Aurora MySQL database engine updates 2024-10-23 (version 2.12.4, compatible with MySQL 5.7.44) This version has reached the end of standard support. (original) (raw)

Version: 2.12.4

Aurora MySQL 2.12.4 is generally available. Aurora MySQL 2.12 versions are compatible up to MySQL 5.7.44. For more information on community changes, see Changes in MySQL 5.7.44 (2022-10-11, General Availability).

Currently supported Aurora MySQL releases are 2.11.*, 2.12.*, 3.04.*, 3.05.*, 3.06.*, and 3.07.*.

You can upgrade an existing Aurora MySQL 2.* database cluster to Aurora MySQL 2.12.4. You can also restore a snapshot from any currently supported Aurora MySQL release into Aurora MySQL 2.12.4.

If you have any questions or concerns, AWS Support is available on the community forums and through AWS Support. For more information, see Maintaining an Amazon Aurora DB cluster in the Amazon Aurora User Guide.

Improvements

Fixed security issues and CVEs:

This release includes all community CVE fixes up to and including MySQL 5.7.44. The following CVE fixes are included:

Integration of MySQL Community Edition bug fixes

This release includes all community bug fixes up to and including 5.7.44. For more information, see MySQL bugs fixed by Aurora MySQL 2.x database engine updates.

Features not supported in Aurora MySQL version 2

The following features are currently not supported in Aurora MySQL version 2 (compatible with MySQL 5.7).

MySQL 5.7 compatibility

This Aurora MySQL version is wire-compatible with MySQL 5.7 and includes features such as JSON support, spatial indexes, and generated columns. Aurora MySQL uses a native implementation of spatial indexing using z-order curves to deliver >20x better write performance and >10x better read performance than MySQL 5.7 for spatial datasets.

This Aurora MySQL version does not currently support the following MySQL 5.7 features: