mySQL 9.7 release info

MySQL 9.7 is now available but not yet relased as a current package version. This means systems will not update into this version automatically yet.

As previously warned last year about mySQL 9, the authentication method mysql_native_password is no longer supported. This means any user in table mysql.user with plugin='mysql_native_password' will no longer have access to mySQL after the upgrade
We therefore need to manually go through a lot of servers and solve password issues before we will release 9.7 as current version. If you want to switch to 9.7 before we have finished this process, you are welcome to force-update to 9.7.2 or contact us for help