> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://mariadb.com/docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://mariadb.com/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/10.3/10.3.11.md).

# MariaDB 10.3.11 Release Notes

The most recent release of [MariaDB 10.3](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/10.3/what-is-mariadb-103.md) is:[**MariaDB 10.3.39**](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/10.3/10.3.39.md) Stable (GA) [Download Now](https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/10.3.39/)

[Download](https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/10.3.11/) | [Release Notes](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/10.3/10.3.11.md) | [Changelog](/docs/release-notes/community-server/changelogs/changelogs-mariadb-10-3-series/mariadb-10311-changelog.md) | [Overview of 10.3](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/10.3/what-is-mariadb-103.md)

**Release date:** 20 Nov 2018

[MariaDB 10.3](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/10.3/what-is-mariadb-103.md) is an evolution of [MariaDB 10.2](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/10.2/what-is-mariadb-102.md) with several entirely new features not found anywhere else and with backported and reimplemented features from MySQL.

[MariaDB 10.3.11](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/10.3/10.3.11.md) is a [***Stable (GA)***](/docs/release-notes/community-server/about/release-criteria.md) release.

**For an overview of MariaDB Server 10.3 see the** [**What is MariaDB 10.3?**](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/10.3/what-is-mariadb-103.md) **page.**

Thanks, and enjoy MariaDB!

## Notable Changes

Notable changes of this release include:

* mysqldump now uses `utf8mb4` as a default [character set](/docs/server/reference/data-types/string-data-types/character-sets.md), instead of `utf8`.
* [sql\_safe\_updates](/docs/server/server-management/variables-and-modes/server-system-variables.md#sql_safe_updates) can now be set as a command-line and `my.cnf` option.
* Fixed crash on upgrade from [MariaDB 10.1](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/10.1/changes-improvements-in-mariadb-10-1.md) or earlier: [MDEV-12023](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-12023)
* [MDEV-17073](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-17073) - [INSERT…ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE](/docs/server/reference/sql-statements/data-manipulation/inserting-loading-data/insert-on-duplicate-key-update.md) is now less deadlock-prone
* [MDEV-17289](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-17289) - Multi-pass recovery fails to apply some redo log records
* [MDEV-17541](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-17541) - [KILL QUERY](/docs/server/reference/sql-statements/administrative-sql-statements/kill.md) during lock wait in [FOREIGN KEY](/docs/server/ha-and-performance/optimization-and-tuning/optimization-and-indexes/foreign-keys.md) check no longer causes hang
* [MDEV-17531](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-17531) - Fix crash in [RENAME TABLE](/docs/server/reference/sql-statements/data-definition/rename-table.md) with [FOREIGN KEY](/docs/server/ha-and-performance/optimization-and-tuning/optimization-and-indexes/foreign-keys.md) and [FULLTEXT INDEX](/docs/server/ha-and-performance/optimization-and-tuning/optimization-and-indexes/full-text-indexes.md)
* [Spatial index](/docs/server/reference/sql-structure/geometry/spatial-index.md) fixes: [MDEV-17545](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-17545), [MDEV-17546](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-17546)
* [Virtual column](/docs/server/reference/sql-statements/data-definition/create/generated-columns.md) fixes: [MDEV-17215](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-17215), [MDEV-17548](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-17548)
* [MariaDB Backup](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/server-usage/backup-and-restore/mariadb-backup/) fixes:
  * [MDEV-13564](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-13564) - [TRUNCATE TABLE](/docs/server/reference/sql-statements/table-statements/truncate-table.md) now works with [MariaDB Backup](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/server-usage/backup-and-restore/mariadb-backup/)
  * [MDEV-17433](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-17433) - Allow InnoDB start up with empty ib\_logfile0 from mariadb-backup --prepare
* Packages for Fedora 29 and Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic have been added in this release
* As per the [MariaDB Deprecation Policy](/docs/release-notes/community-server/about/platform-deprecation-policy.md), this will be the last release of [MariaDB 10.3](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/10.3/what-is-mariadb-103.md) for Fedora 27
* Fixes for the following [security vulnerabilities](/docs/server/security/cve.md):
  * [CVE-2018-3282](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3282)
  * [CVE-2016-9843](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9843)
  * [CVE-2018-3174](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3174)
  * [CVE-2018-3143](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3143)
  * [CVE-2018-3156](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3156)
  * [CVE-2018-3251](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3251)
  * [CVE-2018-3185](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3185)
  * [CVE-2018-3277](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3277)
  * [CVE-2018-3162](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3162)
  * [CVE-2018-3173](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3173)
  * [CVE-2018-3200](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3200)
  * [CVE-2018-3284](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3284)

When upgrading from [MariaDB 10.3.8](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/10.3/10.3.8.md) or earlier to [MariaDB 10.3.9](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/10.3/10.3.9.md) or higher, running mysql\_upgrade is **required** due to changes introduced in[MDEV-14637](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-14637).

## Changelog

For a complete list of changes made in [MariaDB 10.3.11](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/10.3/10.3.11.md), with links to detailed information on each push, see the [changelog](/docs/release-notes/community-server/changelogs/changelogs-mariadb-10-3-series/mariadb-10311-changelog.md).

## Contributors

For a full list of contributors to [MariaDB 10.3.11](/docs/release-notes/community-server/old-releases/10.3/10.3.11.md), see the [MariaDB Foundation release announcement](https://mariadb.org/mariadb-10-3-11-and-mariadb-connector-c-3-0-7-connector-odbc-3-0-7-and-connector-node-js-2-0-1-now-available/).

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