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# MariaDB MaxScale 2.5.5 Release Notes

Release 2.5.5 is a GA release.

**Released:** 21 Oct 2020

This document describes the changes in release 2.5.5, 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 signature key for the packages

Now packages are signed by MariaDB Enterprise key. Public key is here [MariaDB-Enterprise-GPG-KEY](https://downloads.mariadb.com/MariaDB/MariaDB-Enterprise-GPG-KEY)

### Bug fixes

* [MXS-3244](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-3244) Default the binlogrouter master port to 3306 (CHANGE MASTER TO)
* [MXS-3242](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-3242) Hang on repeated master disconnection
* [MXS-3235](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-3235) Insertstream streams autocommit inserts
* [MXS-3229](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-3229) Hang with COM\_SET\_OPTION
* [MXS-3223](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-3223) Monitor reuses mysql-handle when using extra-port
* [MXS-3218](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-3218) Crash with LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE
* [MXS-3212](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-3212) Server SSL configuration cannot be defined at runtime
* [MXS-3200](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-3200) Abort due to double free or corruption after "Write to Client DCB ... state DCB\_STATE\_POLLING failed"
* [MXS-3198](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-3198) MariadbMon documentation needs to take 10.5 privilege changes into account
* [MXS-3157](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-3157) Write MaxGUI system test
* [MXS-3142](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-3142) Misleading error when SSL not used when it is required

### 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).

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