If you have unwanted GTID's recored run "RESET MASTER" to make sure the MySQL instance is clean before joining the cluster. Remember that "RESET MASTER" will only "clean" the state of replication, any ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- MySQL plans improvements in areas such as tables, replication, and partitioning with upcoming versions of the its database clustering product, a company consultant said at ...

When the master database goes down, MySQL Fabric detects the outage and reroutes requests to the designated replicated database server, or servers. The application does not see the switch over.