When multiplexing is disabled and a backend connection is closed/broken, MySQL Thread can enter in an infinite loop causing very high CPU usage.
Setting this issue to be fixed in 1.4.0 , but will be backported to 1.3.x later on.
Implemented in 1.3.6 and 1.4.0
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Implemented in 1.3.6 and 1.4.0