Amazon RDS for MySQL 5.7: Extended Support minor version 5.7.44-RDS.20260521 available
Amazon RDS for MySQL now supports Extended Support minor version 5.7.44-RDS.20260521, offering critical security and bug fixes beyond community support. This allows users up to three additional years to upgrade to a new major version, ensuring business continuity and security for existing MySQL databases on Aurora and RDS. Customers can upgrade to this version to address known vulnerabilities and bugs in prior releases.
- →Amazon RDS Extended Support for MySQL 5.7 minor version 5.7.44-RDS.20260521
- →Extended Support provides additional time for major version upgrades
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- Amazon RDS Extended Support for MySQL 5.7 minor version 5.7.44-RDS.20260521
Amazon RDS for MySQL now supports a new Extended Support minor version, 5.7.44-RDS.20260521. This update includes critical security and bug fixes for MySQL databases running on Aurora and RDS beyond the community's end of support for the major version.
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- Extended Support provides additional time for major version upgrades
Amazon RDS Extended Support offers up to three years past a major version's end-of-standard-support date to upgrade. This helps customers meet business requirements while maintaining security and operational integrity for their MySQL databases.
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