Aurora MySQL database engine updates 2026-01-02 (version 3.04.6, compatible with MySQL 8.0.28) - Amazon Aurora
ImprovementsIntegration of MySQL Community Edition bug fixes
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Aurora MySQL database engine updates 2026-01-02 (version 3.04.6, compatible with MySQL 8.0.28)

Version: 3.04.6

Aurora MySQL 3.04.6 is generally available. Aurora MySQL 3.04 versions are compatible with MySQL 8.0.28. For more information on the community changes that have occurred, see MySQL 8.0 Release Notes.

For details of the new features in Aurora MySQL version 3, see Aurora MySQL version 3 compatible with MySQL 8.0. For differences between Aurora MySQL version 3 and Aurora MySQL version 2, see Comparison of Aurora MySQL version 2 and Aurora MySQL version 3. For a comparison of Aurora MySQL version 3 and MySQL 8.0 Community Edition, see Comparison of Aurora MySQL version 3 and MySQL 8.0 Community Edition in the Amazon Aurora User Guide.

You can perform an in-place upgrade that leverages a zero-downtime-patch, restore a snapshot, or initiate a managed blue/green upgrade using Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments from any currently supported Aurora MySQL version 2 cluster into an Aurora MySQL version 3.04.6 cluster.

For information on planning an upgrade to Aurora MySQL version 3, see Planning a major version upgrade for an Aurora MySQL cluster. For general information about Aurora MySQL upgrades, see Upgrading Amazon Aurora MySQL DB clusters in the Amazon Aurora User Guide.

For troubleshooting information, see Troubleshooting for Aurora MySQL in-place upgrade in the Amazon Aurora User Guide.

If you have any questions or concerns, Amazon Support is available on the community forums and through Amazon Support. For more information, see Maintaining an Amazon Aurora DB cluster in the Amazon Aurora User Guide.

Improvements

Availability improvements

  • Fixed an issue which, could cause an engine restart when running KILL <query-id> after running EXPLAIN FOR CONNECTION <query-id> on a running parallel query.

  • Fixed issues that could cause the writer instance to become unavailable if write forwarding is disabled or reader instances are restarted when using Global Write Forwarding or Local Write Forwarding

General improvements

  • Fixed an issue that causes reader instances to not generate error logs when write forwarding is enabled and parameter "aurora_replica_read_consistency" is modified.

  • Fixed an issue which can cause some SQL statements to not get logged in the audit log.

Integration of MySQL Community Edition bug fixes

This release includes all community bug fixes up to and including 8.0.28. For more information, see MySQL bugs fixed by Aurora MySQL 3.x database engine updates .