Incompatible/nonstandard server version or connection protocol detected (10.4.28).
A connection to this database can be established but some MySQL Workbench features may not work properly since the database is not fully compatible with the supported versions of MySQL.
MySQL Workbench is developed and tested for MySQL Server versions 5.6, 5.7 and 8.0.
For MySQL Server older than 5.6, please use MySQL Workbench version 6.3.
In my case, I am using a Macbook with MySQL Database running on XAMPP. What I did to fix this issue, clicked on the Cancel button and went to MySQL Workbench Menu: Database -> Reverse Engineer..,
On the window, provided the necessary details for my MySQL Server.
Stored Connection: localhost instance 3306
Connection Method: Standard (TCP/IP)
Hostname: root
Port: 3306
Username: root
Password: Entered from Selecting from Keystore ..
Once I clicked Continue, I got the below details.
The following tasks will now be executed. Please monitor the execution.
Press Show Logs to see the execution logs.
Connect to DBMS
Retrieve Schema List from Database
Check Common Server Configuration Issues
Execution Completed Successfully
Fetch finished.
Then i selected the schema's I wanted - test in my case.
The following tasks will now be executed. Please monitor the execution.
Press Show Logs to see the execution logs.
Retrieve Objects from Selected Schemas
Check Results
Retrieval Completed Successfully
Finished.
And a few steps and I was connected to my MySQL database via the Workbench!
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