This is an automated cherry-pick of pingcap#11341

Signed-off-by: ti-chi-bot <[email protected]>

TOC.md

@@ -894,6 +894,7 @@
     - [5.4.1](/releases/release-5.4.1.md)
     - [5.4.0](/releases/release-5.4.0.md)
   - v5.3
+    - [5.3.4](/releases/release-5.3.4.md)
     - [5.3.3](/releases/release-5.3.3.md)
     - [5.3.2](/releases/release-5.3.2.md)
     - [5.3.1](/releases/release-5.3.1.md)

releases/release-5.3.4.md

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+---
+title: TiDB 5.3.4 Release Notes
+---
+
+# TiDB 5.3.4 Release Notes
+
+Release date: November 24, 2022
+
+TiDB version: 5.3.4
+
+## Improvements
+
++ TiKV
+
+    - Reload TLS certificate automatically for each update to improve availability [#12546](https://github.com/tikv/tikv/issues/12546)
+
+## Bug fixes
+
++ TiDB
+
+    - Fix the issue that the Region cache is not cleaned up in time when the Region is merged [#37141](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/37141)
+    - Fix the issue that TiDB writes wrong data due to the wrong encoding of the `ENUM` or `SET` column [#32302](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/32302)
+    - Fix the issue that database-level privileges are incorrectly cleaned up [#38363](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/38363)
+    - Fix the issue that the `grantor` field is missing in the `mysql.tables_priv` table [#38293](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/38293)
+    - Fix the issue that `KILL TIDB` cannot take effect immediately on idle connections [#24031](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/24031)
+    - Fix the issue that the return type of `date_add` and `date_sub` is different between TiDB and MySQL [#36394](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/36394), [#27573](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/27573)
+    - Fix the incorrect `INSERT_METHOD` value when Parser restores table options [#38368](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/38368)
+    - Fix the issue that authentication fails when a MySQL client of v5.1 or earlier connects to the TiDB server [#29725](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/29725)
+    - Fix wrong results of `GREATEST` and `LEAST` when passing in unsigned `BIGINT` arguments [#30101](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/30101)
+    - Fix the issue that the result of `concat(ifnull(time(3))` in TiDB is different from that in MySQL [#29498](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/29498)
+    - Fix the issue that the `avg()` function returns `ERROR 1105 (HY000): other error for mpp stream: Could not convert to the target type - -value is out of range.` when queried from TiFlash [#29952](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/29952)
+    - Fix the issue that `ERROR 1105 (HY000): close of nil channel` is returned when using `HashJoinExec` [#30289](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/30289)
+    - Fix the issue that TiKV and TiFlash return different results when querying logical operations [#37258](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/37258)
+    - Fix the issue that the `EXPLAIN ANALYZE` statement with DML executors might return result before the transaction commit finishes [#37373](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/37373)
+    - Fix the issue that Region cache is not cleared properly after merging many Regions [#37174](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/37174)
+    - Fix the issue that the `EXECUTE` statement might throw an unexpected error in specific scenarios [#37187](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/37187)
+    - Fix the issue that `GROUP CONCAT` with `ORDER BY` might fail when the `ORDER BY` clause contains a correlated subquery [#18216](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/18216)
+    - Fix wrong results returned when length and width are incorrectly set for Decimal and Real when using plan cache [#29565](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/29565)
+
++ PD
+
+    - Fix the issue that PD cannot correctly handle dashboard proxy requests [#5321](https://github.com/tikv/pd/issues/5321)
+    - Fix the issue that the TiFlash learner replica might not be created in specific scenarios [#5401](https://github.com/tikv/pd/issues/5401)
+    - Fix inaccurate Stream timeout and accelerate leader switchover [#5207](https://github.com/tikv/pd/issues/5207)
+
++ TiFlash
+
+    - Fix the issue that logical operators return wrong results when the argument type is UInt8 [#6127](https://github.com/pingcap/tiflash/issues/6127)
+    - Fix the issue that TiFlash bootstrap fails when `0.0` is used as the default value for integers, for example, `` `i` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0.0'`` [#3157](https://github.com/pingcap/tiflash/issues/3157)
+
++ Tools
+
+    + Dumpling
+
+        - Fix the issue that Dumpling cannot dump data when the `--compress` option and the S3 output directory are set simultaneously [#30534](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/30534)
+
+    + TiCDC
+
+        - Fix the issue that changefeed state is incorrect because a MySQL-related error is not reported to the owner in time [#6698](https://github.com/pingcap/tiflow/issues/6698)

releases/release-notes.md

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 ## 5.3
 
+- [5.3.4](/releases/release-5.3.4.md): 2022-11-24
 - [5.3.3](/releases/release-5.3.3.md): 2022-09-14
 - [5.3.2](/releases/release-5.3.2.md): 2022-06-29
 - [5.3.1](/releases/release-5.3.1.md): 2022-03-03

releases/release-timeline.md

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 | Version | Release Date |
 | :--- | :--- |
+<<<<<<< HEAD
+=======
+| [5.3.4](/releases/release-5.3.4.md) | 2022-11-24 |
+| [6.4.0-DMR](/releases/release-6.4.0.md) | 2022-11-17 |
+>>>>>>> a48858ee2 (add 5.3.4 release notes (#11341))
 | [6.1.2](/releases/release-6.1.2.md) | 2022-10-24 |
 | [5.4.3](/releases/release-5.4.3.md) | 2022-10-13 |
 | [5.3.3](/releases/release-5.3.3.md) | 2022-09-14 |