The MariaDB team has released new versions of their popular open-source database, including 11.8.4, 11.4.9, 10.11.15, and 10.6.24, which will receive ongoing support over the next five years. These updates mainly aim to make the InnoDB storage engine more stable and faster, fixing problems like crashes that happen during table operations or with saved statistics. The releases also include refinements to other areas of MariaDB, including Aria transactional table recovery, json function oddities, and query handling, as well as specific fixes for mysqldump behavior and Windows installation issues

MariaDB 11.8.4, 11.4.9, 10.11.15, and 10.6.24 released

The MariaDB team has just released new versions across several long-term support lines, including updates like 11.8.4, 11.4.9, 10.11.5, and 10.6.24.

These latest stable releases mark the continuation of their respective long-term series; each gets three years of regular maintenance plus two more for security via source code updates. It's positive news if you're managing a MariaDB deployment that needs ongoing support without jumping versions too often.

Digging into what changed, the focus seems to be mainly on stability and performance improvements in the InnoDB storage engine. Some potential crashes got fixed, particularly those related to DROP/ALTER table operations or incorrect persistent statistics definitions. There was also an issue where certain workloads were unnecessarily slowed down by log checkpoint activity; that appears resolved too. Plus, they've refined how InnoDB handles adaptive hash indexes and made a tweak regarding innodb_encrypt_tables when combined with CRC32 checksums.

Beyond InnoDB, other areas saw action: Aria transactional table recovery on big-endian systems like s390x now works again properly; some json function oddities have been ironed out (like JSON_TABLE view creation); and the parser has gained a bit more muscle to handle very long queries better. There are also specific fixes for things like mysqldump behavior when encoding table names or ensuring Windows installs work smoothly without requiring Visual C++ Redistributables.

Therefore, what seems like routine maintenance is actually packed with important refinements, mostly focused on making MariaDB run more reliably and efficiently than before, especially for InnoDB users.

MariaDB 11.8.4, 11.4.9, 10.11.15 and 10.6.24 now available

The MariaDB Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of MariaDB 11.8.4, MariaDB 11.4.9, MariaDB 10.11.5 and MariaDB 10.6.24, the latest stable releases in their respective long-term series (receiving regular maintenance and support for three years from their first stable release dates, and critical security fixes as source code releases for two additional years beyond). … Continue reading "MariaDB 11.8.4, 11.4.9, 10.11.15 and 10.6.24 now available"

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