MariaDB’s Max Mether said Galera Cluster will remain part of MariaDB Server long term in both the free community and enterprise editions, responding to renewed questions about the clustering engine’s future. The post says MariaDB acquired Codership and Galera Cluster in May 2025, that MariaDB Galera Cluster stays in MariaDB Community Server as announced in February, and that only the MySQL-compatible distribution is being sunset after its final release this month, with documented near-zero-downtime migration paths to MariaDB Galera Cluster. Enterprise features such as encryption of the Galera transaction buffer, TLS between nodes by default, online schema changes, XA transactions, and 24/7 support remain in MariaDB Enterprise Galera Cluster.
MariaDB says Galera Cluster stays in MariaDB Server as MySQL Galera reaches end of life
MariaDB's Max Mether said Galera Cluster will remain part of MariaDB Server long term in both the free community and enterprise editions, responding to renewed questions about the clustering engine's future. The post says MariaDB acquired Codership and Galera Cluster in May 2025, that MariaDB Galera Cluster stays in MariaDB Community Server as announced in February, and that only the MySQL-compatible distribution is being sunset after its final release this month, with documented near-zero-downtime migration paths to MariaDB Galera Cluster. Enterprise features such as encryption of the Galera transaction buffer, TLS between nodes by default, online schema changes, XA transactions, and 24/7 support remain in MariaDB Enterprise Galera Cluster.
Source: Mariadb