MySql autoincrement counter resetting after server restart

MySQL fix

After 14.5 years this is fixed in MySQL version 8.0

[6 Oct 16:40] Daniel Price Posted by developer: Fixed in 8.0.0 by WL#6204.

• WL#6204: InnoDB persistent max value for autoinc columns

MariaDB fix

Also this was MariaDB 10.2.4 released on July 12, 2017

• MDEV-6076 Persistent AUTO_INCREMENT for InnoDB.

I found out this change was finally added on the 2ndquadrant blog,

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