# MariaDB 11.8.7 Changelog

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**Release date:** 18 May 2026

For the highlights of this release, see the [release notes](/docs/release-notes/community-server/11.8/11.8.7.md).

The revision number links will take you to the revision's page on GitHub. On [GitHub](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/tree/11.8) you can view more details of the revision and view diffs of the code modified in that revision.

* Includes all fixes from [MariaDB 11.4.11](/docs/release-notes/community-server/changelogs/11.4/11.4.11.md)
* <sup>*<mark style="color:$primary;">Merge</mark>*</sup> [<sup>*<mark style="color:$primary;">Revision #e7d1202da3</mark>*</sup>](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/e7d1202da3) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-05-15 11:06:28 +0200 - Merge branch '11.4' into 11.8</mark>*</sup>
* [Revision #b067340c34](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/b067340c34) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-05-08 12:05:30 +0200</mark>*</sup>
  * Fix after merge test (default charset changed)
* <sup>*<mark style="color:$primary;">Merge</mark>*</sup> [<sup>*<mark style="color:$primary;">Revision #a89c10421d</mark>*</sup>](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/a89c10421d) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-05-08 12:00:44 +0200 - Merge branch '11.4' into 11.8</mark>*</sup>
* <sup>*<mark style="color:$primary;">Merge</mark>*</sup> [<sup>*<mark style="color:$primary;">Revision #9cb70f0220</mark>*</sup>](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/9cb70f0220) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-05-08 08:11:03 +0200 - Merge branch '11.4' into 11.8</mark>*</sup>
* [Revision #04e0901077](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/04e0901077) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-05-02 20:19:12 +0200</mark>*</sup>
  * MDEV-32745 followup for 7828fb475b0
* [Revision #38b971c99d](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/38b971c99d) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-05-04 12:26:55 +0200</mark>*</sup>
  * find pcre2.h in a non-default location
* [Revision #d4ac1d6e14](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/d4ac1d6e14) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-05-01 16:12:27 +0300</mark>*</sup>
  * Fixed failing union test in main.group\_by
* [Revision #f860cb0f64](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/f860cb0f64) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-05-01 13:16:43 +0300</mark>*</sup>
  * Added pcre2-8 for embedded server
* [Revision #7828fb475b](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/7828fb475b) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-01-30 23:58:20 +0200</mark>*</sup>
  * MDEV-32745 Add a simple MySQL to MariaDB upgrade helper
* [Revision #5133eace02](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/5133eace02) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-04-08 21:43:08 +0300</mark>*</sup>
  * Fix compilation eror because of -Wframe-larger-than= in sql\_show\.cc
* [Revision #16633ac421](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/16633ac421) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-02-04 15:52:32 +0200</mark>*</sup>
  * Have mariadbd server read \[mariadb-X] and \[mariadb-X] sections
* [Revision #5e541901ec](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/5e541901ec) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-01-30 18:38:10 +0200</mark>*</sup>
  * Remove some compiler warnings from mroonga
* [Revision #de5efd064c](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/de5efd064c) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-01-30 18:37:48 +0200</mark>*</sup>
  * Remove wrongly included file columnstore...generated
* [Revision #1839cc67a7](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/1839cc67a7) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-04-02 12:50:01 +0200</mark>*</sup>
  * MDEV-39135 JSON\_OBJECTAGG(NULL) in decimal context
* [Revision #e1c2bb860a](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/e1c2bb860a) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-02-22 13:53:15 +0100</mark>*</sup>
  * bump the maturity of caching\_sha2\_password and parsec plugins
* [Revision #67068c8f90](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/67068c8f90) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-02-09 10:55:14 +0100</mark>*</sup>
  * MDEV-38702 Behaviour of IF() with boolean JSON\_EXTRACT as expression is wrong
* [Revision #beb2015d5e](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/beb2015d5e) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-04-17 16:20:10 +0530</mark>*</sup>
  * MDEV-37491: Assertion `(mem_root->flags & 4) == 0` failed in `void *alloc_root(MEM_ROOT *, size_t)`
* [Revision #e53c120d69](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/e53c120d69) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-04-24 13:14:44 +0530</mark>*</sup>
  * MDEV-36792: UBSAN load of null pointer and Assertion `b == &type_handler_row || b == &type_handler_null` in `Arg_comparator::set_cmp_func when using ROW()`
* [Revision #d3767f9649](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/d3767f9649) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-04-17 17:37:58 +0530</mark>*</sup>
  * MDEV-39356: Server crashes when executing `UPDATE ... FOR PORTION OF` with a normal table
* [Revision #9f5f6b6de8](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/9f5f6b6de8) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-03-30 16:49:11 +1100</mark>*</sup>
  * MDEV-38179 Lock system\_variables\_hash outside of find\_sys\_var in Session\_sysvars\_tracker::vars\_list::parse\_var\_list
* [Revision #da66549039](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/da66549039) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-03-31 17:31:41 +1100</mark>*</sup>
  * MDEV-38179 sysvars tracker: lock only when needed
* <sup>*<mark style="color:$primary;">Merge</mark>*</sup> [<sup>*<mark style="color:$primary;">Revision #3a7f7ce521</mark>*</sup>](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/3a7f7ce521) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-04-20 13:16:55 +1000 - Merge branch '11.4' into 11.8</mark>*</sup>
* [Revision #30099be6fc](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/30099be6fc) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-04-17 17:38:23 +1000</mark>*</sup>
  * MDEV-39282 Use a POD type for longlong\_hybrid\_number in bison
* [Revision #3ffd8fcab7](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/3ffd8fcab7) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-03-23 00:37:28 +0200</mark>*</sup>
  * MDEV-35821: Add vector index size to INDEX\_LENGTH in SHOW TABLE STATUS
* [Revision #7c1b02cc19](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/7c1b02cc19) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-04-13 16:45:39 +0530</mark>*</sup>
  * MDEV-35717: UBSAN: runtime error: applying zero offset to null pointer in `my_strnncoll_utf8mb3_general1400_as_ci`
* [Revision #e47db94aea](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/e47db94aea) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-04-02 10:16:11 +0200</mark>*</sup>
  * Fix merge
* <sup>*<mark style="color:$primary;">Merge</mark>*</sup> [<sup>*<mark style="color:$primary;">Revision #1a144f713a</mark>*</sup>](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/1a144f713a) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-04-01 15:03:59 +0300 - Merge 11.4 into 11.8</mark>*</sup>
* [Revision #840695801a](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/840695801a) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-03-25 12:55:59 +0200</mark>*</sup>
  * MDEV-39170 innodb.mem\_pressure,32bit fails with wrong result
* [Revision #206074ec88](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/206074ec88) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-03-06 09:39:38 +0200</mark>*</sup>
  * MDEV-38601 require FEDERATED ADMIN for SHOW CREATE SERVER
* [Revision #b22473cf78](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/b22473cf78) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-03-24 12:24:24 +1100</mark>*</sup>
  * MDEV-39158: Debian dh\_installchangelogs parsing timestamp
* <sup>*<mark style="color:$primary;">Merge</mark>*</sup> [<sup>*<mark style="color:$primary;">Revision #e6b8cacfb9</mark>*</sup>](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/e6b8cacfb9) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-03-23 11:57:44 +0200 - Merge 11.4 into 11.8</mark>*</sup>
* [Revision #58da4ff415](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/58da4ff415) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-02-27 19:01:34 -0500</mark>*</sup>
  * MDEV-38922 Fix cosmetic "stage done" output for REPAIR TABLE
* [Revision #d477356e5b](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/d477356e5b) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-03-01 17:29:04 -0500</mark>*</sup>
  * MDEV-38349 Fix assert thd->abort\_on\_warning == 0 in mysql\_insert
* [Revision #689cf818ff](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/689cf818ff) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-03-02 14:43:59 +0530</mark>*</sup>
  * MDEV-35211: Make VEC\_FromText return VECTOR type instead of VARBINARY
* [Revision #65ee9a7b46](https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/65ee9a7b46) <sup>*<mark style="color:$info;">2026-02-04 17:07:18 -0500</mark>*</sup>
  * bump the VERSION

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