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February 21, 20201 minute read

GitHub Actions Breaking Change: Ubuntu virtual environments will no longer start the MySQL service automatically

Starting March 3rd, 2020, the Ubuntu virtual environments will no longer start the MySQL service automatically. If you are using MySQL, this may be a breaking change for your workflows. To keep using MySQL, you'll need to start the service as part of your job:

yaml
- run: |
    sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start

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GitHub Actions Breaking Change: Ubuntu virtual environments will no longer start the MySQL service automatically - GitHub Changelog