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Amazon RDS for MySQL announces Innovation Release 9.6 in Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment

Published
April 29, 2026
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/04/amazon-rds-mysql-innovation/

Amazon RDS for MySQL

Now supports community MySQL Innovation Release 9.6 in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment, allowing you to evaluate the latest Innovation Release on Amazon RDS for MySQL. Deploy MySQL 9.6 in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment which provides the benefits of a fully managed database, making it simpler to set up, operate, and monitor databases.

MySQL 9.6 is the latest Innovation Release from the MySQL community. MySQL Innovation releases include bug fixes, security patches, as well as new features. MySQL Innovation releases are supported by the community until the next innovation minor, whereas MySQL Long Term Support (LTS) Releases, such as MySQL 8.0 and MySQL 8.4, are supported by the community for up to eight years.

Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment supports both Single-AZ and Multi-AZ deployments on the latest generation of instance classes. Database instances are retained for a maximum of 60 days and are automatically deleted after the retention period. Database snapshots created in the Preview Environment can only be used to create or restore database instances within the Preview Environment.

Database instances are priced the same as production RDS instances created in the US East (Ohio) Region. To get started with the Preview Environment from the RDS console, navigate here.

Source: AWS release notes




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