--- title: MySQL 26.7 Hands the Thread Pool to Community, and... description: MySQL 26.7 moves the thread pool plugin out of the paid Enterprise edition and into the community edition, making it freely available to all users. For PHP-FPM... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mysql-26-7-hands-the-thread-pool-to-community-and-php-fpm-is-why-you-care-msuspuexb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: MySQL 26.7 Hands the Thread Pool to Community, and PHP-FPM Is Why You Care | daily.dev og:description: MySQL 26.7 moves the thread pool plugin out of the paid Enterprise edition and into the community edition, making it freely available to all users. For PHP-FPM... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mysql-26-7-hands-the-thread-pool-to-community-and-php-fpm-is-why-you-care-msuspuexb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MsUSPuExb.png og:image:alt: MySQL 26.7 Hands the Thread Pool to Community, and PHP-FPM Is Why You Care og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # MySQL 26.7 Hands the Thread Pool to Community, and PHP-FPM Is Why You Care **[PHP Architect](https://daily.dev/sources/phparchitect)** · [@shocm](https://daily.dev/shocm) · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary MySQL 26.7 moves the thread pool plugin out of the paid Enterprise edition and into the community edition, making it freely available to all users. For PHP-FPM deployments, this matters because idle connections have a cost profile that the thread pool changes, and the post walks through how to size the thread pool appropriately for PHP-FPM workloads. ## Content The thread pool plugin left Enterprise in MySQL 26.7. For PHP-FPM shops, it changes what an idle connection costs. 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