SET GLOBAL binlog_group_commit_sync_delay=1000000; SET GLOBAL sync_binlog = 1; SET @clock_in = SYSDATE(); CREATE TABLE t1 (c1 INT) Engine=InnoDB; SET @elapsed = TIMESTAMPDIFF(MICROSECOND, @clock_in, SYSDATE()); include/assert.inc ["Assert that the statement never takes less than the delay set."] SET GLOBAL sync_binlog=1000; SET @clock_in = SYSDATE(); SET @elapsed = TIMESTAMPDIFF(MICROSECOND, @clock_in, SYSDATE()); include/assert.inc ["Assert that the above statements should not take more than 1000 seconds"] SET GLOBAL binlog_group_commit_sync_delay=0; SET GLOBAL sync_binlog=1; DROP TABLE t1;