MySQL is an open source database developed by Oracle. With its proven performance, reliability and ease-of-use, MySQL has become the leading database choice for web-based applications, used by high profile web properties including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Yahoo! and many more.
| Release | Released | Security Support | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0 |
4 years and 8 months ago (08 Apr 2018)
|
Ends
in 3 years and 4 months (30 Apr 2026)
|
8.0.31
(20 Sep 2022)
|
| 5.7 |
7 years ago (09 Oct 2015)
|
Ends
in 10 months (31 Oct 2023)
|
5.7.40
(29 Aug 2022)
|
| 5.6 |
9 years ago (01 Feb 2013)
|
Ended
1 year and 9 months ago (28 Feb 2021)
|
5.6.51 |
| 5.5 |
12 years ago (03 Dec 2010)
|
Ended
3 years and 11 months ago (31 Dec 2018)
|
5.5.63 |
Oracle’s Lifetime Support Policy has three options.
Premier Support
5 years, starting at GA, of Premier Support that includes MySQL maintenance releases, updates, fixes (error correction), and security alerts.
Extended Support
3 years of extra support including error correction, beyond the Premier Support period, for specific MySQL releases. Includes MySQL maintenance releases, updates, bug fixes (error correction), and security alerts.
Sustaining Support
Any time, beyond the Premier Support period. Support only. No new releases, no new fixes (no error correction for new issues), no new updates. Only pre-existing updates, fixes and alerts are available.
Community Edition
MySQL Community Edition is freely available under GPLv2 licensing. Historically, patches have been released at the same time as for the commercial offerings, but no official commitment is made that such a policy will remain.
More information is available on the MySQL website.
You should be running one of the supported release numbers listed above in the rightmost column.
mysqld --version
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This page was last updated on 09 November 2022. Latest releases are automatically updated.