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MariaDB Foundation: TAF Now Supports Embedded Database Configuration in User Properties

TAF: One File to Rule Them All
In a one‑on‑one review of TAF with Monty Widenius, the creator of MySQL and MariaDB, he looked at me and said: “I want everything in one user file.” …

MariaDB Foundation Newsletter – October 2026

September showed what an extensible MariaDB looks like in practice. A Magento report ran 63 times faster once its tables moved to the DuckDB storage engine, which now ships with MariaDB 13.0, Stable since 17 September. …

Elestio joins MariaDB Foundation as a Silver Sponsor

MariaDB Foundation welcomes Elestio as a Silver Sponsor, supporting the open-source project behind its managed MariaDB offering.
Elestio provides managed MariaDB with automated backups, monitoring and updates, allowing users to choose their cloud provider, region and resources. …

MariaDB Foundation: Why Test Case Tags Matter in TAF

In performance testing, numbers alone rarely tell the full story.
A benchmark result without context is just a result floating in space disconnected from the intent, and the conditions that produced it. …

MariaDB Foundation’s Test Automation Framework (TAF) 4.0 Release

MariaDB Foundation’s Performance Test Automation Framework (TAF) 4.0 Release represents the biggest changes to the framework since its creation.
This release reshapes how we organize, run, and report database workloads across MariaDB, MySQL, and now PostgreSQL. …