SQLE 1.2208.0 Release Notes – New Features, MySQL Audit Rules, OceanBase Support, and Reporting Dashboard

SQL audit tool SQLE version 1.2208.0 has been released, and this article provides a detailed interpretation of its release notes.

Project Overview : SQLE is an open‑source SQL audit platform for database users and administrators, supporting multi‑scenario audits, standardized release processes, native MySQL auditing, and extensible database types. The project repository, documentation, release information, audit‑plugin development guide, and online demos (community and enterprise) are listed.

New Features Summary :

Intelligent scanning now supports Alibaba Cloud RDS MySQL slow‑log scanning via the DescribeSlowLogRecords API.

Added several MySQL audit rules, such as prohibiting TIMESTAMP fields, requiring creation and update timestamps, limiting IN clause size, and disallowing ORDER BY in SELECT statements.

All enterprise‑edition MySQL rules have been opened to the community version.

Six new audit rules for OceanBase for MySQL, including database name length limits, case‑sensitivity recommendations, and restrictions on test databases.

A new reporting statistics page shows work order, data source, and license usage information.

PostgreSQL audit plugin now supports SQL analysis with execution plan, field, and index details.

Scenario‑based audit mode now supports post‑audit (after‑deployment) checks, allowing rule templates to be configured per scenario and disabling online‑audit checks when appropriate.

Release Information :

Features: PostgreSQL analysis plugin, OceanBase audit rules, reporting page, smart‑scan rule templates, post‑audit mode, new MySQL rules, RDS slow‑log support, etc.

Optimizations: default work‑order naming, longer audit cycles for scan tasks, reporting page refinements, UI improvements for work‑order lists, task name markers, etc.

Bug Fixes: numerous issues ranging from workflow template deletion, string quoting, API errors, false positive field‑missing detections, DML impact thresholds, password handling, scan‑task rule template errors, dashboard data display, select‑sleep crashes, permission name updates, and more.

For more details, refer to the linked articles and join the official QQ group (637150065) for community discussions.