MySQL Server 8.4.0 and 8.0.37, new versions of the popular Open Source
Database Management System, have been released in conjunction with the
MySQL Shell, MySQL Router and MySQL 8.4.0 Connectors.
We are also pleased to announce the release of MySQL NDB Cluster 8.4.0,
the latest GA, along with 8.0.37, 7.6.30, 7.5.34. MySQL NDB Cluster is
the distributed, shared-nothing variant of MySQL.
MySQL Server 8.4.0 and MySQL NDB Cluster 8.4.0 marks the start of a new
series of LTS (Long Term Support) releases. The 8.4.X LTS releases will
focus on security and bug fixes.
The next Innovation series will have new features.
Please refer to the below MySQL Innovation and Long Term support (LTS)
blog for more information:
https://blogs.oracle.com/mysql/post/introducing-mysql-innovation-and-longterm-support-lts-versions
These releases are recommended for use on production systems and are
available in source and binary form for a number of platforms from our
MySQL Community download pages at:
https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/
Windows packages are available via the Installer for Windows or .ZIP
(no-install) packages for more advanced needs. The point and click
configuration wizards and MySQL products are available in the unified
Installer for Windows:
https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/installer/
Enterprise binaries for these new releases are available on My Oracle
Support:
https://support.oracle.com
Choose the “Patches & Updates” tab, and then choose the “Product or
Family (Advanced Search)” side tab in the “Patch Search” portlet.
MySQL Enterprise binaries are also available on the Oracle Software
Delivery Cloud:
https://edelivery.oracle.com/
Developers can download MySQL Enterprise Edition from
https://www.oracle.com/mysql/technologies/mysql-enterprise-edition-downloads.html
Changes in the release since the previous one can be viewed online as
shown below.
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/#current-release-notes
Notes:
- Added Fedora 40 and Ubuntu 24.04 support
