Changes in MySQL Connector/Python 9.5.0 (2025-10-22, General Availability)

Note

These release notes were created with the assistance of MySQL HeatWave GenAI.

Functionality Added or Changed

• The connector is extended to include GenAI and Machine Learning capabilities. The package mysql.ai is added in this release and contains the following:

  • genai: GenAI package which exposes classes for embedding, LLM, and vector store. Embedding, LLM, and vector store are implemented as LangChain components making them easy to use and fully integrable with any of your LangChain pipelines.

  • ml: Machine learning package which exposes ML utilities. ML models are implemented as Scikit-Learn components making them easy to use and fully integrable with any of your Scikit-Learn pipelines.

  • utils: Utilities for AI-related helpers.

  See Streamlining GenAI and ML Application Development with the HeatWave Python SDK . (WL #17088)

• Added support for Python 3.14, and removed support for Python 3.9.

  From Python v3.14 and onwards, The module zstandard will be imported from Python's standard library instead of the externally installable couterpart. (WL #17138, WL #17045)