End of life / MySQL / 9.4
End of life
MySQL 9.4 is past end of life.
Security fixes stopped on 21 Oct 2025, 373 days ago. New vulnerabilities in 9.4 won’t be fixed.
- Released
- 22 Jul 2025
- Active support
- ended 21 Oct 2025
- Security fixes
- ended 21 Oct 2025
- Latest
- 9.4.2
Upgrade to MySQL 9.7: security fixes until 30 Apr 2034.
Release cycles
Every MySQL cycle, at a glance.
Active support means bug fixes and security fixes; after it, security fixes only. Past the end of security support, nothing.
- Active support
- Security fixes only
- Supported
- Ends within 90 days
- Ended
Cycle
Status
Released
Active until
Security until
Latest
What to upgrade to
Go to 9.7.
9.7 is the newest supported long-term MySQL cycle, with security fixes until 30 Apr 2034.
Before you upgrade
Take a backup and restore it on the new version before you upgrade for real. LTS releases get fixes for years; innovation releases only until the next one. Read the MySQL 9.7 upgrade guide
How to check your version
Which MySQL is this site on?
In SQL
On the server
Know before support ends.
Porro reads the PHP, framework and database version from every site and tells you 90 days before support runs out.
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