Amazon RDS for MySQL announces Extended Support minor version 5.7.44-RDS.20260521
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MySQL now supports new Amazon RDS Extended Support minor version 5.7.44-RDS.20260521. We recommend that you upgrade to this version to fix known security vulnerabilities and bugs in prior versions of MySQL. Learn more about upgrading your database instances, including minor and major version upgrades, in the Amazon RDS User Guide . Amazon RDS Extended Support provides you more time, up to three years, to upgrade to a new major version to help you meet your business requirements. During Extended Support, Amazon RDS will provide critical securi
AWS is releasing a new Extended Support version for RDS for MySQL 5.7 to address security vulnerabilities and bugs, maintaining service reliability for users still on this version.
This update provides critical security patches and bug fixes, ensuring the continued stability and security for organizations reliant on older MySQL versions within AWS RDS for a longer period.
Customers running MySQL 5.7 on AWS RDS now have an updated extended support option, allowing them more time to plan and execute major version upgrades while maintaining security.
- · AWS customers using RDS for MySQL 5.7
- · Organizations with complex upgrade cycles
- · Malicious actors targeting known vulnerabilities
AWS RDS for MySQL 5.7 users gain additional time and security for their existing database instances.
Enterprises can defer expensive and time-consuming major database upgrades, potentially reallocating resources to other projects.
The extended lifecycle support for older software versions indirectly reduces churn for cloud providers by mitigating a common migration headache for customers.
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