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Microsoft has released SQL Server 2025 Cumulative Update 8 (KB5104822), a build that bundles 11 fixes across backup and restore, Linux, replication, programmability, setup, and maintenance tasks. It also includes two update-specific known issues to be aware of before planning a rollout.
Microsoft has documented an issue in SQL Server 2025 CU8 and CU7 where querying sys.dm_exec_requests while a database is still recovering can raise an access violation and create a dump file. The behavior can show up during restore, startup recovery, or while an availability group replica is coming online.
Microsoft has published Cumulative Update 7 for SQL Server 2025 (KB5096981, build 17.0.4065.4). The release includes 10 fixes across the Database Engine, Integration Services, and Universal Communication Stack, plus two documented known issues to be aware of.
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2025 KB5101346 (build 17.0.4060.2), a security update that combines CU6 and GDR. It includes seven fixes across Integration Services, the SQL Server Engine, replication, and SQL Agent, along with one documented known issue for linked server queries that use MSDASQL.
Microsoft’s SQL Server update history now lists KB5102333 for SQL Server 2025, a GDR security update that advances the build to 17.0.1125.2.
Microsoft has documented a SQL Server 2025 issue where linked server queries that use the MSDASQL provider and include a provider string can fail with error 7416. The note applies to CU6 and CU7, and points to stricter connection validation in the Database Engine as the reason some configurations are rejected.
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2025 CU6 (build 17.0.4055.5), with 18 verified fixes across query processing, high availability, connectivity, Integration Services, and Linux-specific behaviors. The update also calls out two known issues affecting SESSION_CONTEXT in parallel plans and MSDASQL linked server queries.
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2025 Cumulative Update 5 (KB5084896, build 17.0.4045.5), which includes seven fixes across the engine, setup, Integration Services, search, CLR types, and Linux replication. The update also adds a new lock manager cache memory setting and support for configuring replication change feed parameters in mssql.conf on Linux.
Microsoft has published KB5089899 for SQL Server 2025, a CU4 + GDR security update for build 17.0.4040.1. It includes one verified fix for an XML external entity issue in Integration Services and documents a linked server problem that can still affect MSDASQL-based queries.