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MySQL 9.7 is out—and it’s a big win for the community. 🚀
From MySQL 8.0 reaching End-of-Life to key Enterprise features now available in Community Edition, this release brings real impact. Highlights include the Hypergraph Optimizer, improved replication observability, and full support for JSON Duality Views.
What should you upgrade to? What’s worth testing? And what’s still coming (vector search 👀)? https://blogs.oracle.com/mysql/mysql-9-7-is-out-and-the-community-wins