Posts tagged #mysql on the ProxySQL blog.https://proxysql.com/en-ushttps://proxysql.com/blog/announcing-proxysql-3-0-8/https://proxysql.com/blog/announcing-proxysql-3-0-8/ProxySQL 3.0.8 introduces MySQL session-variable tracking, PostgreSQL Cluster Sync, per-server backend SSL, and mid-transaction recovery. Also announcing 3.1.8 and 4.0.8.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTRene Cannaohttps://proxysql.com/blog/proxysql-3-0-7-security-hardening/https://proxysql.com/blog/proxysql-3-0-7-security-hardening/A deep dive into the protocol hardening, credential protection, and validation improvements in ProxySQL 3.0.7.Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTRene Cannaohttps://proxysql.com/blog/proxysql-3-0-7-zstd-compression/https://proxysql.com/blog/proxysql-3-0-7-zstd-compression/ProxySQL 3.0.7 adds native zstd compression for the MySQL protocol, offering better compression ratios and lower CPU overhead compared to zlib.Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTRene Cannaohttps://proxysql.com/blog/announcing-proxysql-takes-over-orchestrator/https://proxysql.com/blog/announcing-proxysql-takes-over-orchestrator/ProxySQL officially takes over the maintenance and development of Orchestrator, ensuring a bright future for the industry-standard database topology management tool.Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTRene Cannaohttps://proxysql.com/blog/proxysql-316-tsdb/https://proxysql.com/blog/proxysql-316-tsdb/Built-in Time-Series Metrics, No Prometheus Required. Query Your Metrics History Directly from ProxySQLFri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTRene Cannaohttps://proxysql.com/blog/proxysql-316-ffto/https://proxysql.com/blog/proxysql-316-ffto/Fast Forward Mode Is No Longer a Blind SpotMon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTRene Cannaohttps://proxysql.com/blog/making-mysql-ai-ready-how-myvector-and-proxysql-work-together/https://proxysql.com/blog/making-mysql-ai-ready-how-myvector-and-proxysql-work-together/As AI workloads become standard in modern applications, engineering teams face a familiar dilemma: MySQL is already the system of record, but vector search typically requires bolting on a separate database. MyVector and ProxySQL solve this without fragmenting your data stack.Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTRonald Bradfordhttps://proxysql.com/blog/bringing-genai-to-every-mysql-instance-proxysql-v4-0/https://proxysql.com/blog/bringing-genai-to-every-mysql-instance-proxysql-v4-0/ProxySQL v4.0 adds a transparent AI layer at the proxy — RAG pipelines, NL2SQL, and an MCP server for AI agents — without touching your database or application code.Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTRonald Bradfordhttps://proxysql.com/blog/welcome-ronald-bradford-cto/https://proxysql.com/blog/welcome-ronald-bradford-cto/We are thrilled to welcome Ronald Bradford to ProxySQL's executive team as our Chief Technology Officer, bringing extensive expertise in modern cloud-native architectures, MySQL and PostgreSQL database technologies, and vector search.Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTRene Cannaohttps://proxysql.com/blog/proxysql-3-0-5/https://proxysql.com/blog/proxysql-3-0-5/We’re excited to announce ProxySQL 3.0.5, our first release of 2026. As always, thank you to everyone who tested, reported issues, sent patches, and sharTue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTRene Cannaohttps://proxysql.com/blog/mysql-high-availability/https://proxysql.com/blog/mysql-high-availability/A single hour of downtime costs companies an average of $300,000, with critical systems like databases bearing the brunt of this risk. MySQL, widely used for maWed, 04 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTRene Cannaohttps://proxysql.com/blog/database-security/https://proxysql.com/blog/database-security/As of 2024, MySQL ranks as the second most popular database management system globally. MySQL has become a go-to choice for database management due to its deWed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTRene Cannaohttps://proxysql.com/blog/optimize-mysql/https://proxysql.com/blog/optimize-mysql/MySQL is a widely used database management tool; however, as your application grows, maintaining optimal performance may become more challenging.  ThankfullyWed, 18 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTRene Cannaohttps://proxysql.com/blog/enhancing-database-security-with-proxysql-2-6-0-caching_sha2_password/https://proxysql.com/blog/enhancing-database-security-with-proxysql-2-6-0-caching_sha2_password/Enhancing Database Security with ProxySQL 2.6.0: Introducing caching_sha2_password Authentication In the digital age, where data breaches are increasingly commTue, 26 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTRene Cannaohttps://proxysql.com/blog/unadventurous-amazon-rds-upgrades-with-proxysql/https://proxysql.com/blog/unadventurous-amazon-rds-upgrades-with-proxysql/If you're still running RDS 5.5 you have reached the end of the line, its time to upgrade... heck, if you're running RDS 5.6 an upgrade is just as mandatory! Thu, 04 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMTNick Vyzashttps://proxysql.com/blog/how-mysql-bug-102266-affects-proxysql/https://proxysql.com/blog/how-mysql-bug-102266-affects-proxysql/Overview If you are using ProxySQL 2.0.16 in front of MySQL 5.7/5.6 servers or even in front of MySQL 8.0.0, please check your ProxySQL error logs for the message below to ensure that you are not experiencing the MySQL bug #102266: 2021-06-23 02:38:18 MySQL_Session.cpp:2798:handler_again___status_CHANGING_USER_SERVER(): Error during change user: 1045, Access denied for user 'mary'@'172.21 IfMon, 01 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMTThiago Leitehttps://proxysql.com/blog/proxysql-gtid-causal-reads/https://proxysql.com/blog/proxysql-gtid-causal-reads/Adaptive query routing based on GTID tracking ProxySQL is a layer 7 database proxy that understands the MySQL Protocol. It provides high availability and high Wed, 21 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMTNick Vyzashttps://proxysql.com/blog/configure-read-write-split/https://proxysql.com/blog/configure-read-write-split/Query routing is one of the core features of ProxySQL. Read/write split is perhaps one of the most common query routing use, while the other most commonly usedThu, 13 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMTNick Vyzashttps://proxysql.com/blog/testing-performance-of-mysql-group-replication/https://proxysql.com/blog/testing-performance-of-mysql-group-replication/MySQL Group Replication is a hot topic in MySQL ecosystem. We have been evaluating it in , and it is now time to evaluate its performance, especially now that iThu, 02 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMTRene Cannao