather VanCura will meet with MySQL users, contributors, developers, DBAs, customers, and community leaders across Brazil and Europe. With more than 30 years of innovation behind it, the MySQL community is entering an important new phase. The focus is on expanding engagement, collaboration, and contributions while increasing and driving innovation and unification of the ecosystem. The tour will […]

As we have discussed through the new MySQL Community Engagement initiative, we are sharing metrics that highlight how the community contributes to MySQL. These measures help us understand the growth of community participation, recognize the people helping improve the product, and identify where we can continue to strengthen the contributor experience. The MySQL community delivered […]

The MySQL team would like to thank everyone in the community who contributed bug reports, patches, pull requests, and continued feedback that became part of the MySQL 26.7 release. As always, community contributions help make MySQL better for everyone. In this release, we received contributions across the MySQL Server Optimizer, Parser, Prepared Statements, Performance Schema, […]

The MySQL community gathered once again for the second MySQL Contributor Summit of 2026, held August 5–6 as a hybrid event from Broomfield, Colorado. Building on the momentum of the inaugural summit in May, MySQL contributors from across the MySQL ecosystem came together to share ideas, review technical proposals, and collaborate on the future of MySQL.  Over two […]

Planet MySQL has always been about discovering what’s happening across the MySQL community. Now, there’s even more to explore. We’ve added new ways to discover the projects and products that make up the broader MySQL ecosystem, find upcoming MySQL events, and search the wealth of content shared by the community. At the center of these […]

The fifth MySQL Public Discussion as part of our Community Engagement plan. The plan includes accelerating innovation in MySQL Community Edition, increasing community contributions and expanding the MySQL ecosystem overall. This session was focused on the contributor experience and the ongoing work to make contributing to MySQL more transparent and accessible. The session covered MySQL […]

With the release of MySQL 9.7 Community Edition, the Hypergraph Optimizer is now available to everyone. This is a significant addition to MySQL and one that has generated a lot of excitement in the MySQL community. The promise is simple: better execution plans for complex queries, especially those with many joins. Like most new features, […]

Over the past year, we have taken important steps to increase transparency and engagement across the MySQL ecosystem. Through public roadmap discussions, Early Access releases, publication of worklogs, bug transparency and backlog reduction, community public discussions, increased use of GitHub discussions, and contributor events, we have created more opportunities for the community to understand what […]