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Airbnb engineers replicate production database queries offline
Airbnb's engineering team has developed a system to capture and replay live MySQL-compatible database queries from production environments using ProxySQL. This tool allows for offline testing, aiding in capacity planning and verifying compatibility for significant upgrades, such as moving from MySQL 5.7 to 8.0. The system preserves the original transaction context and query sequence, and by fixing auto-increment IDs and comparing outcomes against various database targets, it helps identify performance issues or unpredictable queries before they reach production.
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