Village News: MySQL/Database News + Events (13 May 2026)
As part of building the MySQL Community, we are going to publish a curated overview of MySQL and database news and events that you might have missed over the last period.
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MySQL News:
Note: Aggregated MySQL news can be found at Planet for MySQL Community and Planet MySQL (Oracle only)
Migrating Data Ingestion Systems at Meta Scale
TL;DR - Update from Meta around data ingestion to the social graph MySQL system. This marks a rare update from Meta regarding their MySQL usage.
Now in Public Preview: Custom Port Support in Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server | Microsoft Community Hub
TL;DR - Azure Database for MySQL launches a new feature for custom ports
MyVector: https://askdba.net/2026/05/09/myvector-v1-26-5-component-architecture-arrives/
TL;DR - MyVector gets re-factored to a component instead of a plugin.
A New Era of MySQL Monitoring: OpenTelemetry Metrics with Prometheus
TL;DR - Oracle announces plans to build better Prometheus support with direct export or use of OTel agent.
MySQL in N-Dimensions: High-Complexity Data with vsql-cube
TL;DR - Another extension to MySQL with improved data types, this time for data cubes
Time-travel SQL for MySQL, finally
TL;DR - Proposed solution for time travel (i.e. flashback) for recently written data in MySQL
Database News:
Documented: The MariaDB Server (Community) Contribution Process
TL;DR - MariaDB updates and clarifies the process for submitting to MariaDB
Dolt 2.0 | DoltHub Blog
TL;DR - Important milestone (2.0) for Dolt as a version-controlled database
Unleashing Innovation Through Plugins - MariaDB.org
TL;DR - A reminder from MariaDB that plugins exist
AI finds 20-year-old bugs in PostgreSQL and MariaDB | InfoWorld
TL;DR - Security researchers have disclosed a set of high and critical-severity vulnerabilities affecting PostgreSQL and MariaDB
Upcoming Database Events:
South Bay Systems (come here Steve from VillageSQL speak)
May 26, 2026
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Percona Live ‘26 Bay Area - (VillageSQL is Platinum Sponsor)
May 27–29, 2026
Computer History Museum
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ACM SIGMOD/PODS 2026 (Special Interest Group on Management of Data / Principles of Database Systems)
May 31–June 5, 2026
Bengaluru, India
Systems Distributed - TigerBeetle's Conference
July 27-28, 2027
Boston, MA, USA
VLDB 2026 | 52nd International Conference on Very Large Data Bases
Aug 31st - Sep 4th, 2026
Boston, MA, USA
PostgreSQL Community Event PGConf.EU 2026
September 20-23, 2026
Valencia, Spain
Percona Live - Amsterdamn
September 9-11, 2026
Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
MySQL BR Conf 2026
September 26, 2026
São Paulo, Brazil
High Performance Transaction Systems (HPTS)
October 4-7, 2026
Asilomar Conference Grounds
Pacific Grove, CA
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America | LF Events
November 9-12, 2026
Salt Lake City, Utah
