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# MariaDB MaxScale 2.5.1 Release Notes

Release 2.5.1 is a GA release.

**Released:** 16 Jul 2020

This document describes the changes in release 2.5.1, when compared to the previous release in the same series.

For any problems you encounter, please consider submitting a bug report on [our Jira](https://jira.mariadb.org/projects/MXS).

### New Features

* [MXS-3015](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-3015) Sort attribute lists returned by maxctrl alphabetically
* MaxGUI can now be accessed in a testing mode without configuring SSL. For more information, please refer to the MaxGUI document.

### Bug fixes

* [MXS-3072](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-3072) Failed to query server 'server1' for user account info. Wrong number of resultsets to multiquery
* [MXS-3052](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-3052) kafkaCDC how to set GTID
* [MXS-3041](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-3041) QC bug with keyword handler
* [MXS-2996](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-2996) Query Type of 'SELECT ... LOCK IN SHARE MODE;'

### Known Issues and Limitations

There are some limitations and known issues within this version of MaxScale. For more information, please refer to the Limitations document.

### Packaging

RPM and Debian packages are provided for supported the Linux distributions.

Packages can be downloaded [here](https://mariadb.com/downloads/#mariadb_platform-mariadb_maxscale).

### Source Code

The source code of MaxScale is tagged at GitHub with a tag, which is identical with the version of MaxScale. For instance, the tag of version X.Y.Z of MaxScale is `maxscale-X.Y.Z`. Further, the default branch is always the latest GA version of MaxScale.

The source code is available [here](https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale).