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Percona Distribution for MySQL 8.4.2 using Percona XtraDB Cluster (2024-12-11)

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 8.4.2-2.

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 8.4.2-2 (2024-11-04) release notes.

Known issues

  • This release does not include the Percona Toolkit. We will add the Percona Toolkit when a version compatible with MySQL 8.4 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 2.8.11 A high-availability and load-balancing solution for Percona XtraDB Cluster. This is a default proxy.
ProxySQL 2.7.1-1 A high performance, high-availability, protocol-aware proxy for MySQL.
replication_manager.sh 1.0 A tool to manage multi-source replication between multiple Percona XtraDB Cluster clusters.