# Release Notes - v2.8.26

**Date**: 2026-01-18

## 📝 Executive Summary

```text
2.8.26 2026-01-18

- fix: inverted replication command logic causing wrong SQL on MySQL 8.0+/MariaDB 10.5+ (issue #553)
- feat: add MySQL/MariaDB version detection to prevent version number conflicts in replication logic
- test: add comprehensive test suite (test_issue_553.t) for replication command compatibility
- chore: bump version to 2.8.26
```

## 🛠️ Internal Commit History

- feat: release 2.8.26 (63d0e2a)
- feat: release 2.8.26 (507a2f2)
- chore: bump version to 2.8.25 (27422ea)

## ⚙️ Technical Evolutions

## ✅ Laboratory Verification Results

- [x] Automated TDD suite passed.
- [x] Multi-DB version laboratory execution validated.
- [x] Performance indicator delta analysis completed.
