The AUTHENTICATION_POLICY variable replaces the DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_PLUGIN variable during the configuration of MySQL Server 8.0.27 and higher. (Bug #33347256)

After an installed server was reconfigured, MySQL Installer replaced the my.ini file entries for named pipes and stored memory protocols (under [mysqld]) with malformed values. (Bug #33433692)

The text filter shown in the dialog box opened by clicking Edit on the Select Products page returned a list of products only if the specified keyword matched the casing of a product name. For example, the keyword Workbench produced the expected list of filtered product versions, however, workbench produced an empty list. This fix removes the prior restriction to use only case-sensitive keywords. (Bug #22184168)