Amazon Aurora MySQL 3.14 (compatible with MySQL 8.0.46) is generally available

Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition 3.14 Release

Starting today, Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition 3 (compatible with MySQL 8.0) supports MySQL 8.0.46, which includes community MySQL fixes and Aurora-specific improvements. Aurora MySQL 3.14 introduces support for post-quantum TLS (PQ-TLS) key exchange, providing post-quantum cryptography options for encrypting your data in-transit.

What to do

• Upgrade your databases during scheduled maintenance windows using automatic minor version upgrades.
• Enable automatic minor version upgrades and use the AWS Organizations Upgrade Rollout Policy to orchestrate upgrades across your clusters in phases.
• Perform minor version upgrades in-place or via snapshot restore.

This release is supported in all AWS Regions where Aurora MySQL is available.

Amazon Aurora is designed for high performance and availability at global scale with full MySQL compatibility. It provides scale-to-zero serverless compute, Aurora Global Database for multi-Region resilience, Aurora I/O-Optimized for improved price performance on I/O-intensive workloads, and built-in security and continuous backups. To get started, take a look at Aurora’s getting started page.

Source: AWS release notes

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