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Project: 
Introduced in branch: 
9.0.x
Introduced in version: 
9.0.0-beta1
Description: 

Drupal 9 now requires a MySQL version higher than 5.7.8, or a MariaDB version higher than 10.3.7 (or equivalent database engine reporting equivalent version numbers).

Impacts: 
Site builders, administrators, editors
Module developers