Aurora MySQL database engine updates 2022-06-16 (version 2.07.8) (Deprecated) - Amazon Aurora
ImprovementsIntegration of MySQL community edition bug fixesComparison with Aurora MySQL version 1MySQL 5.7 compatibility

Aurora MySQL database engine updates 2022-06-16 (version 2.07.8) (Deprecated)

Version: 2.07.8

Aurora MySQL 2.07.8 is generally available. Aurora MySQL 2.* versions are compatible with MySQL 5.7 and Aurora MySQL 1.* versions are compatible with MySQL 5.6.

Note

This version is designated as a long-term support (LTS) release. For more information, see Aurora MySQL long-term support (LTS) releases in the Amazon Aurora User Guide.

Currently supported Aurora MySQL releases are 1.19.5, 1.19.6, 1.22.*, 1.23.*, 2.04.*, 2.07.*, 2.08.*, 2.09.*, 2.10.*, 3.01.* and 3.02.*.

You can restore a snapshot from a currently supported Aurora MySQL release into Aurora MySQL 2.07.8. You also have the option to upgrade existing Aurora MySQL 2.* database clusters to Aurora MySQL 2.07.8. In-place upgrade is available for Aurora MySQL 1.* clusters to Aurora MySQL 2.* (see Upgrading from Aurora MySQL 1.x to 2.x). It's also available for Aurora MySQL 2.* clusters to Aurora MySQL 3.* (see Upgrading from Aurora MySQL 2.x to 3.x).

To create a cluster with an older version of Aurora MySQL, specify the engine version through the AWS Management Console, the AWS CLI, or the RDS API.

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.

Note

For information on how to upgrade your Aurora MySQL database cluster, see Upgrading the minor version or patch level of an Aurora MySQL DB cluster in the Amazon Aurora User Guide.

Improvements

Security fixes:

Fixes and other enhancements to fine-tune handling in a managed environment. Additional CVE fixes below:

General improvements:

  • Fixed an issue which, in rare cases, causes the database server to restart when the deadlock detector thread gets stuck because of a race condition.

Integration of MySQL community edition bug fixes

  • When an UPDATE required a temporary table having a primary key larger than 1024 bytes and that table was created using InnoDB, the server could exit. (Bug #25153670)

Comparison with Aurora MySQL version 1

The following Amazon Aurora MySQL features are supported in Aurora MySQL Version 1 (compatible with MySQL 5.6), but these 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:

  • Group replication plugin

  • Increased page size

  • InnoDB buffer pool loading at startup

  • InnoDB full-text parser plugin

  • Multisource replication

  • Online buffer pool resizing

  • Password validation plugin

  • Query rewrite plugins

  • Replication filtering

  • The CREATE TABLESPACE SQL statement