[18:07:06] <svip>	 I'm running a 1.36.3 MediaWiki (due to a MySQL version restriction), I am also running CrawlerProtection; yet my server gets absolutely hammered during peak AI bot request spam.
[18:07:41] <svip>	 I have since upgraded to MariaDB 10.11.16; are there any performance benefits to upgrading MediaWiki to a newer version?
[18:33:15] <Reedy>	 svip: There'll likely be some, plus better support for newer PHP versions
[18:33:24] <Reedy>	 Of course, running a version that old has known issues that are fixed
[18:34:38] <svip>	 Hm, good points; I will look into upgrading this weekend.