Bug #96031 After Upgrade to New Version I Get Unsupported Version
Submitted: 28 Jun 2019 21:25 Modified: 29 Jun 2019 6:44
Reporter: Michael unknown Email Updates:
Status: Duplicate Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Workbench Severity:S7 (Test Cases)
Version:8.0.16 OS:Windows (Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:x86
Tags: WBBugReporter

[28 Jun 2019 21:25] Michael unknown 
Description:
After I upgraded MySQL Workbench I launched and it says it's an unsupported version.  Now I can't connect to any of my databases. 

How to repeat:
Launch MySQL Workbench. 

Suggested fix:
 Make it so the installer will prompt you when try to install it on an unsupported version.
[28 Jun 2019 21:27] Michael unknown 
Log File

Attachment: wb.log (application/octet-stream, text), 12.38 KiB.
[29 Jun 2019 6:44] MySQL Verification Team 
Hello Michael,

Thank you for the report.
Imho this is duplicate of Bug #85087, please see Bug #85087.
Also, mike has explained nicely about this at the bottom of the bug:

[8 Jan 8:14] Mike Lischke
MySQL Workbench 8.0 is the current major release, and is recommended for MySQL Server 8.0, 5.7, 5.6.  

MySQL Workbench 8.0:
— Supported Platforms:  https://www.mysql.com/support/supportedplatforms/workbench.html
— Download:  https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/

If you are using an older platform, try the previous MySQL Workbench 6.3:
— Download MySQL Workbench 6.3  https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/6.3.html

Related - Bug #93848

thanks,
Umesh