6.8.8
- Fix for Nested transactions are not supported in Entity Framework (MySQL Bug #71502, Oracle Bug #22366266).
- Fix for EF5 and EF6 wrong SQL statement to set primary key (MySQL Bug 76292, Oracle Bug #20711384) 
- Fixed problem where mysql.proc tables would not be used for metadata even though access was available (MySQL Bug #74116, Oracle Bug #20960373)
- Added support for TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2
- Fixed Fix for "Aborted connection" (MySQL Bug #80997, Oracle Bug # 23346197).


6.8.7
- Changed handshake process to use bytes instead of encoded strings.
- Added support for Chinese character set gb18030. (Oracle bug # 21098546).
- Added support for Json type. (WL # 8132).
- Added changes for metadata information in generated columns with 5.7 (WL #411)

6.8.6
 - Changed default SSL mode to Preferred in connection string. Now the server connections will be using SSL if server allows it by default but it's possible to override this configuration.


6.8.5
- Fix for Exception "The given key was not present in the dictionary" when using utf16le charset in a query. (MySql #72737, Oracle Bug #19355906)
- Fix for Memory leak in a loop opening a connection to the database and executing a command (MySql Bug #73122, Oracle Bug #19467233).
- Fix for Multiple issues caused by trailing and leading white space character in params using MySql Membership Provider (MySql Bug #73411, Oracle Bug #19453313)
- Fix for bad assumption leads to modify query adding CALL statement to the beginning of the sql query even when CommandType.Text is specified (MySql Bug #72736, Oracle Bug #19325120).
- Fix for Incorrect query result with Entity Framework 6 (MySql bug #74918, Oracle bug #20129927).
- Fix for GetTimeZoneOffset to use date and time to calculate timediff (MySQL Bug #74905, Oracle Bug #20065691).
- Fix for Invalid SQL query when eager loading two nested collections (MySQL Bug #70941, Oracle bug #18049862).
- Fix for chinese characters used in the connection string when connecting to MySql Server (MySQL Bug #70041, Oracle Bug #18141356).


6.8.4
- Fix for Entity Framework Inserts broken on tables with unsigned bigint as auto increment (MySql Bug #71242, Oracle Bug #18189217).
- Fix for code To SQL Generation Broken For Foreign Keys/Indexes On Table Create (MySQL #70079, Oracle Bug #18049272)
- Fix for DotNet Connector keepalive in milliseconds instead of seconds (MySql Bug #69484, Oracle Bug #17981275).
- Fix for EF SQL Generator, Union Syntax (Concat operator) is missing required parentheses (may cause semantic changes 
  when combined with Limit clause (Take operator)) (MySql bug #70828, Oracle bug #18049691).
- Fix for support for Entity Framework 4.3 Code first Identifiers for Migrations & EF6 (MySql Bug #67285, Oracle bug #16286397).
- Added threading and custom failover support for Replication & Load balancing (MySQL Bug #69832, Oracle Bug #18112966).
- Fix for maximumpoolsize and minimumpoolsize as invalid properties in connection string (Oracle Bug #18182246).
- Fix for 'default table cache age' connection string property, set default value to 60 seconds.
- Fix for MySqlDataTime.Millisecond to be a value between 0 and 999.
- Added Microsecond to MySqlDateTime for 6-digit precision support.
- Fix for open sockets connections left when connection open fails, the error happens when the client try to get a connection when the max number of connections is reached in the server. (MySql #72025, Oracle Bug #18665388).
- Fix for Exception of "duplicate entry" in MySqlSessionProvider (MySql Bug #70409, Oracle bug #18657550).
- Fix for Unable to read geometry column when it has been set with a SRID value. (MySql Bug #71869, Oracle Bug #19137999)
- Fix for Exception adding a new column to an existing model as identity and PK fails when applying the migration (MySql Bug #71418, Oracle bug #18923294).
- Fix for Error when Calling MySqlConnection.GetSchema("PROCEDURES WITH PARAMETERS", ...) (Oracle bug #19285959).
- Fix for EF provider reports ManifestProviderToken = 5.6 for server 5.7 (Oracle bug #19453814).
- Fix for Fluent API DbModelBuilder.HasColumnType is ignored in EF6 (Oracle bug #19456229).
- Fix for Setting a PK GUID identity in Code First in EF6 no longer works in Server 5.7 (Oracle bug #19456452).
- Non PKs declared as Identity GUID have no GUID autogenerated (Oracle bug #19456415).
- Disabled installation on-demand in Installer (Oracle Bug #19670596).
- Fix for Generated SQL requests column that doesn't exist in LINQ to Entities (MySql bug #72004, Oracle bug #19681348).
- Fix for MySQL Connector/NET generates incorrect SQL for LINQ 'StartsWith' queries (MySql bug #72058, Oracle bug #19680236).
- Fix for Exception when using IEnumerable.Contains(model.property) in Where predicate (MySql bug #73643, Oracle bug #19690370).
- Fix for Generated Sql does not contain ORDER BY statement whose is requested by LINQ (MySql bug #73549, Oracle bug #19698010).
- Fix for Error of "Every derived table must have an alias" in LINQ to Entities when using EF6 + DbFirst + View + Take
  (MySql Bug #72148, Oracle bug #19356006).
- Fix for 'the method or operation is not implemented' when using linq with orderby (MySQL Bug #70722, Oracle Bug #19681723).


6.8.3
- Fix for error using MySqlProviderFactoryResolver with NetFramework 4.0 and EF6 (Tracker Work Item #897)
- Fix for Case incorrect on table in SQL queries for MySqlSessionStateStore (MySql bug #69652, Oracle bug #17960855).
- Fix for rename column operation in Entity Framework migrations (MySQL Bug #71102, Oracle Bug #17959787). 
- Fix for WI #911 Installer failing when .Net Framework 4 is not installed.


6.8.2
- Fix for WI# 838, Model First is broken for string columns with unbounded length.
- Fix for NullReferenceException when try to save entity with TINYINY or BIGINT as PK (MySql bug #70888, Oracle bug #17866076).
- Fix for .Net connector does not add auto_increment to bigint columns (MySql Bug #70602).
- Fix for Entity Framework migration with Foreign Key fails. (MySql Bug #70795).
- Fix for fields of type TIME(3) don't read milliseconds (MySql bug #70377)
- Fix for Wrong milliseconds serialization (MySql bug #70686).
- Fix for Stack overflow exception on spatial types


6.8.1
- Changed EF migration history table to use a single column as primary key.
- Removed installer validation when MySql for Visual Studio is installed.
- Added idempotent script for Entity Framework 6 migrations.
- Fix for WI #824, Connector/NET writes wrong version for binding redirects.
- Fix for WI #825, Connector/NET 6.8.1 writes wrong namespace for binding redirects.


6.8.0
- Fix for bad query when using LINQ to Entities with a query using Take, OrderBy & Contains in Code First (MySql bug #69751, Oracle bug #17194945).
- Fix for LINQ to Entities error for bad aliasing in column for expression (MySql bug #69922, Oracle bug #17285548).
- Installer adds MySql data provider to machine.config and registers MySql.Data.dll to GAC.
- Fix for bug Connector 6.7.4 does not register as dataprovider in machine.config (MySql bug #69760 , Oracle bug #17601689).