.. rn:: 5.5.53-38.5

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|Percona Server| 5.5.53-38.5
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Percona is glad to announce the release of |Percona Server| 5.5.53-38.5 on
November 23rd, 2016. Downloads are available `here
<http://www.percona.com/downloads/Percona-Server-5.5/Percona-Server-5.5.53-38.5/>`_
and from the :doc:`Percona Software Repositories </installation>`.

Based on `MySQL 5.5.53
<http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-53.html>`_, including
all the bug fixes in it, |Percona Server| 5.5.53-38.5 is now the current stable
release in the 5.5 series. All of |Percona|'s software is open-source and free,
all the details of the release can be found in the `5.5.53-38.5 milestone at
Launchpad <https://launchpad.net/percona-server/+milestone/5.5.53-38.5>`_. 

New Features
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 :ref:`scalability_metrics_plugin` feature is being built by default but
 deprecated. Users who have installed this plugin but are not using its
 capability are advised to uninstall the plugin due to known crashing bugs.
