diff --git a/.changeset/yellow-trains-protect.md b/.changeset/yellow-trains-protect.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ac73feecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/yellow-trains-protect.md
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-code-coverage-backend': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-tech-insights-backend': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-linguist-backend': patch
+'@backstage/backend-common': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend': patch
+'@backstage/backend-tasks': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-bazaar-backend': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-app-backend': patch
+'e2e-test': patch
+---
+
+Expanded packages/backend-common added test to database manager specifically for MySQL for test that targets postgresql
+Updated packages/backend-tasks text columns to longtext to work
+with MySQL. MySQL requires lengths on their varchar columns. String columns in knex default to 255 characters unless otherwise provided in configuration
+Updated packages/backend-tasks database migrations, scheduler and task manager test database array to include MySQL in the tests
+Updated packages/backend-tasks task worker to add the includeOffset flag when updating the startAt column
+Updated packages/create-app with a production MySQL App Config template. This config is referenced in the new e2e Linux MySQL test
+Updated plugins/app-backend text columns to longtext to work
+with MySQL. MySQL requires lengths on their varchar columns. String columns in knex default to 255 characters unless otherwise provided in configuration
+Updated plugins/app-backend StaticAssetStore interval column to use the date_sub function to work with MySQL
+Updated plugins/bazaar-backend Database Handler tests to run db tests against MySQL
+Updated plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion WrapperProviders tests database array to run tests against MySQL
+db tests against MySQL
+Updated plugins/catalog-backend text columns to longtext to work
+with MySQL. MySQL requires lengths on their varchar columns. String columns in knex default to 255 characters unless otherwise provided in configuration
+Updated plugins/code-coverage-backend Migration sql text columns to string to work with MySQL. MySQL requires lengths on varchar columns. String columns default to 255 characters
+Updated plugins/linguist-backend Migration sql text columns to string to work with MySQL. MySQL requires lengths on varchar columns. String columns default to 255 characters
+Updated plugins/tech-insights-backend Migration sql text columns to string to work with MySQL. MySQL requires lengths on varchar columns. String columns default to 255 characters
+Updated plugins/tech-insights-backend FactRetriever engine database list to run against MySQL
+Updated e2e-test run command to run automated e2e tests against a MySQL service
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-db.yml b/.github/workflows/test-db.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89822efffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-db.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: "!Test Databases"
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "mysql" ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [18.x]
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      with:
+        node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+        cache: yarn
+    - run: yarn install
+    - run: yarn tsc
+    - run: yarn build:all
+    - run: yarn test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-linux-mysql.yml b/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-linux-mysql.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..caf7c2b3ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-linux-mysql.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+name: E2E Linux MySQL
+on:
+  # NOTE: If you change these you must update verify_e2e-linux-noop.yml as well
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '.changeset/**'
+      - 'contrib/**'
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - 'microsite/**'
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    services:
+      mysql8:
+        image: mysql:8
+        env:
+          MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd "mysqladmin ping -h localhost"
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 5
+        ports:
+          - 3306/tcp
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: true
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [16.x]
+
+    env:
+      CI: true
+      NODE_OPTIONS: --max-old-space-size=4096
+
+    name: E2E Linux mysql ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Configure Git
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.email noreply@backstage.io
+          git config --global user.name 'GitHub e2e user'
+      - name: use node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/ # Needed for auth
+          cache: ''
+      - name: yarn install
+        uses: backstage/actions/yarn-install@v0.6.4
+        with:
+          cache-prefix: ${{ runner.os }}-v${{ matrix.node-version }}-${{ github.ref }}
+
+      - run: yarn tsc
+      - run: yarn backstage-cli repo build
+      - name: run E2E test
+        run: |
+          yarn e2e-test run
+        env:
+          BACKSTAGE_TEST_DISABLE_DOCKER: 1
+          BACKSTAGE_TEST_DATABASE_MYSQL8_CONNECTION_STRING: mysql://root:root@localhost:${{ job.services.mysql8.ports[3306] }}/ignored
diff --git a/docs/backend-system/building-plugins-and-modules/02-testing.md b/docs/backend-system/building-plugins-and-modules/02-testing.md
index fdd8cdb1e3..8ede8855e4 100644
--- a/docs/backend-system/building-plugins-and-modules/02-testing.md
+++ b/docs/backend-system/building-plugins-and-modules/02-testing.md
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ describe('MyDatabaseClass', () => {
   // "physical" databases to test against is much costlier than creating the
   // "logical" databases within them that the individual tests use.
   const databases = TestDatabases.create({
-    ids: ['POSTGRES_13', 'POSTGRES_9', 'SQLITE_3'],
+    ids: ['POSTGRES_13', 'POSTGRES_9', 'SQLITE_3', 'MYSQL_8'],
   });
 
   // Just an example of how to conveniently bundle up the setup code
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/package.json b/packages/backend-common/package.json
index fd9b9cb0df..dee9ea2333 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend-common/package.json
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
     "minimatch": "^5.0.0",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "morgan": "^1.10.0",
+    "mysql2": "^2.2.5",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
     "node-forge": "^1.3.1",
     "pg": "^8.3.0",
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/database/DatabaseManager.test.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/database/DatabaseManager.test.ts
index 69386d77c5..bf4af17d05 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/database/DatabaseManager.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/database/DatabaseManager.test.ts
@@ -425,6 +425,33 @@ describe('DatabaseManager', () => {
       );
     });
 
+    it('generates a database name override when prefix is not explicitly set for mysql', async () => {
+      const testManager = DatabaseManager.fromConfig(
+        new ConfigReader({
+          backend: {
+            database: {
+              client: 'mysql',
+              connection: {
+                host: 'localhost',
+                user: 'foo',
+                password: 'bar',
+                database: 'foodb',
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        }),
+      );
+
+      await testManager.forPlugin('testplugin').getClient();
+      const mockCalls = mocked(createDatabaseClient).mock.calls.splice(-1);
+      const [_baseConfig, overrides] = mockCalls[0];
+
+      expect(overrides).toHaveProperty(
+        'connection.database',
+        expect.stringContaining('backstage_plugin_'),
+      );
+    });
+
     it('uses values from plugin connection string if top level client should be used', async () => {
       const pluginId = 'stringoverride';
       await manager.forPlugin(pluginId).getClient();
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/migrations/20210928160613_init.js b/packages/backend-tasks/migrations/20210928160613_init.js
index 21d80ae24c..f9900cab11 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/migrations/20210928160613_init.js
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/migrations/20210928160613_init.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ exports.up = async function up(knex) {
   await knex.schema.createTable('backstage_backend_tasks__tasks', table => {
     table.comment('Tasks used for scheduling work on multiple workers');
     table
-      .text('id')
+      .string('id')
       .primary()
       .notNullable()
       .comment('The unique ID of this particular task');
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/src/migrations.test.ts b/packages/backend-tasks/src/migrations.test.ts
index 7e471a1c16..1d701c971d 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/src/migrations.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/src/migrations.test.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jest.setTimeout(60_000);
 
 describe('migrations', () => {
   const databases = TestDatabases.create({
-    ids: ['POSTGRES_13', 'POSTGRES_9', 'SQLITE_3'],
+    ids: ['POSTGRES_13', 'POSTGRES_9', 'MYSQL_8', 'SQLITE_3'],
   });
 
   it.each(databases.eachSupportedId())(
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskSchedulerImpl.test.ts b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskSchedulerImpl.test.ts
index 6247755bbd..bb6a66e1c2 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskSchedulerImpl.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskSchedulerImpl.test.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jest.setTimeout(60_000);
 
 describe('PluginTaskManagerImpl', () => {
   const databases = TestDatabases.create({
-    ids: ['POSTGRES_13', 'POSTGRES_9', 'SQLITE_3'],
+    ids: ['POSTGRES_13', 'POSTGRES_9', 'SQLITE_3', 'MYSQL_8'],
   });
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskSchedulerJanitor.test.ts b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskSchedulerJanitor.test.ts
index 5b5d592b7b..efbad2e8b6 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskSchedulerJanitor.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/PluginTaskSchedulerJanitor.test.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ describe('PluginTaskSchedulerJanitor', () => {
       'POSTGRES_13',
       'POSTGRES_9',
       'SQLITE_3',
+      'MYSQL_8',
     ],
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/TaskScheduler.test.ts b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/TaskScheduler.test.ts
index 89eff433db..6aa77dd7fe 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/TaskScheduler.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/TaskScheduler.test.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jest.setTimeout(60_000);
 describe('TaskScheduler', () => {
   const logger = getVoidLogger();
   const databases = TestDatabases.create({
-    ids: ['POSTGRES_13', 'POSTGRES_9', 'SQLITE_3'],
+    ids: ['POSTGRES_13', 'POSTGRES_9', 'SQLITE_3', 'MYSQL_8'],
   });
 
   async function createDatabase(
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/TaskWorker.test.ts b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/TaskWorker.test.ts
index fa2577ce53..b8b24e045a 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/TaskWorker.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/TaskWorker.test.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jest.setTimeout(60_000);
 describe('TaskWorker', () => {
   const logger = getVoidLogger();
   const databases = TestDatabases.create({
-    ids: ['POSTGRES_13', 'POSTGRES_9', 'SQLITE_3'],
+    ids: ['POSTGRES_13', 'POSTGRES_9', 'SQLITE_3', 'MYSQL_8'],
   });
 
   beforeEach(() => {
diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/TaskWorker.ts b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
index 483fb1a02d..a03d1ec058 100644
--- a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
@@ -175,11 +175,15 @@ export class TaskWorker {
       const time = new CronTime(settings.cadence)
         .sendAt()
         .minus({ seconds: 1 }) // immediately, if "* * * * * *"
-        .toUTC()
-        .toISO();
-      startAt = this.knex.client.config.client.includes('sqlite3')
-        ? this.knex.raw('datetime(?)', [time])
-        : this.knex.raw(`?`, [time]);
+        .toUTC();
+
+      if (this.knex.client.config.client.includes('sqlite3')) {
+        startAt = this.knex.raw('datetime(?)', [time.toISO()]);
+      } else if (this.knex.client.config.client.includes('mysql')) {
+        startAt = this.knex.raw(`?`, [time.toSQL({ includeOffset: false })]);
+      } else {
+        startAt = this.knex.raw(`?`, [time.toISO()]);
+      }
     } else {
       startAt = this.knex.fn.now();
     }
@@ -279,11 +283,16 @@ export class TaskWorker {
 
     let nextRun: Knex.Raw;
     if (isCron) {
-      const time = new CronTime(settings.cadence).sendAt().toUTC().toISO();
+      const time = new CronTime(settings.cadence).sendAt().toUTC();
       this.logger.debug(`task: ${this.taskId} will next occur around ${time}`);
-      nextRun = this.knex.client.config.client.includes('sqlite3')
-        ? this.knex.raw('datetime(?)', [time])
-        : this.knex.raw(`?`, [time]);
+
+      if (this.knex.client.config.client.includes('sqlite3')) {
+        nextRun = this.knex.raw('datetime(?)', [time.toISO()]);
+      } else if (this.knex.client.config.client.includes('mysql')) {
+        nextRun = this.knex.raw(`?`, [time.toSQL({ includeOffset: false })]);
+      } else {
+        nextRun = this.knex.raw(`?`, [time.toISO()]);
+      }
     } else {
       const dt = Duration.fromISO(settings.cadence).as('seconds');
       this.logger.debug(
diff --git a/packages/backend/package.json b/packages/backend/package.json
index 9e0896233d..98fa88f169 100644
--- a/packages/backend/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/package.json
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
     "express-prom-bundle": "^6.3.6",
     "express-promise-router": "^4.1.0",
     "luxon": "^3.0.0",
+    "mysql2": "^2.2.5",
     "pg": "^8.3.0",
     "pg-connection-string": "^2.3.0",
     "prom-client": "^14.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/app-config.production.mysql.yaml b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/app-config.production.mysql.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2d1c2487d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/app-config.production.mysql.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+app:
+  # Should be the same as backend.baseUrl when using the `app-backend` plugin.
+  baseUrl: http://localhost:7007
+
+backend:
+  # Note that the baseUrl should be the URL that the browser and other clients
+  # should use when communicating with the backend, i.e. it needs to be
+  # reachable not just from within the backend host, but from all of your
+  # callers. When its value is "http://localhost:7007", it's strictly private
+  # and can't be reached by others.
+  baseUrl: http://localhost:7007
+  # The listener can also be expressed as a single <host>:<port> string. In this case we bind to
+  # all interfaces, the most permissive setting. The right value depends on your specific deployment.
+  listen: ':7007'
+
+  # config options including ssl: https://github.com/mysqljs/mysql#connection-options
+  database:
+    client: mysql2
+    connection:
+      host: ${MYSQL_HOST}
+      port: ${MYSQL_PORT}
+      user: ${MYSQL_USER}
+      password: ${MYSQL_PASSWORD}
+
+catalog:
+  # Overrides the default list locations from app-config.yaml as these contain example data.
+  # See https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-catalog/#adding-components-to-the-catalog for more details
+  # on how to get entities into the catalog.
+  locations: []
diff --git a/packages/e2e-test/package.json b/packages/e2e-test/package.json
index 48d4643394..50d15c970d 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-test/package.json
+++ b/packages/e2e-test/package.json
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "10.1.0",
     "handlebars": "^4.7.3",
     "pgtools": "^1.0.0",
+    "mysql2": "^2.2.5",
     "puppeteer": "^17.0.0",
     "tree-kill": "^1.2.2"
   },
diff --git a/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/run.ts b/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/run.ts
index b3fb8d9a3c..e48665fda5 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/run.ts
+++ b/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/run.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ import {
   waitForExit,
   print,
 } from '../lib/helpers';
+
+import mysql from 'mysql2/promise';
 import pgtools from 'pgtools';
+
 import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
@@ -66,11 +69,17 @@ export async function run() {
   print('Starting the app');
   await testAppServe(pluginId, appDir);
 
-  if (Boolean(process.env.POSTGRES_USER)) {
-    print('Testing the PostgreSQL backend startup');
-    await preCleanPostgres();
+  if (Boolean(process.env.POSTGRES_USER) || Boolean(process.env.MYSQL_USER)) {
+    print('Testing the datbase backend startup');
+    await preCleanDatabase();
     const appConfig = path.resolve(appDir, 'app-config.yaml');
-    const productionConfig = path.resolve(appDir, 'app-config.production.yaml');
+    let productionConfig = path.resolve(appDir, 'app-config.production.yaml');
+    if (Boolean(process.env.MYSQL_HOST)) {
+      productionConfig = path.resolve(
+        appDir,
+        'app-config.production.mysql.yaml',
+      );
+    }
     await testBackendStart(
       appDir,
       '--config',
@@ -79,7 +88,7 @@ export async function run() {
       productionConfig,
     );
   }
-  print('Testing the SQLite backend startup');
+  print('Testing the Database backend startup');
   await testBackendStart(appDir);
 
   if (process.env.CI) {
@@ -427,24 +436,42 @@ async function testAppServe(pluginId: string, appDir: string) {
 }
 
 /** Drops PG databases */
-async function dropDB(database: string) {
-  const config = {
-    host: process.env.POSTGRES_HOST,
-    port: process.env.POSTGRES_PORT,
-    user: process.env.POSTGRES_USER,
-    password: process.env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD,
-  };
-
+async function dropDB(database: string, client: string) {
   try {
-    await pgtools.dropdb(config, database);
+    if (client === 'postgres') {
+      const config = {
+        host: process.env.POSTGRES_HOST ? process.env.POSTGRES_HOST : '',
+        port: process.env.POSTGRES_PORT ? process.env.POSTGRES_PORT : '',
+        user: process.env.POSTGRES_USER ? process.env.POSTGRES_USER : '',
+        password: process.env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+          ? process.env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+          : '',
+      };
+      await pgtools.dropdb(config, database);
+    } else if (client === 'mysql') {
+      const connectionString =
+        process.env.BACKSTAGE_TEST_DATABASE_MYSQL8_CONNECTION_STRING ?? '';
+      const connection = await mysql.createConnection(connectionString);
+      await connection.execute('DROP DATABASE ?', [database]);
+    }
   } catch (_) {
-    /* do nothing*/
+    /* do nothing */
   }
 }
 
 /** Clean remnants from prior e2e runs */
-async function preCleanPostgres() {
+async function preCleanDatabase() {
   print('Dropping old DBs');
+  if (Boolean(process.env.POSTGRES_HOST)) {
+    await dropClientDatabases('postgres');
+  }
+  if (Boolean(process.env.BACKSTAGE_TEST_DATABASE_MYSQL8_CONNECTION_STRING)) {
+    await dropClientDatabases('mysql');
+  }
+  print('Created DBs');
+}
+
+async function dropClientDatabases(client: string) {
   await Promise.all(
     [
       'catalog',
@@ -454,9 +481,8 @@ async function preCleanPostgres() {
       'proxy',
       'techdocs',
       'search',
-    ].map(name => dropDB(`backstage_plugin_${name}`)),
+    ].map(name => dropDB(`backstage_plugin_${name}`, client)),
   );
-  print('Created DBs');
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/plugins/app-backend/migrations/20211229105307_init.js b/plugins/app-backend/migrations/20211229105307_init.js
index 29e37b35f7..33fccd336d 100644
--- a/plugins/app-backend/migrations/20211229105307_init.js
+++ b/plugins/app-backend/migrations/20211229105307_init.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ exports.up = async function up(knex) {
     table.comment(
       'A cache of static assets that where previously deployed and may still be lazy-loaded by clients',
     );
-    table.text('path').primary().notNullable().comment('The path of the file');
+    table.string('path').primary().notNullable().comment('The path of the file');
     table
       .dateTime('last_modified_at')
       .defaultTo(knex.fn.now())
diff --git a/plugins/app-backend/src/lib/assets/StaticAssetsStore.test.ts b/plugins/app-backend/src/lib/assets/StaticAssetsStore.test.ts
index 8a0935d4e3..21e86562c6 100644
--- a/plugins/app-backend/src/lib/assets/StaticAssetsStore.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/app-backend/src/lib/assets/StaticAssetsStore.test.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jest.setTimeout(60_000);
 
 describe('StaticAssetsStore', () => {
   const databases = TestDatabases.create({
-    ids: ['POSTGRES_13', 'POSTGRES_9', 'SQLITE_3'],
+    ids: ['MYSQL_8', 'POSTGRES_13', 'POSTGRES_9', 'SQLITE_3'],
   });
 
   it.each(databases.eachSupportedId())(
@@ -160,7 +160,11 @@ describe('StaticAssetsStore', () => {
         .update({
           last_modified_at: knex.client.config.client.includes('sqlite3')
             ? knex.raw(`datetime('now', '-3600 seconds')`)
-            : knex.raw(`now() + interval '-3600 seconds'`),
+            : (
+              knex.client.config.client.includes('mysql') 
+                ? knex.raw(`date_sub(now(), interval 3600 second)`) 
+                : knex.raw(`now() + interval '-3600 seconds'`)
+            ),
         });
       expect(updated).toBe(1);
 
diff --git a/plugins/app-backend/src/lib/assets/StaticAssetsStore.ts b/plugins/app-backend/src/lib/assets/StaticAssetsStore.ts
index 6905d63779..25606575cd 100644
--- a/plugins/app-backend/src/lib/assets/StaticAssetsStore.ts
+++ b/plugins/app-backend/src/lib/assets/StaticAssetsStore.ts
@@ -144,7 +144,10 @@ export class StaticAssetsStore implements StaticAssetProvider {
         '<=',
         this.#db.client.config.client.includes('sqlite3')
           ? this.#db.raw(`datetime('now', ?)`, [`-${maxAgeSeconds} seconds`])
-          : this.#db.raw(`now() + interval '${-maxAgeSeconds} seconds'`),
+          : (this.#db.client.config.client.includes('mysql') 
+            ? this.#db.raw(`date_sub(now(), interval ${maxAgeSeconds} second)`)
+            : this.#db.raw(`now() + interval '${-maxAgeSeconds} seconds'`)
+          ),
       )
       .delete();
   }
diff --git a/plugins/bazaar-backend/src/service/DatabaseHandler.test.ts b/plugins/bazaar-backend/src/service/DatabaseHandler.test.ts
index 0c78dbdd87..4e46581240 100644
--- a/plugins/bazaar-backend/src/service/DatabaseHandler.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/bazaar-backend/src/service/DatabaseHandler.test.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jest.setTimeout(60_000);
 
 describe('DatabaseHandler', () => {
   const databases = TestDatabases.create({
-    ids: ['POSTGRES_13', 'POSTGRES_9', 'SQLITE_3'],
+    ids: ['POSTGRES_13', 'POSTGRES_9', 'SQLITE_3', 'MYSQL_8'],
   });
 
   function createDatabaseManager(
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/src/module/WrapperProviders.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/src/module/WrapperProviders.test.ts
index 0d910f664d..1f318c2590 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/src/module/WrapperProviders.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/src/module/WrapperProviders.test.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { WrapperProviders } from './WrapperProviders';
 describe('WrapperProviders', () => {
   const applyDatabaseMigrations = jest.fn();
   const databases = TestDatabases.create({
-    ids: ['POSTGRES_13', 'POSTGRES_9', 'SQLITE_3'],
+    ids: ['POSTGRES_13', 'POSTGRES_9', 'SQLITE_3', 'MYSQL_8'],
   });
   const config = new ConfigReader({});
   const logger = getVoidLogger();
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/migrations/20210302150147_refresh_state.js b/plugins/catalog-backend/migrations/20210302150147_refresh_state.js
index 1c8081c0ef..f600667727 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/migrations/20210302150147_refresh_state.js
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/migrations/20210302150147_refresh_state.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ exports.up = async function up(knex) {
       .notNullable()
       .comment('The unprocessed entity (in original form) as JSON');
     table
-      .text('processed_entity')
+      .text('processed_entity', 'longtext')
       .nullable()
       .comment('The processed entity (not yet stitched) as JSON');
     table
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ exports.up = async function up(knex) {
       .notNullable()
       .comment('Random value representing a unique stitch attempt ticket');
     table
-      .text('final_entity')
+      .text('final_entity', 'longtext')
       .nullable()
       .comment('The JSON encoded final entity');
     table.index('entity_id', 'final_entities_entity_id_idx');
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts
index 4959a33eef..61a062bc4a 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ export class DefaultProcessingDatabase implements ProcessingDatabase {
         type,
       }),
     );
+
     await tx.batchInsert(
       'relations',
       this.deduplicateRelations(relationRows),
diff --git a/plugins/code-coverage-backend/migrations/20210302_init.js b/plugins/code-coverage-backend/migrations/20210302_init.js
index a794b6a60c..35eb91541b 100644
--- a/plugins/code-coverage-backend/migrations/20210302_init.js
+++ b/plugins/code-coverage-backend/migrations/20210302_init.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ exports.up = async function up(knex) {
       .comment('An insert counter to ensure ordering');
     table.uuid('id').notNullable().comment('The ID of the code coverage');
     table
-      .text('entity')
+      .string('entity')
       .notNullable()
       .comment('The entity ref that this code coverage applies to');
     table
diff --git a/plugins/linguist-backend/migrations/20221115_init.js b/plugins/linguist-backend/migrations/20221115_init.js
index 3bcf99e08b..359f7c8359 100644
--- a/plugins/linguist-backend/migrations/20221115_init.js
+++ b/plugins/linguist-backend/migrations/20221115_init.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ exports.up = async function up(knex) {
       .comment('An insert counter to ensure ordering');
     table.uuid('id').notNullable().comment('The ID of the Linguist result');
     table
-      .text('entity_ref')
+      .string('entity_ref')
       .unique()
       .notNullable()
       .comment('The entity ref that this Linguist result applies to');
diff --git a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/migrations/202109061111_fact_schemas.js b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/migrations/202109061111_fact_schemas.js
index 6094daa4b7..2521f6d8bb 100644
--- a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/migrations/202109061111_fact_schemas.js
+++ b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/migrations/202109061111_fact_schemas.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ exports.up = async function up(knex) {
       'The table for tech insight fact schemas. Containing a versioned data model definition for a collection of facts.',
     );
     table
-      .text('id')
+      .string('id')
       .notNullable()
       .comment('Identifier of the fact retriever plugin/package');
     table
diff --git a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/migrations/202109061212_facts.js b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/migrations/202109061212_facts.js
index 0bdcdc0da1..237d826869 100644
--- a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/migrations/202109061212_facts.js
+++ b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/migrations/202109061212_facts.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ exports.up = async function up(knex) {
       'The table for tech insight fact collections. Contains facts for individual fact retriever namespace/ref.',
     );
     table
-      .text('id')
+      .string('id')
       .notNullable()
       .comment('Unique identifier of the fact retriever plugin/package');
     table
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ exports.up = async function up(knex) {
       .notNullable()
       .comment('The timestamp when this entry was created');
     table
-      .text('entity')
+      .string('entity')
       .notNullable()
       .comment('Identifier of the entity these facts relate to');
     table
diff --git a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/fact/FactRetrieverEngine.test.ts b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/fact/FactRetrieverEngine.test.ts
index 5bf05cda98..00b6672d7b 100644
--- a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/fact/FactRetrieverEngine.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/fact/FactRetrieverEngine.test.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ describe('FactRetrieverEngine', () => {
   }
 
   const databases = TestDatabases.create({
-    ids: ['POSTGRES_13', 'POSTGRES_9', 'SQLITE_3'],
+    ids: ['POSTGRES_13', 'POSTGRES_9', 'SQLITE_3', 'MYSQL_8'],
   });
 
   async function createEngine(
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ec0379375a..7dd2088620 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -23672,6 +23672,7 @@ __metadata:
     handlebars: ^4.7.3
     nodemon: ^3.0.1
     pgtools: ^1.0.0
+    mysql2: ^2.2.5
     puppeteer: ^17.0.0
     tree-kill: ^1.2.2
     ts-node: ^10.0.0
@@ -25272,6 +25273,7 @@ __metadata:
     express-prom-bundle: ^6.3.6
     express-promise-router: ^4.1.0
     luxon: ^3.0.0
+    mysql2: ^2.2.5
     pg: ^8.3.0
     pg-connection-string: ^2.3.0
     prom-client: ^14.0.1
@@ -34812,6 +34814,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"pg-connection-string@npm:^2.6.2":
+  version: 2.6.2
+  resolution: "pg-connection-string@npm:2.6.2"
+  checksum: 22265882c3b6f2320785378d0760b051294a684989163d5a1cde4009e64e84448d7bf67d9a7b9e7f69440c3ee9e2212f9aa10dd17ad6773f6143c6020cebbcb5
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "pg-int8@npm:1.0.1":
   version: 1.0.1
   resolution: "pg-int8@npm:1.0.1"
@@ -34894,6 +34903,30 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"pg@npm:^8.4.0":
+  version: 8.11.2
+  resolution: "pg@npm:8.11.2"
+  dependencies:
+    buffer-writer: 2.0.0
+    packet-reader: 1.0.0
+    pg-cloudflare: ^1.1.1
+    pg-connection-string: ^2.6.2
+    pg-pool: ^3.6.1
+    pg-protocol: ^1.6.0
+    pg-types: ^2.1.0
+    pgpass: 1.x
+  peerDependencies:
+    pg-native: ">=3.0.1"
+  dependenciesMeta:
+    pg-cloudflare:
+      optional: true
+  peerDependenciesMeta:
+    pg-native:
+      optional: true
+  checksum: dfea8a2269d500dee8c17291207e5a25897163480037beb7a59be35f51e33b519c297c943ea6898b285d6a74a0d661901dc9cff2e587cc4be0bbf09b833a71a5
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "pgpass@npm:1.x":
   version: 1.0.2
   resolution: "pgpass@npm:1.0.2"