Merge pull request #269164 from code-sidd/newchange

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Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/mysql/flexible-server/concepts-accelerated-logs.md

@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ Database servers with mission-critical workloads demand robust performance, requ
     - Primary servers with [Read Replica](./concepts-read-replicas.md) servers created. 
     - Servers enabled with [Customer Managed Keys](./concepts-customer-managed-key.md)  (CMK).
 
-- Performing a [major version upgrade](./how-to-upgrade.md) on your Azure Database for MySQL flexible server instance with the accelerated logs feature enabled is **not supported**. Suppose you wish to proceed with a major version upgrade. In that case, you should temporarily [disable](#disable-accelerated-logs-feature-preview) the accelerated logs feature, carry out the upgrade, and re-enable the accelerated logs feature once the upgrade is complete.
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 - Accelerated logs feature in preview is currently available only in specific regions. [Learn more about supported regions](#the-accelerated-logs-feature-is-available-in-the-following-regions).
 
 - After the accelerated logs feature is activated, any previously configured value for the ["binlog_expire_seconds"](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/replication-options-binary-log.html#sysvar_binlog_expire_logs_seconds) server parameter will be disregarded and not considered.

articles/mysql/flexible-server/concepts-monitoring.md

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ These metrics are available for Azure Database for MySQL flexible server:
 |Replica SQL Status|replica_sql_running|State|Replica SQL Status indicates the state of [replication SQL thread](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/replication-implementation-details.html). Metric value is 1 if the SQL thread is running and 0 if not.|
 |HA IO Status|ha_io_running|State|HA IO Status indicates the state of [HA replication](./concepts-high-availability.md). Metric value is 1 if the I/O thread is running and 0 if not.|
 |HA SQL Status|ha_sql_running|State|HA SQL Status indicates the state of [HA replication](./concepts-high-availability.md). Metric value is 1 if the SQL thread is running and 0 if not.|
+|HA Replication Lag|ha_replication_lag|Seconds|HA Replication lag is the number of seconds the HA Standby server is behind in replaying the transactions received from the source server. This metric is calculated from "Seconds_behind_Master" from the command "SHOW SLAVE STATUS" and is available for HA standby servers only.|
 
 
 > [!NOTE]

articles/mysql/flexible-server/whats-new.md

@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ This article summarizes new releases and features in Azure Database for MySQL fl
 > [!NOTE]  
 > This article references the term slave, which Microsoft no longer uses. When the term is removed from the software, we'll remove it from this article.
 
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+## March 2024
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+- **Accelerated Logs now supports major version upgrade.**
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+   Accelerated Logs has now introduced support for [major version upgrade](./how-to-upgrade.md) allowing an upgrade from MySQL version 5.7 to MySQL version 8.0 with accelerated logs feature enabled.[Learn more.](./concepts-accelerated-logs.md) 
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 ## February 2024