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Cloud & FinOps · Aug 25, 2026 · 11 min read

RDS MySQL 8.4.11 post-quantum TLS: the claim its release notes do not make

Amazon's 24 August 2026 post credits MySQL 8.4.11 with post-quantum TLS key exchange. The 8.4.11 release notes list no such feature, and RDS MySQL 8.4 is built on AWS-LC rather than OpenSSL 3.5.

Manu Shukla

#Amazon RDS #MySQL #post-quantum cryptography

Data-center server racks lit in blue with one cabinet glowing amber, signalling an overdue database upgrade

Engineering · Jul 20, 2026 · 16 min read

MySQL 8.0 EOL on 31 July 2026: extended support costs and the 8.4 upgrade plan

Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0 reaches end of standard support on 31 July 2026, and Extended Support billing begins the next day at roughly $292/month for a single db.r5.xlarge. Azure and Google Cloud bill from 1 January

Manu Shukla

#MySQL #AWS #database migration