Mysql 8.0.16 on Linux (deb) needs maxTries = 30; to start succesfully

[mrvanes]

Bug Summary

mysqladmin ping fails with maxTries = 15;

I needed to set maxTries = 30; to start mysql 8.0.16 succesfully on Linux (deb) since upgrade to Local 9.2.5.

Environment:
Linux Ubuntu 25.04

[Nick-B]

Hey @mrvanes! It looks like someone shared some details on a workaround here if you want to give that a try:

Change mysqladmin ping timeout

Don’t mind monkeying with the code and reapplying changes afterwards. I changed the maxTries to 30 and still wasn’t able to start the database, so I added this in the catch statement: this._logger.debug(`No database ping response, try ${i}`); Then ran tail -f ~/Library/Logs/local-lightning-verbose.log in my terminal. Noticed that $i was being incremented twice. The catch() statement is also incrementing the variable in addition to the for statement, so that might be a minor bug. It should try…

I’ll follow up with the Local Devs on this bug as well

[mrvanes]

I’m not looking for a fix, I posted to let you know HOW I fixed it.

[Nick-B]

Apologies for my misunderstanding @mrvanes! I’m still under caffeinated this morning where I am

Thank you for sharing!

[mrvanes]

No worries, just make sure this get fixed for others in 9.2.6

[Nick-B]

Our team has been testing and we haven’t been able to replicate the issue exactly, but we do have some MySQL changes on the board that might help with connection issues. So we’ll keep you posted when those are ready and will continue to monitor if any other users run into the same trouble!