---
title: "MariaDB C Connector 3.2.6, 3.1.16, and 3.3.0-rc now available"
publish_date: 2022-02-15
updated_date: 2026-10-20
author: "Daniel Bartholomew"
channel:
  - name: "Releases"
    url: "/resources/blog/channel/releases.md"
tags:
  - name: "MariaDB Connector/C"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/mariadb-connector-c.md"
  - name: "MariaDB Releases"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/mariadb-releases.md"
---

# MariaDB C Connector 3.2.6, 3.1.16, and 3.3.0-rc now available

 Table of contents

1. [Release Notes and Changelog](#release-notes-and-changelog)
 
 MariaDB is pleased to announce the immediate availability of MariaDB Connector/C 3.2.6, 3.1.16, and 3.3.0-rc. **[Download Now](/downloads/connectors)**

## Release Notes and Changelog

### MariaDB Connector/C 3.2.6

- [MariaDB Connector/C 3.2.6 Release Notes](/kb/en/mariadb-connector-c-326-release-notes/)
- [MariaDB Connector/C 3.2.6 Changelog](/kb/en/mariadb-connector-c-326-changelog/)
 
 Notable items in this release include: - Included in [MariaDB 10.6.6](/kb/en/mariadb-1065-release-notes/), and [MariaDB 10.7.3](/kb/en/mariadb-1073-release-notes/)
- Fix detection of MariaDB Server: If the server was startet with –version option, it might not contain the 5.5.5 prefix
- Add mariadb\_config –libmysqld-libs option. If server package was built with embedded server and MariaDB Connector/C was built as subproject in server package mariadb\_config will display link option for embedded server
- Create libmariadb.a as symlink to libmariadbclient.a
- Fixed length calculation of MYSQL\_TIME values in binary protocol
- Added support for ROWS\_EVENT\_V2 (binlog api). Special Thanls to Sutou Kouhei for his contribution
 
### MariaDB Connector/C 3.1.16

- [MariaDB Connector/C 3.1.16 Release Notes](/kb/en/mariadb-connector-c-3116-release-notes/)
- [MariaDB Connector/C 3.1.16 Changelog](/kb/en/mariadb-connector-c-3116-changelog/)
 
 Notable items in this release include: - Included in [MariaDB 10.5.15](/kb/en/mariadb-10515-release-notes/), [10.4.24](/kb/en/mariadb-10424-release-notes/), [10.3.34](/kb/en/mariadb-10334-release-notes/), and [10.2.43](/kb/en/mariadb-10243-release-notes/)
- Fix detection of MariaDB Server: If the server was startet with –version option, it might not contain the 5.5.5 prefix
- Add mariadb\_config –libmysqld-libs option. If server package was built with embedded server and MariaDB Connector/C was built as subproject in server package mariadb\_config will display link option for embedded server
- Create libmariadb.a as symlink to libmariadbclient.a
- Fixed length calculation of MYSQL\_TIME values in binary protocol
 
### MariaDB Connector/C 3.3.0

- [MariaDB Connector/C 3.1.16 Release Notes](/kb/en/mariadb-connector-c-3116-release-notes/)
- [MariaDB Connector/C 3.1.16 Changelog](/kb/en/mariadb-connector-c-3116-changelog/)
 
 Notable items in this release include: - New option to restrict authentication plugins
- ZStandard compresion support
- Support for semi synchronous replication
- Failover capabilities
- mariadb\_get\_infov now supports options MARIADB\_CONNECTION\_BYTES\_READ and MARIADB\_CONNECTION\_BYTES\_SENT
- Connection string support