Error Code: 2013. Lost connection to MySQL server during query

Question

I got the Error Code: 2013. Lost connection to MySQL server during query error when I tried to add an index to a table using MySQL Workbench. I noticed als

Answer 1

In my case, setting the connection timeout interval to 6000 or something higher didn't work.

I just did what the workbench says I can do.

The maximum amount of time the query can take to return data from the DBMS.Set 0 to skip the read timeout.

On Mac Preferences -> SQL Editor -> Go to MySQL Session -> set connection read timeout interval to 0.

And it works