SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1835 Malformed communication packet on LARAVEL

Question

Suddenly got

SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1835 Malformed communication packet (SQL: select * from tb_users where (username =

Answer 1

After many workarounds i tried today this the solutions i got

1- upgrade to php 7.3 or 7.4
(many websites will be down after php upgrades )

2- downgrade to minor version ( mariadb 10.4.16 to 10.4.15)

yum downgrade MariaDB-server MariaDB-common MariaDB-shared MariaDB-client MariaDB-compat MariaDB-devel    

anyway this problem is opened case as bug for Mariadb last night update and they didnt push any fixing for now the above solution is only the 2 ways to solve the problem , it works with me on mariadb downgrade from 10.4.16 to 10.4.15 (minor downgrade)