[ensembl-dev] Ensembl MySQL services will be upgraded to MySQL 8 soon

[Jorge Batista da Rocha]

Hi all, 

Users of the publicly accessible Ensembl MySQL servers please note that we will be upgrading these services from MySQL 5.6 to MySQL 8.

This change will affect Ensembl public MySQL services for data releases up to Ensembl 116 and Ensembl Genomes 63.

We expect these changes to be conducted before the end of summer this year. 

This change does not affect programmatic access to data from the new Ensembl platform at beta.ensembl.org, which is available via Ensembl GraphQL rather than these MySQL services.

Read more on the changes expected and how to prepare on our blog:

https://www.ensembl.info/2026/06/02/ensembl-mysql-services-will-be-upgraded-to-mysql-8-soon/ 

Best regards
Jorge (On behalf of Ensembl Platform team)

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