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title: "Cloud Platform - August 1, 2021 "
date: "2025-09-12T05:57:24+00:00"
summary: "Cloud Platform updates: Data compression for PHP-MySQL, fixed subscription entitlement visibility issue. Improved efficiency and access."
image:
type: "announcement"
url: "/acquia-cloud-platform/release/2021-08-01/76656-cloud-platform-august-1-2021"
id: "01523d2d-c6b7-474d-a44e-de558ecbd520"
---

*   Change To optimize the operational efficiency of Cloud Platform, data compression is now enabled for connections between PHP and MySQL.
*   Fix Users were unable to see any of the [Subscription Entitlements](/acquia-cloud-platform/managing-subscriptions/usage-limits#usage-limits-details) sections when they had the Views and Visits entitlement, but didn’t have the roles that allow access to Views & Visits.