MySql Workbench Error when connecting to MariaDb. Table 'performance_schema.user_variables_by_thread' doesn't exist

Question

I installed MariaDB 10.3.15 on Ubuntu 18.02 Linux. And trying to connect it from macOS Mojave using Mysql Workbench 8.0.6. I get the error as shown below

15:41:34 Error loading schema content Error Code: 1146 Table 'performance_schema.user_variables_by_thread' doesn't exist

On the left side, I see an error message "Tables could not be fetched". I am able to SSH into the server and use the database. I performed a clean install, but nothing worked

Answer 1

Setting aside the fact that MySQL Workbench is made for MySQL (as the name says), this problem was introduced in 8.0.16 and will be corrected in 8.0.17. The mentioned table doesn't exist in other versions than MySQL 8.