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MariaDBERRORNotableInnoDB / TablespacesHIGH confidence

Invalid encryption request

Production Risk

Low — DDL fails; no encryption change occurs.

How to reproduce
trigger — this will error
trigger — this will error
ALTER TABLE t ENCRYPTION='Y';

expected output

ERROR 3402 (HY000): Invalid encryption request.

Fix

Create an encrypted tablespace and move the table

Create an encrypted tablespace and move the table
CREATE TABLESPACE enc_ts ADD DATAFILE 'enc_ts.ibd' ENCRYPTION='Y'; ALTER TABLE t TABLESPACE enc_ts;

Why this works

Moving the table to an encrypted tablespace satisfies the encryption requirement.

What not to do

Sources
Official documentation ↗

MySQL 8.0 — 3402 ER_INVALID_ENCRYPTION_REQUEST

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