MariaDB 11.6 Changes & Improvements

The most recent release of MariaDB 11.6 is:

MariaDB 11.6.2 Stable (GA) Download Now

MariaDB 11.6 is a rolling release.

Upgrading

• See Upgrading Between Major MariaDB Versions and Upgrading from MariaDB 10.11 to MariaDB 11.0.

Notable Items

Vectors

• Vectors are a feature that allow MariaDB Server to perform as a relational vector database. In MariaDB 10.6, only available in the Vector preview release.

• Vector Search was added to MariaDB 11.7.

Character Sets

• The default character set has been changed from latin1 to utf8mb4 (MDEV-19123)

Backup and Restore

• Added the --dir option to mariadb-import, allowing one to restore all tables from a backup directory created using mariadb-dump --dir (MDEV-33627)

  • Added the related --database, --ignore-database, --table and --ignore-table options.

  • Refactor mariadb-import threading

• Automatic SST user account management (MDEV-31809)

Syntax

• Single-table DELETEs now support table aliases (MDEV-33988)

Authentication

• New authentication plugin (MDEV-32618)

• Extend Unix socket authentication to support authentication_string (MDEV-33479)

Replication

• New definition for Seconds_Behind_Master (MDEV-33856)

  • Added three variables to SHOW ALL REPLICAS STATUS

  • New Information Schema SLAVE_STATUS Table

General

• Set thread names for MariaDB Server threads (MDEV-32537)

Variables

• For a list of all new variables, see System Variables Added in MariaDB 11.6 and Status Variables Added in MariaDB 11.6.

Security Vulnerabilities Fixed in MariaDB 11.6

For a complete list of security vulnerabilities (CVEs) fixed across all versions of MariaDB, see the Security Vulnerabilities Fixed in MariaDB page. Add listcve macro here - removed for performance reasons

List of All MariaDB 11.6 Releases

Date	Release	Status	Release Notes	Changelog
21 Nov 2024	MariaDB 11.6.2	Stable (GA)	Release Notes	Changelog
14 Aug 2024	MariaDB 11.6.1	RC	Release Notes	Changelog
29 Jul 2024	MariaDB 11.6.0 Vector	Alpha	Release Notes
26 Jun 2024	MariaDB 11.6.0	Alpha	Release Notes

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