MariaDB ColumnStore 23.10.6 Release Notes

Overview

MariaDB Enterprise ColumnStore 23.10.6 is a maintenance release of MariaDB Enterprise ColumnStore. MariaDB Enterprise ColumnStore is a columnar storage engine included with MariaDB Enterprise Server.

MariaDB Enterprise ColumnStore 23.10.6 was released on 8 September 2025. This release is of General Availability (GA) maturity. MariaDB Enterprise ColumnStore 23.10.6 is a GA release in the 23.10 series.

This release of MariaDB Enterprise ColumnStore is included with MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.6.23-19 and MariaDB Enterprise Server 11.4.8-5.

Notable Changes

• cpimport: Add a -header option to skip a specified number of rows. (MCOL-4882)

• cpimport: Enhance error handling to log all failed records to a specified file. (MCOL-5164)

• S3: Add a verbose option to testS3Connection for more detailed output. (MCOL-4833)

• CMAPI: Clarify cluster_mode status when ColumnStore is offline to reduce confusion. (MCOL-5988)

• Error Messaging: Add a more verbose error message for "unable to open Buffered file". (MCOL-4869)

• Logging: Enhance logging to improve the new user experience. (MCOL-5877)

• Error Messaging: Log the table name when a table does not exist in ColumnStore for a more verbose error message. (MCOL-5915)

• CMAPI: Include log collection tools with CMAPI. (MCOL-5300)

• Platforms: Add build support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and packaging for SELinux policies. (MCOL-6155)

Issues Fixed

Can result in hang or crash

• Timeout issue when BRM_savesB_journal is not found. (MCOL-5338)

• cmapi writes the local loopback address (127.0.1.1) instead of the real IP address. (MCOL-5913)

• CMAPI fails to remove a node from the cluster. (MCOL-6147)

Related to performance

• Increase the default cpimport batch size to 8,000,000 to match the maximum extent size. (MCOL-6033)

Platforms

In alignment with the enterprise lifecycle, MariaDB Enterprise ColumnStore 23.10.6 is provided for:

• Debian 11 (x86_64, ARM64)

• Debian 12 (x86_64, ARM64)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (x86_64, ARM64)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (x86_64, ARM64)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 (x86_64, ARM64)

• Rocky Linux 8 (x86_64, ARM64)

• Rocky Linux 9 (x86_64, ARM64)

• Ubuntu 20.04 (x86_64, ARM64)

• Ubuntu 22.04 (x86_64, ARM64)

• Ubuntu 24.04 (x86_64, ARM64)