Azure Database for MySQL

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Azure Database for MySQL 8.4 is the newest actively maintained release. 3 of 3 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 5.7, on July 31, 2026.

Latest version

8.4

Actively maintained cycles

2

of 3 tracked

Total cycles tracked

3

since Mar 20, 2018

Support pattern

How Azure Database for MySQL has behaved across the cycles tracked here, rather than what its policy documents state. Useful for judging how much runway a version is likely to have before you commit to it.

New cycle roughly every

45 months

median gap between releases

Next end of life

113 days

Azure Database for MySQL 8.0

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for Azure Database for MySQL. Medians are used rather than averages so one unusually short or long release does not skew the figure. Cycles with no recorded end-of-life date are excluded from the support window.

Release lifecycle

Actively maintainedSecurity support onlyEnd of life
Today
8.4Latest
8.4 · —
8.0
8.0 · —
5.7
EOL Jul 31, 2026
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