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AWS lists the supported major version upgrades on its [MySQL on Amazon RDS versions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/MySQL.Concepts.VersionMgmt.html) page.\n3. If the DB instance uses read replicas, upgrade all of the read replicas before the source instance.\n4. Start the major version upgrade by modifying the DB instance, after following [Major version upgrades for RDS for MySQL](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_UpgradeDBInstance.MySQL.Major.html).\n5. Downtime for the major version upgrade can be reduced with a blue/green deployment: [Using Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments for database updates](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/blue-green-deployments.html).\n6. Enrollment in RDS Extended Support ends the day an upgrade completes to an engine version that is still under RDS standard support. 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AWS states that once the RDS Extended Support period of a major engine version is over, Amazon RDS automatically upgrades the major engine version of a database not upgraded to a supported version.", "cloud": "aws", "service": "Amazon RDS for MySQL", "service_slug": "rds-mysql", "category": "database", "type": "end_of_support", "announced_date": null, "effective_date": "2032-07-31", "effective_precision": "day", "impact": "31 Jul 2032 is the RDS end of Extended Support date that AWS lists for MySQL 8.4. AWS states that once the RDS Extended Support period of a major engine version is over, Amazon RDS automatically upgrades the major engine version of a database not upgraded to a supported version. 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