MySQL 9.7 is available on Clever Cloud
MySQL 9.7 is available on Clever Cloud for add-ons creation and migration, based on Percona Server for MySQL 9.7.1-1 released on 5 August 2026. MySQL 8.4 remains the default version for now, so pick 9.7 explicitly from the Console or with Clever Tools:
clever addon create mysql-addon myDatabase -p xxs_sml --addon-version 9.7Why no MySQL 9 branch until now
MySQL now alternates quarterly innovation releases and long term support (LTS) ones. Each innovation release is only supported until the next one lands, which doesn’t match the stability expected from a managed database. Percona, whose server we deploy, decided not to package any 9.x innovation release and to wait for the next LTS. MySQL 9.7 is that release, and the first one of the branch you can run on Clever Cloud.
Percona also skipped 9.7.0, which shipped with higher severity CVEs, and started the series at 9.7.1 with those fixes already applied.
What MySQL 9.7 brings
The Hypergraph Optimizer reaches the community edition and rewrites how complex joins are planned. JSON duality views expose relational data as JSON documents you can read and write through a single format.
Group replication gets flow control monitoring, extended multi-threaded applier statistics, automatic eviction and rejoin of unhealthy nodes, and an up-to-date aware primary election that picks the most synchronized secondary. A lower-version replica can also connect to a higher-version source, which allows phased upgrades across a replication topology.
End of life of previous versions
MySQL 5.7 and 8.0 are end-of-life, and Percona published its final 8.0 release in June 2026. Neither branch receives regular security updates anymore. If you still run a 5.7 or 8.0 add-on, migrate it to 8.4 or 9.7 through our migration process.