5.1.9 Server Status Variables

The MySQL server maintains many status variables that provide information about its operation. You can view these variables and their values by using the SHOW [GLOBAL | SESSION] STATUS statement (see Section 13.7.5.35, “SHOW STATUS Statement”). The optional GLOBAL keyword aggregates the values over all connections, and SESSION shows the values for the current connection.

mysql> SHOW GLOBAL STATUS;
+-----------------------------------+------------+
| Variable_name                     | Value      |
+-----------------------------------+------------+
| Aborted_clients                   | 0          |
| Aborted_connects                  | 0          |
| Bytes_received                    | 155372598  |
| Bytes_sent                        | 1176560426 |
...
| Connections                       | 30023      |
| Created_tmp_disk_tables           | 0          |
| Created_tmp_files                 | 3          |
| Created_tmp_tables                | 2          |
...
| Threads_created                   | 217        |
| Threads_running                   | 88         |
| Uptime                            | 1389872    |
+-----------------------------------+------------+

Many status variables are reset to 0 by the FLUSH STATUS statement.

This section provides a description of each status variable. For a status variable summary, see Section 5.1.5, “Server Status Variable Reference”. For information about status variables specific to NDB Cluster, see Section 21.4.3.9.3, “NDB Cluster Status Variables”.

The status variables have the meanings shown in the following list.

Aborted_clients

The number of connections that were aborted because the client died without closing the connection properly. See Section B.3.2.9, “Communication Errors and Aborted Connections”.
Aborted_connects

The number of failed attempts to connect to the MySQL server. See Section B.3.2.9, “Communication Errors and Aborted Connections”.

For additional connection-related information, check the Connection_errors_xxx status variables and the host_cache table.

As of MySQL 5.7.3, Aborted_connects is not visible in the embedded server because for that server it is not updated and is not meaningful.
Binlog_cache_disk_use

The number of transactions that used the temporary binary log cache but that exceeded the value of binlog_cache_size and used a temporary file to store statements from the transaction.

The number of nontransactional statements that caused the binary log transaction cache to be written to disk is tracked separately in the Binlog_stmt_cache_disk_use status variable.
Binlog_cache_use

The number of transactions that used the binary log cache.
Binlog_stmt_cache_disk_use

The number of nontransaction statements that used the binary log statement cache but that exceeded the value of binlog_stmt_cache_size and used a temporary file to store those statements.
Binlog_stmt_cache_use

The number of nontransactional statements that used the binary log statement cache.
Bytes_received

The number of bytes received from all clients.
Bytes_sent

The number of bytes sent to all clients.
Com_xxx

The Com_xxx statement counter variables indicate the number of times each xxx statement has been executed. There is one status variable for each type of statement. For example, Com_delete and Com_update count DELETE and UPDATE statements, respectively. Com_delete_multi and Com_update_multi are similar but apply to DELETE and UPDATE statements that use multiple-table syntax.

If a query result is returned from query cache, the server increments the Qcache_hits status variable, not Com_select. See Section 8.10.3.4, “Query Cache Status and Maintenance”.

All Com_stmt_xxx variables are increased even if a prepared statement argument is unknown or an error occurred during execution. In other words, their values correspond to the number of requests issued, not to the number of requests successfully completed. For example, because status variables are initialized for each server startup and do not persist across restarts, the Com_shutdown variable that tracks SHUTDOWN statements normally has a value of zero, but can be nonzero if SHUTDOWN statements were executed but failed.

The Com_stmt_xxx status variables are as follows:
- Com_stmt_prepare
- Com_stmt_execute
- Com_stmt_fetch
- Com_stmt_send_long_data
- Com_stmt_reset
- Com_stmt_close
Those variables stand for prepared statement commands. Their names refer to the COM_xxx command set used in the network layer. In other words, their values increase whenever prepared statement API calls such as mysql_stmt_prepare(), mysql_stmt_execute(), and so forth are executed. However, Com_stmt_prepare, Com_stmt_execute and Com_stmt_close also increase for PREPARE, EXECUTE, or DEALLOCATE PREPARE, respectively. Additionally, the values of the older statement counter variables Com_prepare_sql, Com_execute_sql, and Com_dealloc_sql increase for the PREPARE, EXECUTE, and DEALLOCATE PREPARE statements. Com_stmt_fetch stands for the total number of network round-trips issued when fetching from cursors.

Com_stmt_reprepare indicates the number of times statements were automatically reprepared by the server after metadata changes to tables or views referred to by the statement. A reprepare operation increments Com_stmt_reprepare, and also Com_stmt_prepare.

Com_explain_other indicates the number of EXPLAIN FOR CONNECTION statements executed. See Section 8.8.4, “Obtaining Execution Plan Information for a Named Connection”.

Com_change_repl_filter indicates the number of CHANGE REPLICATION FILTER statements executed.
Compression

Whether the client connection uses compression in the client/server protocol.
Connection_errors_xxx

These variables provide information about errors that occur during the client connection process. They are global only and represent error counts aggregated across connections from all hosts. These variables track errors not accounted for by the host cache (see Section 5.1.11.2, “DNS Lookups and the Host Cache”), such as errors that are not associated with TCP connections, occur very early in the connection process (even before an IP address is known), or are not specific to any particular IP address (such as out-of-memory conditions).

As of MySQL 5.7.3, the Connection_errors_xxx status variables are not visible in the embedded server because for that server they are not updated and are not meaningful.
- Connection_errors_accept
  
  The number of errors that occurred during calls to accept() on the listening port.
- Connection_errors_internal
  
  The number of connections refused due to internal errors in the server, such as failure to start a new thread or an out-of-memory condition.
- Connection_errors_max_connections
  
  The number of connections refused because the server max_connections limit was reached.
- Connection_errors_peer_address
  
  The number of errors that occurred while searching for connecting client IP addresses.
- Connection_errors_select
  
  The number of errors that occurred during calls to select() or poll() on the listening port. (Failure of this operation does not necessarily means a client connection was rejected.)
- Connection_errors_tcpwrap
  
  The number of connections refused by the libwrap library.
Connections

The number of connection attempts (successful or not) to the MySQL server.
Created_tmp_disk_tables

The number of internal on-disk temporary tables created by the server while executing statements.

You can compare the number of internal on-disk temporary tables created to the total number of internal temporary tables created by comparing Created_tmp_disk_tables and Created_tmp_tables values.

See also Section 8.4.4, “Internal Temporary Table Use in MySQL”.
Created_tmp_files

How many temporary files mysqld has created.
Created_tmp_tables

The number of internal temporary tables created by the server while executing statements.

You can compare the number of internal on-disk temporary tables created to the total number of internal temporary tables created by comparing Created_tmp_disk_tables and Created_tmp_tables values.

See also Section 8.4.4, “Internal Temporary Table Use in MySQL”.

Each invocation of the SHOW STATUS statement uses an internal temporary table and increments the global Created_tmp_tables value.
Delayed_errors

This status variable is deprecated (because DELAYED inserts are not supported); expect it to be removed in a future release.
Delayed_insert_threads

This status variable is deprecated (because DELAYED inserts are not supported); expect it to be removed in a future release.
Delayed_writes

This status variable is deprecated (because DELAYED inserts are not supported); expect it to be removed in a future release.
Flush_commands

The number of times the server flushes tables, whether because a user executed a FLUSH TABLES statement or due to internal server operation. It is also incremented by receipt of a COM_REFRESH packet. This is in contrast to Com_flush, which indicates how many FLUSH statements have been executed, whether FLUSH TABLES, FLUSH LOGS, and so forth.
group_replication_primary_member

Shows the primary member's UUID when the group is operating in single-primary mode. If the group is operating in multi-primary mode, shows an empty string.
Handler_commit

The number of internal COMMIT statements.
Handler_delete

The number of times that rows have been deleted from tables.
Handler_external_lock

The server increments this variable for each call to its external_lock() function, which generally occurs at the beginning and end of access to a table instance. There might be differences among storage engines. This variable can be used, for example, to discover for a statement that accesses a partitioned table how many partitions were pruned before locking occurred: Check how much the counter increased for the statement, subtract 2 (2 calls for the table itself), then divide by 2 to get the number of partitions locked.
Handler_mrr_init

The number of times the server uses a storage engine's own Multi-Range Read implementation for table access.
Handler_prepare

A counter for the prepare phase of two-phase commit operations.
Handler_read_first

The number of times the first entry in an index was read. If this value is high, it suggests that the server is doing a lot of full index scans (for example, SELECT col1 FROM foo, assuming that col1 is indexed).
Handler_read_key

The number of requests to read a row based on a key. If this value is high, it is a good indication that your tables are properly indexed for your queries.
Handler_read_last

The number of requests to read the last key in an index. With ORDER BY, the server issues a first-key request followed by several next-key requests, whereas with ORDER BY DESC, the server issues a last-key request followed by several previous-key requests.
Handler_read_next

The number of requests to read the next row in key order. This value is incremented if you are querying an index column with a range constraint or if you are doing an index scan.
Handler_read_prev

The number of requests to read the previous row in key order. This read method is mainly used to optimize ORDER BY ... DESC.
Handler_read_rnd

The number of requests to read a row based on a fixed position. This value is high if you are doing a lot of queries that require sorting of the result. You probably have a lot of queries that require MySQL to scan entire tables or you have joins that do not use keys properly.
Handler_read_rnd_next

The number of requests to read the next row in the data file. This value is high if you are doing a lot of table scans. Generally this suggests that your tables are not properly indexed or that your queries are not written to take advantage of the indexes you have.
Handler_rollback

The number of requests for a storage engine to perform a rollback operation.
Handler_savepoint

The number of requests for a storage engine to place a savepoint.
Handler_savepoint_rollback

The number of requests for a storage engine to roll back to a savepoint.
Handler_update

The number of requests to update a row in a table.
Handler_write

The number of requests to insert a row in a table.
Innodb_available_undo_logs

Note

The Innodb_available_undo_logs status variable is deprecated as of MySQL 5.7.19; expect it to be removed in a future release.

The total number of available InnoDB . Supplements the innodb_rollback_segments system variable, which defines the number of active rollback segments.

One rollback segment always resides in the system tablespace, and 32 rollback segments are reserved for use by temporary tables and are hosted in the temporary tablespace (ibtmp1). See Section 14.6.7, “Undo Logs”.

If you initiate a MySQL instance with 32 or fewer rollback segments, InnoDB still assigns one rollback segment to the system tablespace and 32 rollback segments to the temporary tablespace. In this case, Innodb_available_undo_logs reports 33 available rollback segments even though the instance was initialized with a lesser innodb_rollback_segments value.
Innodb_buffer_pool_dump_status

The progress of an operation to record the held in the InnoDB , triggered by the setting of innodb_buffer_pool_dump_at_shutdown or innodb_buffer_pool_dump_now.

For related information and examples, see Section 14.8.3.6, “Saving and Restoring the Buffer Pool State”.
Innodb_buffer_pool_load_status

The progress of an operation to the InnoDB by reading in a set of corresponding to an earlier point in time, triggered by the setting of innodb_buffer_pool_load_at_startup or innodb_buffer_pool_load_now. If the operation introduces too much overhead, you can cancel it by setting innodb_buffer_pool_load_abort.

For related information and examples, see Section 14.8.3.6, “Saving and Restoring the Buffer Pool State”.
Innodb_buffer_pool_bytes_data

The total number of bytes in the InnoDB containing data. The number includes both and clean pages. For more accurate memory usage calculations than with Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_data, when tables cause the buffer pool to hold pages of different sizes.
Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_data

The number of in the InnoDB containing data. The number includes both and clean pages. When using , the reported Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_data value may be larger than Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_total (Bug #59550).
Innodb_buffer_pool_bytes_dirty

The total current number of bytes held in in the InnoDB . For more accurate memory usage calculations than with Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_dirty, when tables cause the buffer pool to hold pages of different sizes.
Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_dirty

The current number of in the InnoDB .
Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_flushed

The number of requests to from the InnoDB .
Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_free

The number of free in the InnoDB .
Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_latched

The number of latched in the InnoDB . These are pages currently being read or written, or that cannot be or removed for some other reason. Calculation of this variable is expensive, so it is available only when the UNIV_DEBUG system is defined at server build time.
Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_misc

The number of in the InnoDB that are busy because they have been allocated for administrative overhead, such as or the . This value can also be calculated as Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_total − Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_free − Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_data. When using , Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_misc may report an out-of-bounds value (Bug #59550).
Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_total

The total size of the InnoDB , in . When using , the reported Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_data value may be larger than Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_total (Bug #59550)
Innodb_buffer_pool_read_ahead

The number of read into the InnoDB by the background thread.
Innodb_buffer_pool_read_ahead_evicted

The number of read into the InnoDB by the background thread that were subsequently without having been accessed by queries.
Innodb_buffer_pool_read_ahead_rnd

The number of “random” read-aheads initiated by InnoDB. This happens when a query scans a large portion of a table but in random order.
Innodb_buffer_pool_read_requests

The number of logical read requests.
Innodb_buffer_pool_reads

The number of logical reads that InnoDB could not satisfy from the , and had to read directly from disk.
Innodb_buffer_pool_resize_status

The status of an operation to resize the InnoDB dynamically, triggered by setting the innodb_buffer_pool_size parameter dynamically. The innodb_buffer_pool_size parameter is dynamic, which allows you to resize the buffer pool without restarting the server. See Configuring InnoDB Buffer Pool Size Online for related information.
Innodb_buffer_pool_wait_free

Normally, writes to the InnoDB happen in the background. When InnoDB needs to read or create a and no clean pages are available, InnoDB flushes some first and waits for that operation to finish. This counter counts instances of these waits. If innodb_buffer_pool_size has been set properly, this value should be small.
Innodb_buffer_pool_write_requests

The number of writes done to the InnoDB .
Innodb_data_fsyncs

The number of fsync() operations so far. The frequency of fsync() calls is influenced by the setting of the innodb_flush_method configuration option.
Innodb_data_pending_fsyncs

The current number of pending fsync() operations. The frequency of fsync() calls is influenced by the setting of the innodb_flush_method configuration option.
Innodb_data_pending_reads

The current number of pending reads.
Innodb_data_pending_writes

The current number of pending writes.
Innodb_data_read

The amount of data read since the server was started (in bytes).
Innodb_data_reads

The total number of data reads (OS file reads).
Innodb_data_writes

The total number of data writes.
Innodb_data_written

The amount of data written so far, in bytes.
Innodb_dblwr_pages_written

The number of that have been written to the . See Section 14.12.1, “InnoDB Disk I/O”.
Innodb_dblwr_writes

The number of doublewrite operations that have been performed. See Section 14.12.1, “InnoDB Disk I/O”.
Innodb_have_atomic_builtins

Indicates whether the server was built with .
Innodb_log_waits

The number of times that the was too small and a was required for it to be before continuing.
Innodb_log_write_requests

The number of write requests for the InnoDB .
Innodb_log_writes

The number of physical writes to the InnoDB file.
Innodb_num_open_files

The number of files InnoDB currently holds open.
Innodb_os_log_fsyncs

The number of fsync() writes done to the InnoDB files.
Innodb_os_log_pending_fsyncs

The number of pending fsync() operations for the InnoDB files.
Innodb_os_log_pending_writes

The number of pending writes to the InnoDB files.
Innodb_os_log_written

The number of bytes written to the InnoDB files.
Innodb_page_size

InnoDB page size (default 16KB). Many values are counted in pages; the page size enables them to be easily converted to bytes.
Innodb_pages_created

The number of pages created by operations on InnoDB tables.
Innodb_pages_read

The number of pages read from the InnoDB buffer pool by operations on InnoDB tables.
Innodb_pages_written

The number of pages written by operations on InnoDB tables.
Innodb_row_lock_current_waits

The number of currently being waited for by operations on InnoDB tables.
Innodb_row_lock_time

The total time spent in acquiring for InnoDB tables, in milliseconds.
Innodb_row_lock_time_avg

The average time to acquire a for InnoDB tables, in milliseconds.
Innodb_row_lock_time_max

The maximum time to acquire a for InnoDB tables, in milliseconds.
Innodb_row_lock_waits

The number of times operations on InnoDB tables had to wait for a .
Innodb_rows_deleted

The number of rows deleted from InnoDB tables.
Innodb_rows_inserted

The number of rows inserted into InnoDB tables.
Innodb_rows_read

The number of rows read from InnoDB tables.
Innodb_rows_updated

The estimated number of rows updated in InnoDB tables.

Note

This value is not meant to be 100% accurate. For an accurate (but more expensive) result, use ROW_COUNT().
Innodb_truncated_status_writes

The number of times output from the SHOW ENGINE INNODB STATUS statement has been truncated.
Key_blocks_not_flushed

The number of key blocks in the MyISAM key cache that have changed but have not yet been flushed to disk.
Key_blocks_unused

The number of unused blocks in the MyISAM key cache. You can use this value to determine how much of the key cache is in use; see the discussion of key_buffer_size in Section 5.1.7, “Server System Variables”.
Key_blocks_used

The number of used blocks in the MyISAM key cache. This value is a high-water mark that indicates the maximum number of blocks that have ever been in use at one time.
Key_read_requests

The number of requests to read a key block from the MyISAM key cache.
Key_reads

The number of physical reads of a key block from disk into the MyISAM key cache. If Key_reads is large, then your key_buffer_size value is probably too small. The cache miss rate can be calculated as Key_reads/Key_read_requests.
Key_write_requests

The number of requests to write a key block to the MyISAM key cache.
Key_writes

The number of physical writes of a key block from the MyISAM key cache to disk.
Last_query_cost

The total cost of the last compiled query as computed by the query optimizer. This is useful for comparing the cost of different query plans for the same query. The default value of 0 means that no query has been compiled yet. The default value is 0. Last_query_cost has session scope.

Last_query_cost can be computed accurately only for simple, “flat” queries, but not for complex queries such as those containing subqueries or UNION. For the latter, the value is set to 0.
Last_query_partial_plans

The number of iterations the query optimizer made in execution plan construction for the previous query.

Last_query_partial_plans has session scope.
Locked_connects

The number of attempts to connect to locked user accounts. For information about account locking and unlocking, see Section 6.2.15, “Account Locking”.
Max_execution_time_exceeded

The number of SELECT statements for which the execution timeout was exceeded.
Max_execution_time_set

The number of SELECT statements for which a nonzero execution timeout was set. This includes statements that include a nonzero MAX_EXECUTION_TIME optimizer hint, and statements that include no such hint but execute while the timeout indicated by the max_execution_time system variable is nonzero.
Max_execution_time_set_failed

The number of SELECT statements for which the attempt to set an execution timeout failed.
Max_used_connections

The maximum number of connections that have been in use simultaneously since the server started.
Max_used_connections_time

The time at which Max_used_connections reached its current value.
Not_flushed_delayed_rows

This status variable is deprecated (because DELAYED inserts are not supported); expect it to be removed in a future release.
mecab_charset

The character set currently used by the MeCab full-text parser plugin. For related information, see Section 12.9.9, “MeCab Full-Text Parser Plugin”.
Ongoing_anonymous_transaction_count

Shows the number of ongoing transactions which have been marked as anonymous. This can be used to ensure that no further transactions are waiting to be processed.
Ongoing_anonymous_gtid_violating_transaction_count

This status variable is only available in debug builds. Shows the number of ongoing transactions which use gtid_next=ANONYMOUS and that violate GTID consistency.
Ongoing_automatic_gtid_violating_transaction_count

This status variable is only available in debug builds. Shows the number of ongoing transactions which use gtid_next=AUTOMATIC and that violate GTID consistency.
Open_files

The number of files that are open. This count includes regular files opened by the server. It does not include other types of files such as sockets or pipes. Also, the count does not include files that storage engines open using their own internal functions rather than asking the server level to do so.
Open_streams

The number of streams that are open (used mainly for logging).
Open_table_definitions

The number of cached .frm files.
Open_tables

The number of tables that are open.
Opened_files

The number of files that have been opened with my_open() (a mysys library function). Parts of the server that open files without using this function do not increment the count.
Opened_table_definitions

The number of .frm files that have been cached.
Opened_tables

The number of tables that have been opened. If Opened_tables is big, your table_open_cache value is probably too small.
Performance_schema_xxx

Performance Schema status variables are listed in Section 25.16, “Performance Schema Status Variables”. These variables provide information about instrumentation that could not be loaded or created due to memory constraints.
Prepared_stmt_count

The current number of prepared statements. (The maximum number of statements is given by the max_prepared_stmt_count system variable.)
Qcache_free_blocks

The number of free memory blocks in the query cache.

Note

The query cache is deprecated as of MySQL 5.7.20, and is removed in MySQL 8.0. Deprecation includes Qcache_free_blocks.
Qcache_free_memory

The amount of free memory for the query cache.

Note

The query cache is deprecated as of MySQL 5.7.20, and is removed in MySQL 8.0. Deprecation includes Qcache_free_memory.
Qcache_hits

The number of query cache hits.

The discussion at the beginning of this section indicates how to relate this statement-counting status variable to other such variables.

Note

The query cache is deprecated as of MySQL 5.7.20, and is removed in MySQL 8.0. Deprecation includes Qcache_hits.
Qcache_inserts

The number of queries added to the query cache.

Note

The query cache is deprecated as of MySQL 5.7.20, and is removed in MySQL 8.0. Deprecation includes Qcache_inserts.
Qcache_lowmem_prunes

The number of queries that were deleted from the query cache because of low memory.

Note

The query cache is deprecated as of MySQL 5.7.20, and is removed in MySQL 8.0. Deprecation includes Qcache_lowmem_prunes.
Qcache_not_cached

The number of noncached queries (not cacheable, or not cached due to the query_cache_type setting).

Note

The query cache is deprecated as of MySQL 5.7.20, and is removed in MySQL 8.0. Deprecation includes Qcache_not_cached.
Qcache_queries_in_cache

The number of queries registered in the query cache.

Note

The query cache is deprecated as of MySQL 5.7.20, and is removed in MySQL 8.0. Deprecation includes Qcache_queries_in_cache.
Qcache_total_blocks

The total number of blocks in the query cache.

Note

The query cache is deprecated as of MySQL 5.7.20, and is removed in MySQL 8.0. Deprecation includes Qcache_total_blocks.
Queries

The number of statements executed by the server. This variable includes statements executed within stored programs, unlike the Questions variable. It does not count COM_PING or COM_STATISTICS commands.

The discussion at the beginning of this section indicates how to relate this statement-counting status variable to other such variables.
Questions

The number of statements executed by the server. This includes only statements sent to the server by clients and not statements executed within stored programs, unlike the Queries variable. This variable does not count COM_PING, COM_STATISTICS, COM_STMT_PREPARE, COM_STMT_CLOSE, or COM_STMT_RESET commands.

The discussion at the beginning of this section indicates how to relate this statement-counting status variable to other such variables.
Rpl_semi_sync_master_clients

The number of semisynchronous replicas.

This variable is available only if the source-side semisynchronous replication plugin is installed.
Rpl_semi_sync_master_net_avg_wait_time

The average time in microseconds the source waited for a replica reply. This variable is deprecated, always 0; expect it to be in a future version.

This variable is available only if the source-side semisynchronous replication plugin is installed.
Rpl_semi_sync_master_net_wait_time

The total time in microseconds the source waited for replica replies. This variable is deprecated, and is always 0; expect it to be removed in a future version.

This variable is available only if the source-side semisynchronous replication plugin is installed.
Rpl_semi_sync_master_net_waits

The total number of times the source waited for replica replies.

This variable is available only if the source-side semisynchronous replication plugin is installed.
Rpl_semi_sync_master_no_times

The number of times the source turned off semisynchronous replication.

This variable is available only if the source-side semisynchronous replication plugin is installed.
Rpl_semi_sync_master_no_tx

The number of commits that were not acknowledged successfully by a replica.

This variable is available only if the source-side semisynchronous replication plugin is installed.
Rpl_semi_sync_master_status

Whether semisynchronous replication currently is operational on the source. The value is ON if the plugin has been enabled and a commit acknowledgment has occurred. It is OFF if the plugin is not enabled or the source has fallen back to asynchronous replication due to commit acknowledgment timeout.

This variable is available only if the source-side semisynchronous replication plugin is installed.
Rpl_semi_sync_master_timefunc_failures

The number of times the source failed when calling time functions such as gettimeofday().

This variable is available only if the source-side semisynchronous replication plugin is installed.
Rpl_semi_sync_master_tx_avg_wait_time

The average time in microseconds the source waited for each transaction.

This variable is available only if the source-side semisynchronous replication plugin is installed.
Rpl_semi_sync_master_tx_wait_time

The total time in microseconds the source waited for transactions.

This variable is available only if the source-side semisynchronous replication plugin is installed.
Rpl_semi_sync_master_tx_waits

The total number of times the source waited for transactions.

This variable is available only if the source-side semisynchronous replication plugin is installed.
Rpl_semi_sync_master_wait_pos_backtraverse

The total number of times the source waited for an event with binary coordinates lower than events waited for previously. This can occur when the order in which transactions start waiting for a reply is different from the order in which their binary log events are written.

This variable is available only if the source-side semisynchronous replication plugin is installed.
Rpl_semi_sync_master_wait_sessions

The number of sessions currently waiting for replica replies.

This variable is available only if the source-side semisynchronous replication plugin is installed.
Rpl_semi_sync_master_yes_tx

The number of commits that were acknowledged successfully by a replica.

This variable is available only if the source-side semisynchronous replication plugin is installed.
Rpl_semi_sync_slave_status

Whether semisynchronous replication currently is operational on the replica. This is ON if the plugin has been enabled and the replica I/O thread is running, OFF otherwise.

This variable is available only if the replica-side semisynchronous replication plugin is installed.
Rsa_public_key

This variable is available if MySQL was compiled using OpenSSL (see Section 6.3.4, “SSL Library-Dependent Capabilities”). Its value is the public key used by the sha256_password authentication plugin for RSA key pair-based password exchange. The value is nonempty only if the server successfully initializes the private and public keys in the files named by the sha256_password_private_key_path and sha256_password_public_key_path system variables. The value of Rsa_public_key comes from the latter file.

For information about sha256_password, see Section 6.4.1.5, “SHA-256 Pluggable Authentication”.
Select_full_join

The number of joins that perform table scans because they do not use indexes. If this value is not 0, you should carefully check the indexes of your tables.
Select_full_range_join

The number of joins that used a range search on a reference table.
Select_range

The number of joins that used ranges on the first table. This is normally not a critical issue even if the value is quite large.
Select_range_check

The number of joins without keys that check for key usage after each row. If this is not 0, you should carefully check the indexes of your tables.
Select_scan

The number of joins that did a full scan of the first table.
Slave_heartbeat_period

Shows the replication heartbeat interval (in seconds) on a replication replica.

This variable is affected by the value of the show_compatibility_56 system variable. For details, see Effect of show_compatibility_56 on Slave Status Variables.

Note

This variable only shows the status of the default replication channel. To monitor any replication channel, use the HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL column in the replication_connection_configuration table for the replication channel. Slave_heartbeat_period is deprecated and is removed in MySQL 8.0.
Slave_last_heartbeat

Shows when the most recent heartbeat signal was received by a replica, as a TIMESTAMP value.

This variable is affected by the value of the show_compatibility_56 system variable. For details, see Effect of show_compatibility_56 on Slave Status Variables.

Note

This variable only shows the status of the default replication channel. To monitor any replication channel, use the LAST_HEARTBEAT_TIMESTAMP column in the replication_connection_status table for the replication channel. Slave_last_heartbeat is deprecated and is removed in MySQL 8.0.
Slave_open_temp_tables

The number of temporary tables that the replica SQL thread currently has open. If the value is greater than zero, it is not safe to shut down the replica; see Section 16.4.1.29, “Replication and Temporary Tables”. This variable reports the total count of open temporary tables for all replication channels.
Slave_received_heartbeats

This counter increments with each replication heartbeat received by a replication replica since the last time that the replica was restarted or reset, or a CHANGE MASTER TO statement was issued.

This variable is affected by the value of the show_compatibility_56 system variable. For details, see Effect of show_compatibility_56 on Slave Status Variables.

Note

This variable only shows the status of the default replication channel. To monitor any replication channel, use the COUNT_RECEIVED_HEARTBEATS column in the replication_connection_status table for the replication channel. Slave_received_heartbeats is deprecated and is removed in MySQL 8.0.
Slave_retried_transactions

The total number of times since startup that the replication replica SQL thread has retried transactions.

This variable is affected by the value of the show_compatibility_56 system variable. For details, see Effect of show_compatibility_56 on Slave Status Variables.

Note

This variable only shows the status of the default replication channel. To monitor any replication channel, use the COUNT_TRANSACTIONS_RETRIES column in the replication_applier_status table for the replication channel. Slave_retried_transactions is deprecated and is removed in MySQL 8.0.
Slave_rows_last_search_algorithm_used

The search algorithm that was most recently used by this replica to locate rows for row-based replication. The result shows whether the replica used indexes, a table scan, or hashing as the search algorithm for the last transaction executed on any channel.

The method used depends on the setting for the slave_rows_search_algorithms system variable, and the keys that are available on the relevant table.

This variable is available only for debug builds of MySQL.
Slave_running

This is ON if this server is a replica that is connected to a replication source, and both the I/O and SQL threads are running; otherwise, it is OFF.

This variable is affected by the value of the show_compatibility_56 system variable. For details, see Effect of show_compatibility_56 on Slave Status Variables.

Note

This variable only shows the status of the default replication channel. To monitor any replication channel, use the SERVICE_STATE column in the replication_applier_status or replication_connection_status tables of the replication channel. Slave_running is deprecated and is removed in MySQL 8.0.
Slow_launch_threads

The number of threads that have taken more than slow_launch_time seconds to create.

This variable is not meaningful in the embedded server (libmysqld) and as of MySQL 5.7.2 is no longer visible within the embedded server.
Slow_queries

The number of queries that have taken more than long_query_time seconds. This counter increments regardless of whether the slow query log is enabled. For information about that log, see Section 5.4.5, “The Slow Query Log”.
Sort_merge_passes

The number of merge passes that the sort algorithm has had to do. If this value is large, you should consider increasing the value of the sort_buffer_size system variable.
Sort_range

The number of sorts that were done using ranges.
Sort_rows

The number of sorted rows.
Sort_scan

The number of sorts that were done by scanning the table.
Ssl_accept_renegotiates

The number of negotiates needed to establish the connection.
Ssl_accepts

The number of accepted SSL connections.
Ssl_callback_cache_hits

The number of callback cache hits.
Ssl_cipher

The current encryption cipher (empty for unencrypted connections).
Ssl_cipher_list

The list of possible SSL ciphers (empty for non-SSL connections).
Ssl_client_connects

The number of SSL connection attempts to an SSL-enabled source.
Ssl_connect_renegotiates

The number of negotiates needed to establish the connection to an SSL-enabled source.
Ssl_ctx_verify_depth

The SSL context verification depth (how many certificates in the chain are tested).
Ssl_ctx_verify_mode

The SSL context verification mode.
Ssl_default_timeout

The default SSL timeout.
Ssl_finished_accepts

The number of successful SSL connections to the server.
Ssl_finished_connects

The number of successful replica connections to an SSL-enabled source.

Ssl_server_not_after

The last date for which the SSL certificate is valid. To check SSL certificate expiration information, use this statement:

mysql> SHOW STATUS LIKE 'Ssl_server_not%';
+-----------------------+--------------------------+
| Variable_name         | Value                    |
+-----------------------+--------------------------+
| Ssl_server_not_after  | Apr 28 14:16:39 2025 GMT |
| Ssl_server_not_before | May  1 14:16:39 2015 GMT |
+-----------------------+--------------------------+

Ssl_server_not_before

The first date for which the SSL certificate is valid.
Ssl_session_cache_hits

The number of SSL session cache hits.
Ssl_session_cache_misses

The number of SSL session cache misses.
Ssl_session_cache_mode

The SSL session cache mode.
Ssl_session_cache_overflows

The number of SSL session cache overflows.
Ssl_session_cache_size

The SSL session cache size.
Ssl_session_cache_timeouts

The number of SSL session cache timeouts.
Ssl_sessions_reused

This is equal to 0 if TLS was not used in the current MySQL session, or if a TLS session has not been reused; otherwise it is equal to 1.

Ssl_sessions_reused has session scope.
Ssl_used_session_cache_entries

How many SSL session cache entries were used.
Ssl_verify_depth

The verification depth for replication SSL connections.
Ssl_verify_mode

The verification mode used by the server for a connection that uses SSL. The value is a bitmask; bits are defined in the openssl/ssl.h header file:
```
# define SSL_VERIFY_NONE                 0x00
# define SSL_VERIFY_PEER                 0x01
# define SSL_VERIFY_FAIL_IF_NO_PEER_CERT 0x02
# define SSL_VERIFY_CLIENT_ONCE          0x04
```
SSL_VERIFY_PEER indicates that the server asks for a client certificate. If the client supplies one, the server performs verification and proceeds only if verification is successful. SSL_VERIFY_CLIENT_ONCE indicates that a request for the client certificate is done only in the initial handshake.
Ssl_version

The SSL protocol version of the connection (for example, TLSv1). If the connection is not encrypted, the value is empty.
Table_locks_immediate

The number of times that a request for a table lock could be granted immediately.
Table_locks_waited

The number of times that a request for a table lock could not be granted immediately and a wait was needed. If this is high and you have performance problems, you should first optimize your queries, and then either split your table or tables or use replication.
Table_open_cache_hits

The number of hits for open tables cache lookups.
Table_open_cache_misses

The number of misses for open tables cache lookups.
Table_open_cache_overflows

The number of overflows for the open tables cache. This is the number of times, after a table is opened or closed, a cache instance has an unused entry and the size of the instance is larger than table_open_cache / table_open_cache_instances.
Tc_log_max_pages_used

For the memory-mapped implementation of the log that is used by mysqld when it acts as the transaction coordinator for recovery of internal XA transactions, this variable indicates the largest number of pages used for the log since the server started. If the product of Tc_log_max_pages_used and Tc_log_page_size is always significantly less than the log size, the size is larger than necessary and can be reduced. (The size is set by the --log-tc-size option. This variable is unused: It is unneeded for binary log-based recovery, and the memory-mapped recovery log method is not used unless the number of storage engines that are capable of two-phase commit and that support XA transactions is greater than one. (InnoDB is the only applicable engine.)
Tc_log_page_size

The page size used for the memory-mapped implementation of the XA recovery log. The default value is determined using getpagesize(). This variable is unused for the same reasons as described for Tc_log_max_pages_used.
Tc_log_page_waits

For the memory-mapped implementation of the recovery log, this variable increments each time the server was not able to commit a transaction and had to wait for a free page in the log. If this value is large, you might want to increase the log size (with the --log-tc-size option). For binary log-based recovery, this variable increments each time the binary log cannot be closed because there are two-phase commits in progress. (The close operation waits until all such transactions are finished.)
Threads_cached

The number of threads in the thread cache.

This variable is not meaningful in the embedded server (libmysqld) and as of MySQL 5.7.2 is no longer visible within the embedded server.
Threads_connected

The number of currently open connections.
Threads_created

The number of threads created to handle connections. If Threads_created is big, you may want to increase the thread_cache_size value. The cache miss rate can be calculated as Threads_created/Connections.
Threads_running

The number of threads that are not sleeping.
Uptime

The number of seconds that the server has been up.
Uptime_since_flush_status

The number of seconds since the most recent FLUSH STATUS statement.