pingcap / pingcap/tidb

REGEXP '$' does not match before a trailing newline

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Description

## Bug Report

Please answer these questions before submitting your issue. Thanks!

### 1. Minimal reproduce step (Required)

```
SELECT 'a\n' REGEXP 'a$';
-- TiDB: 0 | MySQL 9.7.2: 1 | MariaDB: 1
```

### 2. What did you expect to see? (Required)
```
mysql> SELECT 'a\n' REGEXP 'a$';
+-------------------+
| 'a\n' REGEXP 'a$' |
+-------------------+
| 1 |
+-------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
```
### 3. What did you see instead (Required)
```
mysql> SELECT 'a\n' REGEXP 'a$';
+-------------------+
| 'a\n' REGEXP 'a$' |
+-------------------+
| 0 |
+-------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
```
### 4. What is your TiDB version? (Required)

```
mysql> select tidb_version();
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| tidb_version() |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Release Version: v9.0.0-beta.2.pre-2174-g65ac2fad58-dirty
Edition: Community
Git Commit Hash: 65ac2fad582510b92d3c4b79999e48217c989737
Git Branch: master
UTC Build Time: 2026-08-30 15:18:00
GoVersion: go1.25.12
Race Enabled: false
Check Table Before Drop: false
Store: unistore
Kernel Type: Classic |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
```

Contributor guide

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Research direction

Start by running the reported `SELECT 'a\n' REGEXP 'a$';` query and compare TiDB's result with the MySQL and MariaDB results shown in the issue. Trace the REGEXP evaluation path and its existing tests; done means a trailing newline is accepted by `$` and the query returns 1.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
go, mariadb, mysql, sql
Domain
databases
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
65/100

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