MariaDB 12.0.1 Release Notes

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Release date: 5 Jun 2025

MariaDB 12.0 is a rolling release. It is an evolution of MariaDB 11.8 with several entirely new features.

MariaDB 12.0.1 is a Release Candidate (RC) release.

Thanks, and enjoy MariaDB!

Notable Items

Security

• Support for passphrase protected keys ()

• New SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION ()

• Implement SHA2 support for file_key_management.so plugin (TDE) ()

Data types

• Comparison ROW(stored_func(),1)=ROW(1,1) erroneously called stored_func() twice per row. It led to a performance degradation, as well as to a double execution of the possible stored function side effects. ()

Stored Routines

• Add support for the pre-defined weak SYS_REFCURSOR ()

Server

• TO_CHAR FM format not recognized in SQL_MODE=Oracle ()

• Support mariadb-check and CHECK TABLE with SEQUENCE ()

Optimizer

• find_order_in_list mismatch when order item needs fixing() ()

• If the join_condition is specified via USING (column_list), the query plan depends on the sequence of tables in the query ()

• Add support for optimizer hints ()

  • QB_NAME()

GIS

New GIS functions. These functions improve compatibility with MySQL 8.

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Trigger

• Add support for TRIGGERS that fire on multiple events ()

Replication

• Server now displays if it was started with option ()

Galera

• Skip FK checks in Galera during applying in IST ()

Audit Plugin

• Log HOST:PORT of incoming connection instead of just the host ()

• Add tls_version field for connection audit plugins ()

Configuration

• Get option group suffix from $MARIADB_GROUP_SUFFIX in addition to $MYSQL_GROUP_SUFFIX ()

Clients and Scripts

• Can set an alternative directory path for searching scripts invoked via the source command, with the --script-dir mariadb client option ()

Changelog

For a complete list of changes made in MariaDB 12.0.1, with links to detailed information on each push, see the .

Contributors

For a full list of contributors to MariaDB 12.0.1, see the .