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# Connector/R2DBC 1.3.0 Release Notes

Connector/R2DBC 1.3.0 is a Stable (GA) release of MariaDB Connector/R2DBC, released on 2024-10-24

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## Overview

MariaDB Connector/R2DBC is a non-blocking interface between Java applications and MariaDB Server. MariaDB Connector/R2DBC enables the development of Java 8+ applications for MariaDB database products.

**Release date:** 24 Oct 2024

MariaDB Connector/R2DBC 1.3.0 is a [***Stable***](/docs/release-notes/community-server/about/release-criteria.md) ***(GA)*** release.

This release is compatible with MariaDB Connector/R2DBC 1.2 and is the maintenance path for version 1.2. This release is compatible with [R2DBC](https://r2dbc.io/spec/1.0.0.RELEASE/spec/html/) 1.0.0 specification.

## Notable Changes

* Support of the PARSEC Authentication Plugin, which is provided starting with MariaDB Server 11.6
  * See the [PARSEC Authentication Plugin documentation](/docs/server/reference/plugins/authentication-plugins/authentication-plugin-parsec.md) for more details ([R2DBC-106](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/R2DBC-106))
  * This requires Java 15+ (to use Java native ed25519 Algorithm implementation); for previous versions of Java, this will require adding BouncyCastle as a dependency

## Resources

* [Download](https://mariadb.com/downloads/connectors/connectors-data-access/r2dbc-connector/)
* [Documentation](/docs/connectors/mariadb-connector-r2dbc.md)
* [Install MariaDB Connector/R2DBC](/docs/connectors/mariadb-connector-r2dbc/using-the-native-r2dbc-api-of-mariadb-connector-r2dbc/install-mariadb-connector-r2dbc.md)
* [Install MariaDB Connector/R2DBC with Spring Data](/docs/connectors/mariadb-connector-r2dbc/using-the-spring-data-framework-with-mariadb-connector-r2dbc/install-mariadb-connector-r2dbc-spring-data.md)
* [Report Issues](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/R2DBC)
* [Source code](https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-r2dbc/)

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