# Percona Server for MySQL 5.7.19-17 Is Now Available

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Percona announces the release of [Percona Server for MySQL](https://www.percona.com/software/percona-server) 5.7.19-17 on August 31, 2017. Download the latest version from the [Percona web site](https://www.percona.com/downloads/Percona-Server-5.7/) or the Percona [Software Repositories](https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-server/5.7/installation.html#using-percona-software-repositories). You can also run Docker containers from the images in the [Docker Hub repository](https://hub.docker.com/r/percona/percona-server/).

Based on [MySQL 5.7.19](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-19.html), and including all the bug fixes in it, Percona Server for MySQL 5.7.19-17 is now the current GA release in the Percona Server for MySQL 5.7 series. Percona Server for MySQL is open-source and free – this is the latest release of our enhanced, drop-in replacement for MySQL. Complete details of this release are available in the [5.7.19-17 milestone](https://launchpad.net/percona-server/+milestone/5.7.19-17) on Launchpad.

NOTE: Percona software no longer supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (including CentOS 5 and other derivatives), Ubuntu 12.04 and older versions. These platforms have reached end of life, won’t be updated and are not recommended for use in production.

New Features  
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[\*]Included the [Percona MyRocks storage engine](https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-server/LATEST/myrocks/index.html).

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NOTE: MyRocks for Percona Server is currently experimental and not recommended for production deployments until further notice. You are encouraged to try it in a testing environment and provide feedback or report bugs.

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[_][#1708087](https://bugs.launchpad.net/percona-server/+bug/1708087): Added the mysql-helpers script to handle checking for missing datadir during startup. Also fixes [#1635364](https://bugs.launchpad.net/percona-server/+bug/1635364).  
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Platform Support  
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[_]Stopped providing packages for Ubuntu 12.04 due to its end of life.  
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Bugs Fixed  
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[_][#1669414](https://bugs.launchpad.net/percona-server/+bug/1669414): Fixed handling of failure to set O\_DIRECT on parallel doublewrite buffer file.  
[_][#1705729](https://bugs.launchpad.net/percona-server/+bug/1705729): Fixed the postinst script to correctly locate the datadir. Also fixes [#1698019](https://bugs.launchpad.net/percona-server/+bug/1698019).  
[_][#1709811](https://bugs.launchpad.net/percona-server/+bug/1709811): Fixed yum upgrade to not enable the mysqld service if it was disabled before the upgrade.  
[_][#1709834](https://bugs.launchpad.net/percona-server/+bug/1709834): Fixed the mysqld\_safe script to correctly locate the basedir.  
[_]Other fixes: [#1698996](https://bugs.launchpad.net/percona-server/+bug/1698996), [#1706055](https://bugs.launchpad.net/percona-server/+bug/1706055), [#1706262](https://bugs.launchpad.net/percona-server/+bug/1706262), [#1706981](https://bugs.launchpad.net/percona-server/+bug/1706981)  
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TokuDB Changes  
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[_][TDB-70](https://jira.percona.com/browse/TDB-70): Removed redundant fsync of TokuDB redo log during binlog group commit flush stage. This fixes issue that prevented TokuDB to run in reduced durability mode when the binlog was enabled.  
[\*][TDB-72](https://jira.percona.com/browse/TDB-72): Fixed issue when renaming a table with non-alphanumeric characters in its name.  
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Release notes for Percona Server for MySQL 5.7.19-17 are available in the [online documentation](https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-server/5.6/release-notes/Percona-Server-5.7.19-17.html). Please report any bugs on the [launchpad bug tracker](https://bugs.launchpad.net/percona-server/+filebug).