Skip to content

br: make version compatible table more clear #21154

New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

Merged
merged 6 commits into from
Jul 2, 2025
Merged
Changes from all commits
Commits
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension

Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
23 changes: 13 additions & 10 deletions br/backup-and-restore-overview.md
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -150,20 +150,23 @@ This section introduces the BR compatibility information for all [Long-Term Supp
The following table lists the compatibility matrix for full backups. Note that all information in the table applies to newly created clusters. For clusters upgraded from a version earlier than v7.2.0 to v7.2.0 or later, their behavior is consistent with that of backups from v7.1.0.

| Backup version | Compatible restore versions | Incompatible restore versions |
|:--|:--|:--|
| v6.5.0 | 7.1.0 | v7.5.0 and later |
| v7.1.0 | - | v7.5.0 and later |
| v7.5.0 | v7.5.0 and later | - |
| v8.1.0 | v8.1.0 and later | - |
|:---------|:----------------|:------------------|
| v6.5.0 | v7.1.0 | v7.5.0 and later |
| v7.1.0 | - | v7.5.0 and later |
| v7.5.0 | v7.5.0 and later | - |
| v8.1.0 | v8.1.0 and later | - |
| v8.5.0 | v8.5.0 and later | - |

The following table lists the compatibility matrix for log backups. Note that all information in the table applies to newly created clusters. For clusters upgraded from a version earlier than v7.2.0 to v7.2.0 or later, their behavior is consistent with that of backups from v7.1.0.

| Backup version | Compatible restore versions | Incompatible restore versions |
|:--|:--|:--|
| v6.5.0 | 7.1.0 | v7.5.0 and later |
| v7.1.0 | - | v7.5.0 and later |
| v7.5.0 | v7.5.0 and later | - |
| v8.1.0 | v8.1.0 and later | - |
|:---------|:----------------|:------------------|
| v6.5.0 | v7.1.0 | v7.5.0 and later |
| v7.1.0 | - | v7.5.0 and later |
| v7.5.0 | v7.5.0 and later | - |
| v8.1.0 | v8.1.0 and later | - |
| v8.5.0 | v8.5.0 and later | - |

> **Note:**
>
> - When only data of non-system tables is backed up (full backup or log backup), all versions are compatible with each other.
Expand Down