mysqldump Access denied; you need (at least one of) the PROCESS privilege(s) for this operation' when trying to dump tablespaces (Doc ID 2808759.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Applies to:

MySQL Workbench - Version 8.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

When using Workbench or mysqldump to export data, it starts to fail with error:

mysqldump: Error: 'Access denied; you need (at least one of) the PROCESS privilege(s) for this operation'

Upgrade database to MySQL 5.7.31 or MySQL 8.0.21 higher

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