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| Cumulative update name | SQL Server build version | SQL Server (sqlservr.exe) file version | Analysis Services build version | Analysis Services (msmdsrv.exe) file version | Knowledge Base number | Release date |
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| CU23 (Latest) | 16.0.4235.2 | 2022.160.4235.2 | 16.0.43.252 | 2022.160.43.252 | [KB5074819](cumulativeupdate23.md) | January 15, 2026 |
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| CU21 | 16.0.4215.2 | 2022.160.4215.2 | 16.0.43.247 | 2022.160.43.247 | [KB5065865](cumulativeupdate21.md) | September 11, 2025 |
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# KB5074819 - Cumulative Update 23 for SQL Server 2022
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# KB5078297 - Cumulative Update 23 for SQL Server 2022
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_Release Date:_   January 15, 2026
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This article describes Cumulative Update package 23 (CU23) for Microsoft SQL Server 2022. This update contains 15 [fixes](#improvements-and-fixes-included-in-this-update) that were issued after the release of SQL Server 2022 Cumulative Update 22. It updates components in the following builds:
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| <a id=4676249>[4676249](#4676249)</a> | Fixes an issue in which backup log operations fail and return an error that indicates that `BACKUP LOG` is not allowed while the recovery model is `SIMPLE`. | SQL Server Engine | Backup Restore | Windows |
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| <a id=4769216>[4769216](#4769216)</a> | Fixes an issue in which non-yielding scheduler dump files are generated when SSL connections are closed under high CPU load. | Connectivity | Protocols | All |
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| <a id=4783675>[4783675](#4783675)</a> | Fixes an issue in which upgrading from SQL Server 2019 to SQL Server 2022 might cause the upgrade process to stop responding during the model database upgrade phase. | SQL Server Engine | Programmability | All |
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| <a id=4783748>[4783748](#4783748)</a> | Changes the behavior of the program to return error 19544 instead of returning an assert when you create an availability group that has a name that's longer than 64 characters by using `cluster_type = NONE` or `EXTERNAL`. | SQL Server Engine | High Availability and Disaster Recovery | All |
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