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title: "Cloud Platform - September 8, 2024"
date: "2025-09-12T05:57:24+00:00"
summary: "Cloud database operations updated for MySQL 5.7 and 8 compatibility, ensuring smooth version upgrades and data management."
image:
type: "announcement"
url: "/acquia-cloud-platform/release/2024-09-08/81306-cloud-platform-september-8-2024"
id: "e0914940-df8c-4ada-a4bc-df8171db4902"
---

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**Related ticket**

**Release note**

CHANGE

NW-10949
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\[**Cloud Next**\] The database copy, backup, and restore operations are updated to maintain compatibility between MySQL 5.7 and MySQL 8. This ensures that these operations continue to function as expected during database version upgrade of MySQL. For more information, visit [Issues occur if codebases contain a CHARSET or COLLATE name](/node/56284#collation-issue).