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PS-10273 [DOCS] - Update 8.0 to 8.4 migration documents
 On branch ps-10273-8.4 new file: docs/8.4-breaking-changes.md new file: docs/8.4-compatibility-and-removed-items.md new file: docs/8.4-defaults-and-tuning.md new file: docs/8.4-removed-features.md new file: docs/mysql-upgrade-paths.md new file: docs/percona-toolkit-8.4-updates.md modified: docs/upgrade-components.md new file: docs/upgrade-prechecks-8.4.md modified: docs/upgrade-strategies.md new file: docs/upgrade-validation-8.4.md modified: docs/upgrade.md
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‎docs/8.4-breaking-changes.md‎

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# {{vers}} breaking and incompatible changes
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Review these items before upgrading from 8.0 to {{vers}}. Each entry includes the impact and recommended action.
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## Authentication and user management
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* `mysql_native_password` is disabled by default in {{vers}}; new users default to `caching_sha2_password`.
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* `default_authentication_plugin` is removed.
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* Identify accounts and applications using `mysql_native_password` and plan migration to `caching_sha2_password`.
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* If necessary for compatibility, start with `--mysql-native-password=ON` temporarily; remove after accounts are migrated.
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* Validate driver/client support for `caching_sha2_password` and TLS.
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## Replication terminology and commands
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* MASTER/SLAVE terms and statements are removed.
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* Use replacements such as `START REPLICA`, `SHOW REPLICA STATUS`, and `CHANGE REPLICATION SOURCE TO`.
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* Update operational scripts, automation, and runbooks to new commands.
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* Re-test replication lifecycle: provisioning, change-source, failover.
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## Spatial indexes
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* A known issue can corrupt a spatial index after certain update/delete sequences across an upgrade.
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* Drop spatial indexes before upgrade; re-create them after upgrade and verify integrity.
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## New reserved keywords
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* New reserved words (for example, `MANUAL`, `PARALLEL`, `QUALIFY`, `TABLESAMPLE`) may conflict with unquoted identifiers and break queries.
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* Scan schemas and queries for unquoted usage; quote or rename objects.
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* See: [keywords index](./index-keywords.md)
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## Data type restrictions
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* `AUTO_INCREMENT` is not permitted on `FLOAT` or `DOUBLE`.
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* Convert such columns to integer types before upgrading.
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## See also
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* [Pre-upgrade checks for {{vers}}](./upgrade-prechecks-8.4.md)
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* [Post-upgrade validation for {{vers}}](./upgrade-validation-8.4.md)
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* [{{vers}} defaults and tuning guidance](./8.4-defaults-and-tuning.md)
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* [Upgrade from plugins to components](./upgrade-components.md)
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* [Percona Toolkit updates for {{vers}}](./percona-toolkit-8.4-updates.md)
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* [Removed features and variables in {{vers}}](./8.4-removed-features.md)
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* [{{vers}} compatibility and removed items](./8.4-compatibility-and-removed-items.md)
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# {{vers}} compatibility and removed items
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A successful migration requires identifying and addressing all removed parameters, variables, and functions. Using removed items in configuration files or application code will cause errors and prevent server startup or application execution.
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## Removed server and replication system variables
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| Variable Name | Description | Replacement |
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| `avoid_temporal_upgrade` | Whether ALTER TABLE should upgrade pre-5.6.4 temporal columns | N/A |
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| `binlog_transaction_dependency_tracking` | Source of dependency information for multithreaded applier | Functionality is now internal |
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| `character-set-client-handshake` | Do not ignore client-side character set value sent during handshake | N/A |
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| `default_authentication_plugin` | Default authentication plugin | `authentication_policy` |
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| `expire_logs_days` | Purge binary logs after a number of days | `binlog_expire_logs_seconds` |
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| `group_replication_ip_whitelist` | List of hosts permitted to connect to the group | N/A |
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| `group_replication_primary_member` | Primary member UUID when in single-primary mode | N/A |
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| `group_replication_recovery_complete_at` | Recovery policies when handling cached transactions | N/A |
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| `have_openssl` | Whether the server supports SSL connections | N/A |
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| `have_ssl` | Whether the server supports SSL connections | N/A |
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| `innodb_api_...` variables | All innodb_api variables related to built-in memcached functionality | N/A |
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## Removed server options, SQL statements, and status variables
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| Item Name | Type | Replacement |
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| `admin-ssl` | Server Option | `--tls-version` and `--admin-tls-version` |
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| `authentication_fido_rp_id` | Server Option | N/A |
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| `--language` | Server Option | N/A |
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| `--old` and `--new` | Server Option | N/A |
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| `Com_change_master` | Status Variable | `Com_change_replication_source` |
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| `Com_show_master_status` | Status Variable | `Com_show_binary_log_status` |
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| `Com_show_slave_status` | Status Variable | `Com_show_replica_status` |
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| `Com_slave_start` | Status Variable | `Com_replica_start` |
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| `Com_slave_stop` | Status Variable | `Com_replica_stop` |
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| `CHANGE MASTER TO` | SQL Statement | `CHANGE REPLICATION SOURCE TO` |
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| `SHOW SLAVE STATUS` | SQL Statement | `SHOW REPLICA STATUS` |
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| `START SLAVE` | SQL Statement | `START REPLICA` |
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| `STOP SLAVE` | SQL Statement | `STOP REPLICA` |
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| `WAIT_UNTIL_SQL_THREAD_AFTER_GTIDS()` | SQL Function | `WAIT_FOR_EXECUTED_GTID_SET()` |
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## Third-party tool compatibility
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### Percona XtraBackup (PXB)
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* **Version-specific backups**: Percona XtraBackup 8.4 creates backups of MySQL 8.4, Percona Server for MySQL 8.4, and Percona XtraDB Cluster 8.4 only.
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* **Compatibility**: Does not support backing up databases from MySQL 8.0 or 9.x servers.
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* **Action**: Upgrade XtraBackup to version 8.4 before or during the database upgrade.
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### Percona Operator for MySQL
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* **Upgrade method**: Create a new PXC 8.4 installation using the Percona Operator for PXC 8.4.
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* **Data migration**: Recover data from an 8.0 backup, then establish asynchronous replication between clusters.
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* **In-place upgrade**: Not recommended; may work but is not guaranteed.
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* **MySQL 8.4 support**: Recent versions support MySQL 8.4 and include Group Replication support for 8.4 and 9.x.
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* **Authentication**: ProxySQL 2.6+ supports `caching_sha2_password` (default in 8.4).
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* **Replication terminology**: Compatible with REPLICA/SOURCE syntax; can monitor replica lag and manage traffic accordingly.
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* **mysqlsh upgrade checker**: Identifies many removed parameters and compatibility issues.
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* **Manual review**: Cross-reference your configuration files and application code against the removed items tables above.
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* **Third-party tooling**: Verify versions of backup utilities, proxies, and monitoring solutions.
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* [Removed features and variables in {{vers}}](./8.4-removed-features.md)
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* [Pre-upgrade checks for {{vers}}](./upgrade-prechecks-8.4.md)
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* [{{vers}} breaking changes](./8.4-breaking-changes.md)
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* [Percona Toolkit updates for {{vers}}](./percona-toolkit-8.4-updates.md)

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# {{vers}} defaults and tuning guidance
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MySQL {{vers}} updates several server defaults to align with modern CPUs, memory sizes, and SSD/NVMe storage. An in-place upgrade that blindly reuses an 8.0-era `my.cnf` may forgo these improvements or cause unexpected performance behaviors. Review and re-evaluate configuration on {{vers}}—or generate a new config—rather than carrying old settings forward.
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## Notable InnoDB default changes
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| `innodb_adaptive_hash_index` | OFF | ON |
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| `innodb_change_buffering` | none | all |
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| `innodb_doublewrite_files` | 2 | `innodb_buffer_pool_instances * 2` |
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| `innodb_flush_method` on Linux | O_DIRECT if supported, otherwise fsync | fsync |
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| `innodb_io_capacity` | 10000 | 200 |
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| `innodb_log_buffer_size` | 67108864 (64 MiB) | 16777216 (16 MiB) |
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| `innodb_numa_interleave` | ON | OFF |
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| `temptable_max_ram` | 3% of total memory (1–4 GiB range) | 1073741824 (1 GiB) |
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* Generate a fresh config for {{vers}} when possible; only reapply carefully justified overrides.
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# Removed features and variables in {{vers}}
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# MySQL upgrade paths and supported methods
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# Percona Toolkit updates for {{vers}}
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[Need help navigating plugin to component transitions? Percona Support can assist].(https://www.percona.com/services/support)
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