Monitoring RDS for MySQL engine upgrades with events

When you upgrade the engine version of a RDS for MySQL database, Amazon RDS emits a specific event during each phase of the process. To track the progress of an upgrade, you can view or subscribe to these events.

For more information about RDS events, see Monitoring Amazon RDS events.

For detailed information about a specific Amazon RDS event that occurs during your engine upgrade, see Amazon RDS event categories and event messages.