MySQL Bugs: #95014: Workbench 8.0 not using utf8mb4

Bug #95014	Workbench 8.0 not using utf8mb4
Submitted:	13 Apr 2019 4:42	Modified:	15 Apr 2019 5:44
Reporter:	Riwu Wang	Email Updates:
Status:	Duplicate	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Workbench	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	8.0.15	OS:	MacOS (macOS 10.14.x Mojave x86_64)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	WBBugReporter

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Description:
According to https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17952_01/workbench-en/wb-what-is-new-8.html:
"MySQL Workbench now uses utf8mb4 as the connection and client character set, replacing utf8mb3."

This is however not the case as "'character_set_connection" and "character_set_client" is still set to "utf8" when connecting to a server with version 5.7.25. 

How to repeat:
1. Connect to a MySQL server v5.7.25 with Workbench
2. Execute SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'character_set_%';

Hello Riwu Wang,

Thank you for the report.
Imho this is duplicate of Bug #93136, please see Bug #93136

regards,
Umesh