From 8520049a1b1872f519ba1a1ae0ad2f3c006b6246 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manan Gupta <35839558+GuptaManan100@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 23:11:44 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add summary changes to indicate MySQL 5.7 is EOL and Vitess
 is dropping support for it in v19 (#14663)

---
 changelog/19.0/19.0.0/summary.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/changelog/19.0/19.0.0/summary.md b/changelog/19.0/19.0.0/summary.md
index 5580bc6e6f5..446b4b32bc2 100644
--- a/changelog/19.0/19.0.0/summary.md
+++ b/changelog/19.0/19.0.0/summary.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ### Table of Contents
 
 - **[Major Changes](#major-changes)**
+  - **[Dropping Support for MySQL 5.7](#drop-support-mysql57)**
   - **[Deprecations and Deletions](#deprecations-and-deletions)**
     - [VTTablet Flags](#vttablet-flags)
   - **[Docker](#docker)**
@@ -14,6 +15,13 @@
 
 ## <a id="major-changes"/>Major Changes
 
+### <a id="drop-support-mysql57"/>Dropping Support for MySQL 5.7
+
+Oracle has marked MySQL 5.7 end of life as of October 2023. Vitess is also dropping support for MySQL 5.7 from v19 onwards. Users are advised to upgrade to MySQL 8.0 while on v18 version of Vitess before
+upgrading to v19.
+
+Vitess will however, continue to support importing from MySQL 5.7 into Vitess even in v19.
+
 ### <a id="deprecations-and-deletions"/>Deprecations and Deletions
 
 - The `MYSQL_FLAVOR` environment variable is now removed from all Docker Images.