diff --git a/.github/copilot-dependabot-instructions.md b/.github/copilot-dependabot-instructions.md
index 770f287f5..46dd8528f 100644
--- a/.github/copilot-dependabot-instructions.md
+++ b/.github/copilot-dependabot-instructions.md
@@ -8,4 +8,39 @@
 6. **Comments** — review any existing PR comments and review threads, including resolved/hidden ones, and address anything actionable.
 7. **Self-rate** — rate this work 1-10 against: correctness, test coverage, changelog accuracy, build/lint health, and comment resolution.
 8. **Iterate** — if it's not a 10, keep improving until it is before finishing.
-9. **Summary** — post a final comment explaining why this update matters, what the impact/risk is, and what could go wrong if it weren't applied, along with your self-rating and reasoning.
+9. **Summary** — your final response must use the following structure exactly (no free-form paragraph summary).
+
+## Impact analysis
+- Package:
+- Old version:
+- New version:
+- Change Impact:
+
+## Build/Conflict Issues
+- Commands:
+- Result:
+
+## Tests
+- Added:
+- Updated:
+- Result:
+
+## Run the Suite
+- Commands:
+- Status:
+
+## Changelog
+- Entry:
+- Location:
+
+## Comments
+- Reviewed:
+- Actions:
+
+## Self-Rate
+- Score:
+- Reasoning:
+
+## Summary
+- Why this matters:
+- Risk of not taking change:
diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index bf4597814..da0bf7bf4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 General:
 
+- Updated lockfile-resolved `mysql2` from 3.23.4 to 3.24.2 to correct three-byte length-coded parameter encoding and improve SQL metadata-store performance; added SQL pool regression coverage for large bound parameters.
 - Updated the lockfile-resolved `eslint` version from 10.9.0 to 10.9.1 to fix a `no-loss-of-precision` false positive for trailing decimal points; added regression coverage for the corrected lint behavior.
 
 ## 2026.08 Version 3.37.0
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8707bfe23..3efe09f78 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -8599,9 +8599,9 @@
       "license": "ISC"
     },
     "node_modules/mysql2": {
-      "version": "3.23.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.23.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-J1Rgl8Oy5iw3mOBjKeTMQ3cJNjMYtJYavQVXShsMtSj9rKV8Q1+QaGKNJqDVQFcNINqYYp6Vxd90r69cCoBxBA==",
+      "version": "3.24.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.24.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-l9kXeKGwd6VCbSjmpO/bLWb+YCYpbvE4whte8ec6InXebvCNyEEydyRCnRU+TSHNqRLJ8B+Tk1uWb+vMCJgJzA==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "aws-ssl-profiles": "^1.1.2",
diff --git a/tests/blob/blockblob.highlevel.test.ts b/tests/blob/blockblob.highlevel.test.ts
index 31f3e6016..bb7bcd049 100644
--- a/tests/blob/blockblob.highlevel.test.ts
+++ b/tests/blob/blockblob.highlevel.test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ import {
   getTestServerBaseURL,
   getUniqueName,
   readStreamToLocalFile,
-  rmRecursive
+  rmRecursive,
+  sleep
 } from "../testutils";
 
 // Set true to enable debug log
@@ -56,6 +57,22 @@ describe("BlockBlobHighlevel", () => {
   let tempFileLargeLength: number;
   const tempFolderPath = "temp";
   const timeoutForLargeFileUploadingTest = 20 * 60 * 1000;
+  const cleanupRetryDelay = 100;
+  const cleanupRetryMaxTries = 3;
+
+  async function deleteContainerWithTransientRetry(): Promise<void> {
+    for (let i = 1; i <= cleanupRetryMaxTries; i++) {
+      try {
+        await containerClient.delete();
+        return;
+      } catch (err: any) {
+        if (err.code !== "ECONNRESET" || i === cleanupRetryMaxTries) {
+          throw err;
+        }
+        await sleep(cleanupRetryDelay * i);
+      }
+    }
+  }
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
     containerName = getUniqueName("container");
@@ -67,7 +84,7 @@ describe("BlockBlobHighlevel", () => {
   });
 
   afterEach(async function () {
-    await containerClient.delete();
+    await deleteContainerWithTransientRetry();
   });
 
   before(async () => {
diff --git a/tests/blob/sqlBlobMetadataStorePool.test.ts b/tests/blob/sqlBlobMetadataStorePool.test.ts
index be42fc5bf..4c9a3e34c 100644
--- a/tests/blob/sqlBlobMetadataStorePool.test.ts
+++ b/tests/blob/sqlBlobMetadataStorePool.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as assert from "assert";
+import { QueryTypes, Sequelize } from "sequelize";
 
 import * as Models from "../../src/blob/generated/artifacts/models";
 import Context from "../../src/blob/generated/Context";
@@ -146,4 +147,28 @@ describe("SqlBlobMetadataStore connection pool @sql", () => {
 
     await store.deleteContainer(createContext("conflict-4"), accountName, name);
   });
+
+  it("executes a three-byte length-coded parameter", async function () {
+    const sequelize = getSequelize(store);
+    const dialect = sequelize.getDialect();
+    if (dialect !== "mysql" && dialect !== "mariadb") {
+      this.skip();
+    }
+
+    const value = "x".repeat(0x10000 + 1);
+
+    const result = await sequelize.query<{ value: string }>(
+      "SELECT $value AS value",
+      {
+        bind: { value },
+        type: QueryTypes.SELECT
+      }
+    );
+
+    assert.strictEqual(result[0].value, value);
+  });
+
+  function getSequelize(store: SqlBlobMetadataStore): Sequelize {
+    return (store as any).sequelize;
+  }
 });