--- title: Speaking at COSCUP 2026 — Planning your upgrade to MySQL 9.7 description: MySQL 9.7 has been released as a Long Term Support (LTS) edition, joining MySQL 8.4 LTS, while MySQL 8.0 has reached end of life. A COSCUP 2026 talk will cover... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/speaking-at-coscup-2026-planning-your-upgrade-to-mysql-9-7-uaf4kpl9i twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Speaking at COSCUP 2026 — Planning your upgrade to MySQL 9.7 | daily.dev og:description: MySQL 9.7 has been released as a Long Term Support (LTS) edition, joining MySQL 8.4 LTS, while MySQL 8.0 has reached end of life. A COSCUP 2026 talk will cover... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/speaking-at-coscup-2026-planning-your-upgrade-to-mysql-9-7-uaf4kpl9i og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Uaf4kPl9i.png og:image:alt: Speaking at COSCUP 2026 — Planning your upgrade to MySQL 9.7 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. # Speaking at COSCUP 2026 — Planning your upgrade to MySQL 9.7 **[Planet MySQL](https://daily.dev/sources/planet-mysql)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary MySQL 9.7 has been released as a Long Term Support (LTS) edition, joining MySQL 8.4 LTS, while MySQL 8.0 has reached end of life. A COSCUP 2026 talk will cover MySQL 9.7's new features — including full DML support for JSON Duality Views, the Hypergraph Optimizer, enhanced security management, and previously Enterprise-only tools like replication observability and OpenTelemetry integration. The session provides a practical upgrade framework covering compatibility assessment, workload testing, staged rollout strategies, and rollback planning for developers, DBAs, and engineering leadership. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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