Answers.Body: <p>It seems like it's still under discussion as of last week. See e.g. <a href="https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/issues/979" rel="noreferrer">https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/issues/979</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>With recent upgrade, CiviCRM showed me this message</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Future versions of CiviCRM may require MySQL utf8mb4 support. It is
    recommended, though not yet required, to configure your MySQL server
    for utf8mb4 support. You will need the following MySQL server
    configuration: innodb_large_prefix=true innodb_file_format=barracuda
    innodb_file_per_table=true</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Since I am on shared hosting plan, it is likely that the host will not update these global MySQL settings. I guess that can mean for me the end of updates or a very tedious task of migrating CiviCRM elsewhere.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any information when these MySQL changes will become mandatory?</p>
  
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Title: When will MySQL utf8mb4 support be mandatory?
ThreadText: # When will MySQL utf8mb4 support be mandatory?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-06-03)
  
  With recent upgrade, CiviCRM showed me this message
  
  > Future versions of CiviCRM may require MySQL utf8mb4 support. It is
  > recommended, though not yet required, to configure your MySQL server
  > for utf8mb4 support. You will need the following MySQL server
  > configuration: innodb\_large\_prefix=true innodb\_file\_format=barracuda
  > innodb\_file\_per\_table=true
  
  Since I am on shared hosting plan, it is likely that the host will not update these global MySQL settings. I guess that can mean for me the end of updates or a very tedious task of migrating CiviCRM elsewhere.
  
  Is there any information when these MySQL changes will become mandatory?
  
  **Tags:** mysql
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Linked question https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/q/37806/35  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2019-06-03. Score: 7
  
  It seems like it's still under discussion as of last week. See e.g. <https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/issues/979>
  
  
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