---
title: "MariaDB Connector R2DBC 1.0.2 GA and 1.1.0 Beta now available"
publish_date: 2021-07-20
updated_date: 2026-10-20
author: "Daniel Bartholomew"
channel:
  - name: "Releases"
    url: "/resources/blog/channel/releases.md"
tags:
  - name: "Connector/R2DBC"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/connector-r2dbc.md"
  - name: "MariaDB Connector"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/mariadb-connector.md"
  - name: "MariaDB Releases"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/mariadb-releases.md"
---

# MariaDB Connector R2DBC 1.0.2 GA and 1.1.0 Beta now available

 MariaDB is pleased to announce the immediate availability of MariaDB Connector/R2DBC 1.0.2 GA and 1.1.0 BETA. **[Download Now](/downloads/#connectors)**

## Release Notes

### MariaDB Connector/R2DBC 1.0.2 GA

- [MariaDB Connector/R2DBC 1.0.2 Release Notes](https://mariadb.com/docs/release-notes/mariadb-connector-r2dbc-1-0-2/)
 
 Notable items in this release include: - Columns of type Bit(1) and TINYINT(1) are by default converted to Boolean when getting value without type (new option tinyInt1isBit reverts this behavior)
 
### MariaDB Connector/R2DBC 1.1.0 Beta

- [MariaDB Connector/R2DBC 1.1.0 Beta Release Notes](https://mariadb.com/docs/release-notes/mariadb-connector-r2dbc-1-1-0/)
 
 Notable items in this release include: - This is the first release to follow the R2DBC 0.9.0.M2 (R2DBC SPI 0.9 milestone 2) specification. Prior releases followed the R2DBC 0.8.4 specification
- Connections to MariaDB Server 10.6 now use the “skip metadata” feature
- Failover capability added to Connector/R2DBC
- Authentication plugins can now be limited to a list provided via the new connection configuration option restrictedAuth
- Changes in support of a new milestone of the R2DBC 0.9 specification: 
    - Added support for improved bind parameter declarations
    - Added Connection.beginTransaction(TransactionDefinition)
    - Added NoSuchOptionException
    - Changed RowMetadata
    - Added statement timeout
 
 See the release notes pages for more details and visit [wp.mariadb.com/downloads/#connectors](/downloads/#connectors) to download.