The most recent release of MariaDB Connector/C is: 3.4.9
{% endhint %} [Download](https://downloads.mariadb.org/connector-c/3.0.4)[Release Notes](/docs/release-notes/connectors/c/3.0/3.0.4.md)[Changelog](/docs/release-notes/connectors/c/changelogs/3.0/3.0.4.md)[About MariaDB Connector/C](/docs/connectors/mariadb-connector-c.md) **Release date:** 25 Apr 2018 This is a [***Stable***](/docs/release-notes/community-server/about/release-criteria.md) ***(GA)*** release of the MariaDB\ Connector/C, formerly known as MariaDB Client Library for C. **For a description of this library see the**[**MariaDB Connector/C**](/docs/connectors/mariadb-connector-c.md) **page.** ## Features * Added option MYSQL\_OPT\_CAN\_HANDLE\_EXPIRED\_PASSWORDS for mysql\_options()/mysql\_optionsv():If this option is set, client indicates that it will be able to handle expired passwords by setting the CLIENT\_CAN\_HANDLE\_EXPIRED\_PASSWORDS capability flag. If password is expired and CLIENT\_CAN\_HANDLE\_EXPIRED\_PASSWORDS is set, the server will not return an error when connecting, but will put the connection in sandbox mode, where all commands will return error 1820/1828 (ER\_MUST\_CHANGE\_PASSWORD/ER\_MUST\_CHANGE\_PASSWORD\_LOGIN) unless a new password was set. * New plugin configuration interface: The default configuration for a specific plugin can be specified via cmake parameter -DCLIENT\_PLUGIN\_${PLUGIN}=\[DYNAMIC|STATIC|OFF]. * Added support for linux abstract socket ([MDEV-15655](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-15655)). Thanks to Daniel Black for his contribution. * Added Travis and Appveyor build support * [CONC-320](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-320): Added asynchronous/non-blocking support for OpenSSL and GnuTLS ## Notable Bug fixes * Fixed various clang compiler warnings * [CONC-294](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-294): Access violation in mysql\_close when using a connection plugin. * [MDEV-14977](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-14977): If built dynamically the old\_password plugin could not be located due to wrong filename (must be mysql\_old\_password.so instead of old\_password.so). * [CONC-315](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-315): If no default client character set was specified, the utf8 character set will be used by default (instead of setting the client character set to server character set) * [CONC-317](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-317): Parsing of configuration file fails if key/value pairs contain white spaces. * [CONC-322](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-322): Correct handling of EAGAIN and EINPROGRESS in internal\_connect (socket) for non windows platforms. * [CONC-323](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-323): mariadb\_stmt\_execute\_direct hangs forever if compression used. * [CONC-324](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-324): Wrong codepage numbers for some collations. * [CONC-326](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-326): ssl\_thread\_init() uses wrong openssl threadid callback For a list of changes made in this release, with links to detailed information on each push, see the [changelog](/docs/release-notes/connectors/c/changelogs/3.0/3.0.4.md). {% hint style="info" %} Be notified of new MariaDB Server releases automatically by [subscribing](https://lists.mariadb.org/postorius/lists/announce.lists.mariadb.org/) to the MariaDB Foundation community announce 'at' lists.mariadb.org announcement list (this is a low traffic, announce-only list). MariaDB plc customers will be notified for all new releases, security issues and critical bug fixes for all MariaDB plc products thanks to the Notification Services. MariaDB may already be included in your favorite OS distribution. More information can be found on the [Distributions which Include MariaDB](/docs/general-resources/distributions-including-mariadb.md) page. {% endhint %} *This page is licensed: CC BY-SA / Gnu FDL* {% @marketo/form formid="4316" formId="4316" %}