CREATE TABLE t (c1 INT, c2 INT, KEY i2 (c2)) ENGINE=INNODB; SET DEBUG='+d,ib_rename_index_fail1'; ALTER TABLE t RENAME INDEX i2 to x, ALGORITHM=INPLACE; ERROR 40001: Deadlock found when trying to get lock; try restarting transaction SET DEBUG='-d,ib_rename_index_fail1'; SET DEBUG='+d,ib_rename_index_fail2'; ALTER TABLE t RENAME INDEX i2 to x, ROW_FORMAT=REDUNDANT, ALGORITHM=INPLACE; Warnings: Warning 1088 Error updating stats for table 't' after table rebuild: Tablespace deleted or being deleted SET DEBUG='-d,ib_rename_index_fail2'; SELECT index_name, stat_description FROM mysql.innodb_index_stats WHERE table_name = 't' AND stat_name LIKE 'n_diff%' ORDER BY 1, 2; index_name stat_description GEN_CLUST_INDEX DB_ROW_ID x c2 x c2,DB_ROW_ID SET DEBUG='+d,ib_rename_index_fail3'; ALTER TABLE t RENAME INDEX x to y, ROW_FORMAT=REDUNDANT, ALGORITHM=INPLACE; Warnings: Warning 1088 Deleting persistent statistics for rebuilt table 't' in InnoDB failed: Unable to delete statistics for table test.t: Deadlock. They can be deleted later using DELETE FROM mysql.innodb_index_stats WHERE database_name = 'test' AND table_name = 't'; DELETE FROM mysql.innodb_table_stats WHERE database_name = 'test' AND table_name = 't'; SET DEBUG='-d,ib_rename_index_fail3'; SELECT index_name, stat_description FROM mysql.innodb_index_stats WHERE table_name = 't' AND stat_name LIKE 'n_diff%' ORDER BY 1, 2; index_name stat_description GEN_CLUST_INDEX DB_ROW_ID x c2 x c2,DB_ROW_ID y c2 y c2,DB_ROW_ID DROP TABLE t;