Node Express Server Using `node-mysql2` Crashes Periodically Due to Reliance on Deprecated Authentication Plugin

[gebbber]

A Node Express server using this package (via express-mysql-session, which is confirmed to use this package at v3.10.2) crashes periodically due to reliance upon an authentication plugin that has been deprecated by MySQL.

Crashes occur randomly, not upon initial connection or when attempting to send queries:

/node_modules/express-mysql-session/node_modules/mysql2/promise.js:356
   const localErr = new Error();
                    ^

Error: Plugin 'mysql_native_password' is not loaded
   at PromisePool.query (/node_modules/express-mysql-session/node_modules/mysql2/promise.js:356:22)
   at /node_modules/express-mysql-session/index.js:384:30
   at new Promise (<anonymous>)
   at MySQLStore.query (/node_modules/express-mysql-session/index.js:381:10)
   at /node_modules/express-mysql-session/index.js:372:16 {
 code: 'ER_PLUGIN_IS_NOT_LOADED',
 errno: 1524,
 sql: undefined,
 sqlState: 'HY000',
 sqlMessage: "Plugin 'mysql_native_password' is not loaded"
}

MySQL documentation at https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.4/en/native-pluggable-authentication.html indicates:

Note
The mysql_native_password authentication plugin is deprecated as of MySQL 8.0.34, disabled by default in MySQL 8.4, and removed as of MySQL 9.0.0.

[wellwelwel]

Hi, @gebbber 🙋🏻‍♂️

Do you think it's possible to create a minimal reproduction using a Docker container (for example) and using only MySQL2?

Currently, we run the entire test suite with the latest available version dynamically:

node-mysql2/.github/workflows/ci-mysql.yml

Lines 27 to 28 in f2cc820

	'mysql:9.0.1',
	'mysql:latest',