Percona Distribution for MySQL 8.4.0 using Percona XtraDB Cluster (2024-11-14)¶

Percona Distribution for MySQL is the most stable, scalable, and secure open source MySQL distribution, with two download options: one based on Percona Server for MySQL and one based on Percona XtraDB Cluster. Install Percona Distribution for MySQL.

This release is based on Percona XtraDB Cluster 8.4.0-1.

Release highlights¶

Percona XtraDB Cluster is based on Percona Server for MySQL. Find a complete list of improvements and bug fixes in the Percona Server for MySQL 8.4.0-1 (2024-08-28) release notes.

Known issues¶

This release does not include the Percona Toolkit component. We will add it once a Percona Toolkit version compatible with MySQL 8.4 becomes available.
This release does not include the ProxySQL component. We will add it once a ProxySQL version compatible with Percona XtraDB Cluster becomes available.

Supplied components¶

Review each component’s release notes for What’s new, improvements, or bug fixes. The following is a list of the components supplied with the Percona XtraDB Cluster-based variation of the Percona Distribution for MySQL:

Component	Version	Description
Percona XtraBackup	8.4.0-1	An open-source hot backup utility for MySQL-based servers that doesn’t lock your database during the backup.
HAProxy	2.8.10	A high-availability and load-balancing solution for Percona XtraDB Cluster. This is a default proxy.
replication_manager.sh	1.0	A tool to manage multi-source replication between multiple Percona XtraDB Cluster clusters.