# MariaDB MaxScale 2.0.5 Release Notes

Release 2.0.5 is a GA release.

This document describes the changes in release 2.0.5, when compared to
release [2.0.4](MaxScale-2.0.4-Release-Notes.md).

If you are upgrading from release 1.4, please also read the following
release notes:
[2.0.4](./MaxScale-2.0.4-Release-Notes.md),
[2.0.3](./MaxScale-2.0.3-Release-Notes.md),
[2.0.2](./MaxScale-2.0.2-Release-Notes.md),
[2.0.1](./MaxScale-2.0.1-Release-Notes.md) and
[2.0.0](./MaxScale-2.0.0-Release-Notes.md).

For any problems you encounter, please submit a bug report at
[Jira](https://jira.mariadb.org).

## Bug fixes

[Here](https://jira.mariadb.org/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20MXS%20AND%20issuetype%20%3D%20Bug%20AND%20status%20%3D%20Closed%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%202.0.5)
is a list of bugs fixed since the release of MaxScale 2.0.4.

* [MXS-1130](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-1130): Unexpected length encoding 'ff' encountered
* [MXS-1123](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-1123): connect_timeout setting causes frequent disconnects
* [MXS-1081](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-1081): Avro data file corruption
* [MXS-1025](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-1025): qc_sqlite always reports " Statement was parsed, but not classified"

## Known Issues and Limitations

There are some limitations and known issues within this version of MaxScale.
For more information, please refer to the [Limitations](../About/Limitations.md) document.

## Packaging

RPM and Debian packages are provided for the Linux distributions supported
by MariaDB Enterprise.

Packages can be downloaded [here](https://mariadb.com/resources/downloads).

## Source Code

The source code of MaxScale is tagged at GitHub with a tag, which is derived
from the version of MaxScale. For instance, the tag of version `X.Y.Z` of MaxScale
is `maxscale-X.Y.Z`.

The source code is available [here](https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale).