RDS for MySQL Versioning Policy

RDS for MySQL extends the lifecycle of MySQL Community Edition. New versions are released during the extended period only to fix issues that severely affect the security and stability of DB instances. Huawei Cloud RDS for MySQL does not promise to fix all major security or stability issues because the MySQL community keeps security information confidential.

RDS for MySQL provides a fully managed database service by leveraging the open-source MySQL. This section describes the versioning policy of RDS for MySQL. When creating a DB instance or migrating data, you need to select a suitable version.

Table 1 lists the RDS for MySQL kernel lifecycles that Huawei Cloud supports. Huawei Cloud extends the lifecycles to reserve sufficient time for customers to upgrade major versions and migrate workloads.

Some time points in Table 1 are estimated and will be adjusted before the lifecycle ends or RDS for MySQL ends its support.