MariaDB originated as a fork of MySQL, after it was acquired by Oracle in 2009-2010. For an overview of the differences between MariaDB and MySQL you can visit: this one and this one pages right. MariaDB is a powerful open source database server, which is especially popular as a website and forum database. The developers have released versions 10.5.9, 10.4.18, 10.3.28 and 10.2.37. The first stable from the 10.5 branch is from June 2020, the first stable from the 10.4.x branch is from June 2019, the first stable from the 10.3.x branch is from May 2018 and the first stable from 10.2. x-tak is from May 2017. All four have received support for five years. The main changes of these releases are as follows:
MariaDB 10.5.9 Release Notes
MariaDB 10.5 is the current stable series of MariaDB. It is an evolution of MariaDB 10.4 with several entirely new features not found anywhere else and with backported and reimplemented features from MySQL. MariaDB 10.5.9 is a Stable (GA) release.
InnoDB
- MDEV-24188 – Hang in buf_page_create() after reusing a previously freed page
- MDEV-24275 – InnoDB persistent stats analyze forces full scan forcing lock crash
- MDEV-24449 – Corruption of system tablespace or last recovered page
- MDEV-24109 – InnoDB hangs with innodb_flush_sync=OFF
- MDEV-24537 – innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct_lwm=0 lost its special meaning
- Fixed bugs in the handling of freed pages – MDEV-24569, MDEV-24695, MDEV-24765, MDEV-24864
- MDEV-12227 – Defer writes to the InnoDB temporary tablespace
gallery
- Gallery updated to 26.4.7
- MDEV-23328 – Server hang due to Galera lock conflict resolution
- MDEV-23851 – BF-BF Conflict issue because of UK GAP locks
- MDEV-20717 – Plugin system variables and activation options can break mysqld –wsrep_recover
- MDEV-24469 – Assertion active() == false failed with “XA START..”
- MDEV-23647 – Garbd can’t initiate SST anymore in 10.5
- wsrep_provider and wsrep_notify_cmd system variables are now read-only
Replication
- MDEV-8134 – relay log is corrected to rotate past 999999
- MDEV-23033 – fixed slave applier for row-based events with FK constraints on virtual columns
- MDEV-4633 – Relay_Log_Space of Show-Slave-Status is made thread-safe
- MDEV-10272 – add master host/port info to slave thread exit messages
- MDEV-23846 – improves mysqlbinlog error message issuing
- MDEV-24087 – replication of S3 ALTER PARTITION corrected
- MDEV-23610 – New privilege REPLICA MONITOR (also accessible as SLAVE MONITOR)
ColumnStore
- MariaDB ColumnStore updated to 5.5.1
- MariaDB ColumnStore deb and rpm packages now have a version of 10.5.9-5.5.1 so one can see both the server version (10.5.9) and the plugin version (5.5.1) without needing to check the Available Versions table in the ColumnStore docs
- The MariaDB ColumnStore plugin is no longer provided for 32-bit x86 (i386) builds
misc
- MariaDB is fixed to build on the Apple M1 CPU
- MariaDB is fixed to build on AIX
- MDEV-24122 – anomalies in mysql.user tables on previously 5.7 MySQL versions corrected
- MDEV-24093 – Detect during mysql_upgrade if type_mysql_json.so is needed and load it
- Binary tarballs now use WolfSSL v4.6.0 and pcre2-10.36
- MDEV-23630 – mysqldump –system option
MariaDB 10.4.18 Release Notes
MariaDB 10.4 is the previous stable series of MariaDB. It is an evolution of MariaDB 10.3 with several entirely new features not found anywhere else and with backported and reimplemented features from MySQL. MariaDB 10.4.18 is a Stable (GA) release.
InnoDB
- MDEV-24188 – Hang in buf_page_create() after reusing a previously freed page
- MDEV-24275 – InnoDB persistent stats analyze forces full scan forcing lock crash
- MDEV-24449 – Corruption of system tablespace or last recovered page
gallery
- Gallery updated to 26.4.7
- MDEV-23328 – Server hang due to Galera lock conflict resolution
- MDEV-23851 – BF-BF Conflict issue because of UK GAP locks
- MDEV-20717 – Plugin system variables and activation options can break mysqld –wsrep_recover
- MDEV-24469 – Assertion active() == false failed with “XA START..”
- MDEV-23647 – Garbd can’t initiate SST anymore in 10.5
- wsrep_provider and wsrep_notify_cmd system variables are now read-only
Replication
- MDEV-8134 – relay log is corrected to rotate past 999999
- MDEV-23033 – fixed slave applier for row-based events with FK constraints on virtual columns
- MDEV-4633 – Relay_Log_Space of Show-Slave-Status is made thread-safe
- MDEV-10272 – add master host/port info to slave thread exit messages
- MDEV-23846 – improves mysqlbinlog error message issuing
misc
- MDEV-24122 – anomalies in mysql.user tables on previously 5.7 MySQL versions corrected
- Binary tarballs now use WolfSSL v4.6.0
- MDEV-23630 – mysqldump –system option
MariaDB 10.3.28 Release Notes
MariaDB 10.3 is the previous stable series of MariaDB, and an evolution of MariaDB 10.2 with several entirely new features not found anywhere else and with backported and reimplemented features from MySQL. MariaDB 10.3.28 is a Stable (GA) release.
InnoDB
- MDEV-24188 – Hang in buf_page_create() after reusing a previously freed page
- MDEV-24275 – InnoDB persistent stats analyze forces full scan forcing lock crash
- MDEV-24449 – Corruption of system tablespace or last recovered page
gallery
- Gallery updated to 25.3.32
- MDEV-23328 – Server hang due to Galera lock conflict resolution
- MDEV-23851 – BF-BF Conflict issue because of UK GAP locks
- MDEV-20717 – Plugin system variables and activation options can break mysqld –wsrep_recover
- wsrep_provider and wsrep_notify_cmd system variables are now read-only
Replication
- MDEV-8134 – relay log is corrected to rotate past 999999
- MDEV-23033 – fixed slave applier for row-based events with FK constraints on virtual columns
- MDEV-4633 – Relay_Log_Space of Show-Slave-Status is made thread-safe
- MDEV-10272 – add master host/port info to slave thread exit messages
misc
- MDEV-24122 – anomalies in mysql.user tables on previously 5.7 MySQL versions corrected
- MDEV-23630 – mysqldump –system option
MariaDB 10.2.37 Release Notes
MariaDB 10.2 is a previous stable series of MariaDB. It is an evolution of MariaDB 10.1 with several entirely new features not found anywhere else and with backported and reimplemented features from MySQL 5.6 and 5.7. MariaDB 10.2.37 is a Stable (GA) release.
InnoDB
- MDEV-24188 – Hang in buf_page_create() after reusing a previously freed page
- MDEV-24275 – InnoDB persistent stats analyze forces full scan forcing lock crash
- MDEV-24449 – Corruption of system tablespace or last recovered page
gallery
- Gallery updated to 25.3.32
- MDEV-23328 – Server hang due to Galera lock conflict resolution
- MDEV-23851 – BF-BF Conflict issue because of UK GAP locks
- MDEV-20717 – Plugin system variables and activation options can break mysqld –wsrep_recover
- wsrep_provider and wsrep_notify_cmd system variables are now read-only
Replication
- MDEV-8134 – relay log is corrected to rotate past 999999
- MDEV-23033 – fixed slave applier for row-based events with FK constraints on virtual columns
- MDEV-4633 – Relay_Log_Space of Show-Slave-Status is made thread-safe
misc
- MDEV-24122 – anomalies in mysql.user tables on previously 5.7 MySQL versions corrected
- MDEV-23630 – mysqldump –system option
| Version number | 10.5.9 / 10.4.18 / 10.3.28 |
| Release status | Final |
| Operating systems | Windows 7, Linux, BSD, macOS, Solaris, UNIX, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019 |
| Website | MariaDB |
| Download | https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/ |
| License type | Conditions (GNU/BSD/etc.) |