Mysql community edition upgrade from 8.0.36 to 8.4 (LTS)

[Raja Pathri]

Could you please advise if anyone has successfully upgraded MySQL Community Edition from 8.0.36 to 8.4?

We are planning to upgrade from MySQL 8.0.36 (Community Edition) to MySQL 8.4, and before proceeding we would like confirmation/guidance from the MySQL community (or any official references) on the following:

Whether a direct in-place upgrade from 8.0.36 → 8.4 is supported (or if an intermediate upgrade step/version is recommended).

Any required pre-upgrade steps or mandatory fixes that should be completed prior to the upgrade.

Any known issues, upgrade advisories, or common pitfalls for this upgrade path.

Any deprecated or removed features in MySQL 8.4 that could impact existing workloads.

Environment details (for context):

Current version: MySQL 8.0.36 (Community)

Target version: MySQL 8.4 (Community)

Platform: [AWS EC2 ]

Application: Axway B2Bi (application layer already verified compatible with 8.4)

Thank you in advance for any guidance or links to relevant documentation.