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From: =?UTF-8?q?Fredrik=20Adel=C3=B6w?= <freben@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 22:37:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add changeset
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Fredrik Adelöw <freben@gmail.com>
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 .changeset/mysql-test-timeout.md | 5 +++++
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 create mode 100644 .changeset/mysql-test-timeout.md

diff --git a/.changeset/mysql-test-timeout.md b/.changeset/mysql-test-timeout.md
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+---
+'@backstage/backend-test-utils': patch
+---
+
+Increased MySQL connection and pool timeouts to reduce flaky `connect ETIMEDOUT` failures in CI. The test MySQL container now also uses `mysql_native_password` for cheaper connection handshakes and disables binary logging.