Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Talk by Matthias Crauwels

socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x/presentations/are-you-ready-leave-mysql-80-behind

MySQL 8.0 was released GA in April 2018 so it turns 8 years old this year. In April 2026 it will receive its last patch update and then it will go end-of-life. I will run you through the deprecations that are gone in the next LTS release 8.4 and how too avoid breaking your existing tooling.