The Vitess team is excited to release Vitess 23.0.0 — the latest major version of Vitess — bringing new defaults, better operational tooling…

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Vitess 23.0.0 introduces MySQL 8.4.6 as the default version, enhanced observability with new metrics for transaction routing and recovery tracking, and improved operational tooling for VTOrc. The release removes deprecated metrics and APIs, strengthens topology management with better Consul authentication requirements, and includes critical upgrade instructions for Operator users migrating from MySQL 8.0 to 8.4. Key improvements focus on production reliability, monitoring precision, and simplified deployment workflows for horizontally scaled MySQL workloads.

Announcing Vitess 23.0.0