# Aurora MySQL database engine updates 2026-01-02 (version 3.10.3, compatible with MySQL 8.0.42)
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**Version:** 3.10.3

Aurora MySQL 3.10.3 is generally available. Aurora MySQL 3.10 versions are compatible with MySQL 8.0.42. For more information on the community changes that have occurred, see [MySQL 8.0 Release Notes](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/).

For details of the new features in Aurora MySQL version 3, see [Aurora MySQL version 3 compatible with MySQL 8.0](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.MySQL80.html). For differences between Aurora MySQL version 3 and Aurora MySQL version 2, see [Comparison of Aurora MySQL version 2 and Aurora MySQL version 3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.Compare-v2-v3.html). For a comparison of Aurora MySQL version 3 and MySQL 8.0 Community Edition, see [Comparison of Aurora MySQL version 3 and MySQL 8.0 Community Edition](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.Compare-80-v3.html) in the *Amazon Aurora User Guide*.

You can perform an in-place upgrade leveraging [Zero Downtime Patching (ZDP)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.Updates.ZDP.html), restore a snapshot, or initiate a managed blue/green upgrade using [Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/blue-green-deployments-overview.html) from any currently supported Aurora MySQL version 2 cluster into an Aurora MySQL version 3.10.3 cluster.

For information on planning an upgrade to Aurora MySQL version 3, see [Planning a major version upgrade for an Aurora MySQL cluster](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.Updates.MajorVersionUpgrade.html#AuroraMySQL.Upgrading.Planning). For general information about Aurora MySQL upgrades, see [Upgrading Aurora MySQL DB clusters](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.Updates.Upgrading.html) in the *Amazon Aurora User Guide*.

For troubleshooting information, see [Troubleshooting for Aurora MySQL in-place upgrade](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.Updates.MajorVersionUpgrade.html#AuroraMySQL.Upgrading.Troubleshooting) in the *Amazon Aurora User Guide*.

If you have any questions or concerns, Support is available on the community forums and through [Support](https://aws.amazon.com/support). For more information, see [Maintaining an Aurora DB cluster](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/USER_UpgradeDBInstance.Maintenance.html) in the *Amazon Aurora User Guide*.

## Improvements
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 **General improvements:** 
+ Reduced CPU usage overhead while establishing Encryption in Transit between the database instance and the storage layer.
+ Fixed an issue which can cause some SQL statements to not get logged in the audit log.