connect con1, localhost,root; disconnect con1; connect con2, localhost,root; connection con2; connection default; SET @orig_debug=@@debug_dbug; SET GLOBAL DEBUG_DBUG='+d,thread_id_overflow'; connect con3, localhost,root; connection con3; SELECT CONNECTION_ID(); CONNECTION_ID() 4294967294 connection default; SET GLOBAL DEBUG_DBUG=@orig_debug; connect con4, localhost,root; connection con4; select IF(connection_id() - max_id = 1,'Good','Bad') as result; result Good disconnect con4; disconnect con3; disconnect con2; connection default;