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Percona XtraBackup 9.7.1-rc1 has been released

Percona XtraBackup 9.7.1-rc1 has been released on Wednesday, July 15, 2026.

Try it out using the Quickstart guide.

Release highlights

Percona XtraBackup 9.7.1-rc1 is based on the MySQL 9.7 Long-Term Supported (LTS) release. Percona XtraBackup 9.7.1-rc1 is a Release Candidate. Interfaces and behavior are subject to change before the General Availability (GA) release.

Percona XtraBackup 9.7.1-rc1 supports backing up Percona Server for MySQL 9.7.x and MySQL 9.7.x.

Use the [Percona XtraBackup 8.4 series] to take backups of [Percona Server for MySQL 8.4.x] and MySQL 8.4.x series.

Percona XtraBackup 9.7.1-rc1 release includes new features, improvements and bug fixes.

  • Percona XtraBackup introduces the --check-tables option to validate the structural integrity of InnoDB B-tree indexes during the --prepare phase. Validation during --prepare helps detect corrupted indexes before restore or production deployment.

  • Percona XtraBackup introduces backup size reporting for successful backups. Percona XtraBackup now records backup size in xtrabackup_info and reports the same information in the XtraBackup error log. Backup size reporting helps estimate storage requirements, check that backups work correctly, and plan restores for compressed and streamed backups.

  • Percona XtraBackup improves sparse file handling efficiency by removing redundant fallocate(PUNCH_HOLE) calls from local_write_sparse.

Packaging notes

  • Percona XtraBackup 9.7 adds support for Ubuntu 26.04.

We recommend downloading Percona XtraBackup for the same platform as your MySQL-compatible server. For example, if your server runs on an ARM64 platform, download the Percona XtraBackup version for ARM64.

Learn more in Percona XtraBackup 9.7.1-rc1 release notes.