Aurora MySQL database engine update 2023-05-04 (version 2.07.9, compatible with MySQL 5.7.12) - Amazon Aurora
ImprovementsFeatures not supported in Aurora MySQL version 2MySQL 5.7 compatibility

Aurora MySQL database engine update 2023-05-04 (version 2.07.9, compatible with MySQL 5.7.12)

Version: 2.07.9

Aurora MySQL 2.07.9 is generally available. Aurora MySQL 2.07 versions are compatible with MySQL 5.7.12. For more information on community changes, see Changes in MySQL 5.7.12 (2016-04-11, General Availability).

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 2.07.*, 2.11.*, 3.01.*, 3.02.* and 3.03.*.

You can restore a snapshot from a currently supported Aurora MySQL release into Aurora MySQL 2.07.9. You also have the option to upgrade existing Aurora MySQL 2.* database clusters to Aurora MySQL 2.07.9. 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).

Immediately after an in-place engine version upgrade to Aurora MySQL 2.07.9 is performed, an operating system upgrade is applied automatically to all of the affected instances on the db.r4, db.r5, db.t2, and db.t3 DB instance classes, if the instances are running an old operating system version. In a Multi-AZ DB cluster, all of the reader instances apply the operating system upgrade first. When the operating system upgrade on the first reader instance is finished, a failover occurs and the previous writer instance is upgraded.

Note

The operating system upgrade isn't applied automatically to Aurora global databases during major version upgrades.

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.

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

Fixed security issues and CVEs listed below:

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

Availability improvements:

  • Fixed an issue where the Advanced Audit log rotation may reduce the freeable memory, which could lead to the DB instance restarting.

  • Fixed an issue which can occur during database restarts and results in the database not starting up successfully for an extended duration.

General improvements:

  • Fixed an issue which, in rare conditions, can cause the instances to restart when the database volume grows to a multiple of 160GB.

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:

  • 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