MariaDB 10.4.1 Release Notes
The most recent release of MariaDB 10.4 is:
MariaDB 10.4.34 Stable (GA) Download Now
Alternate download from mariadb.org
Note: This page describes features in the source repository for MariaDB 10.4. There are currently no official packages or binaries available for download which contain the features. If you want to try out any of the new features described here you will need to get and compile the code yourself.
MariaDB 10.4 is the current development series of MariaDB. It is an evolution of MariaDB 10.3 with several entirely new features not found anywhere else and with backported and reimplemented features from MySQL.
MariaDB 10.4.1 will be a Beta release.
Do not use beta releases in production!
For an overview of MariaDB 10.4 see the What is MariaDB 10.4? page.
Thanks, and enjoy MariaDB!
Notable Changes
This will be the first beta release in the MariaDB 10.4 series.
Notable changes of this release include:
Syntax
- New FLUSH SSL command to reload SSL certificates without server restart (MDEV-16266)
- New
CAST
target —CAST(x AS INTERVAL DAY_SECOND(N))
(MDEV-17776)
Variables
- New sql-mode setting,
TIME_ROUND_FRACTIONAL
(MDEV-16991) - Engine Independent Table Statistics is now enabled by default, new default values are
use_stat_tables=PREFERABLY
andoptimizer_use_condition_selectivity=4
(MDEV-15253) - Two new values for the variable
use_stat_tables
:COMPLEMENTARY_FOR_QUERIES
andPREFERABLY_FOR_QUERIES
(MDEV-17255)
Other features
- Support for window UDF functions via the new method
x_remove
(MDEV-15073) - Json service for plugins (MDEV-5313)
- Much faster privilege checks for MariaDB setups with many user accounts or many database grants (MDEV-15649)
mysql.user
table is retired. User accounts and global privileges are now stored in themysql.global_priv
table (MDEV-17658)
Bug Fixes
Lots of miscellaneous fixes, including:
- Bug fixes for MDEV-15562 instant DROP COLUMN
Changelog
For a complete list of changes made in MariaDB 10.4.1, with links to detailed information on each push, see the changelog.
Do not use beta releases in production!
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