Bug #114899 MySQL Workbench not compatible with latest MySQL LTS release 8.4.0
Submitted: 7 May 2:52 Modified: 7 May 5:00
Reporter: Abhishek Deshpande Email Updates:
Status: Verified Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Workbench Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:8.0.36, 8.0.38 OS:Any
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: MySQL Workbench 8.0.36

[7 May 2:52] Abhishek Deshpande 
Description:
Since new innovation releases starting from MySQL 8.1, MySQL Workbench is showing errors that the server being incompatible/nonstandard. On version 8.4.0, the Workbench experience seems pretty unstable. I guess not all features of the newer LTS server are ported/tested in latest Workbench.

How to repeat:
1. Install the latest MySQL Server 8.4.0 LTS package.

2. Install the Latest MySQL Workbench 8.0.36

3. Try making connection a connection with the server. An error dialog is shown the server being incompatible.

4. If you continue anyway, you may experience random crashes, as well as many of the server properties like locations of the my.cnf file would be shown unknown.

Suggested fix:
Newer features are needed to be adapted in latest Workbench versions.
[7 May 5:00] MySQL Verification Team 
Hello Abhishek,

Thank you for the report and feedback.

regards,
Umesh
[25 Jul 8:11] MySQL Verification Team 
Bug #115681 marked as duplicate of this one.
[5 Aug 10:18] MySQL Verification Team 
Bug #115768 marked as duplicate of this one