Confirmed with MariaDB 10.0.1, If @@default_master_connection will be null, it will not show result in "show slave status \G" mysql> \s -------------- mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.6.22-71.0, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64) using EditLine wrapper ... Server version: 5.5.5-10.0.15-MariaDB-log MariaDB Server mysql> select @@default_master_connection; +-----------------------------+ | @@default_master_connection | +-----------------------------+ | | +-----------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> show slave status \G Empty set (0.00 sec) mysql> show all slaves status\G *************************** 1. row *************************** Connection_name: master1 Slave_SQL_State: Slave has read all relay log; waiting for the slave I/O thread to update it Slave_IO_State: Waiting for master to send event Master_Host: 127.0.0.1 Master_User: rsandbox Master_Port: 24025 Connect_Retry: 60 Master_Log_File: mysql-bin.000002 Read_Master_Log_Pos: 326 Relay_Log_File: mysql_sandbox24026-relay-bin-master1.000004 Relay_Log_Pos: 535 Relay_Master_Log_File: mysql-bin.000002 Slave_IO_Running: Yes Slave_SQL_Running: Yes Replicate_Do_DB: Replicate_Ignore_DB: Replicate_Do_Table: Replicate_Ignore_Table: Replicate_Wild_Do_Table: Replicate_Wild_Ignore_Table: Last_Errno: 0 Last_Error: Skip_Counter: 0 Exec_Master_Log_Pos: 326 Relay_Log_Space: 853 Until_Condition: None Until_Log_File: Until_Log_Pos: 0 Master_SSL_Allowed: No Master_SSL_CA_File: Master_SSL_CA_Path: Master_SSL_Cert: Master_SSL_Cipher: Master_SSL_Key: Seconds_Behind_Master: 0 Master_SSL_Verify_Server_Cert: No Last_IO_Errno: 0 Last_IO_Error: Last_SQL_Errno: 0 Last_SQL_Error: Replicate_Ignore_Server_Ids: Master_Server_Id: 1 Master_SSL_Crl: Master_SSL_Crlpath: Using_Gtid: No Gtid_IO_Pos: Retried_transactions: 0 Max_relay_log_size: 1073741824 Executed_log_entries: 6 Slave_received_heartbeats: 0 Slave_heartbeat_period: 1800.000 Gtid_Slave_Pos: 0-1-12 *************************** 2. row *************************** Connection_name: master2 Slave_SQL_State: Slave has read all relay log; waiting for the slave I/O thread to update it Slave_IO_State: Waiting for master to send event Master_Host: 127.0.0.1 Master_User: rsandbox Master_Port: 24027 Connect_Retry: 60 Master_Log_File: mysql-bin.000002 Read_Master_Log_Pos: 312 Relay_Log_File: mysql_sandbox24026-relay-bin-master2.000004 Relay_Log_Pos: 535 Relay_Master_Log_File: mysql-bin.000002 Slave_IO_Running: Yes Slave_SQL_Running: Yes Replicate_Do_DB: Replicate_Ignore_DB: Replicate_Do_Table: Replicate_Ignore_Table: Replicate_Wild_Do_Table: Replicate_Wild_Ignore_Table: Last_Errno: 0 Last_Error: Skip_Counter: 0 Exec_Master_Log_Pos: 312 Relay_Log_Space: 853 Until_Condition: None Until_Log_File: Until_Log_Pos: 0 Master_SSL_Allowed: No Master_SSL_CA_File: Master_SSL_CA_Path: Master_SSL_Cert: Master_SSL_Cipher: Master_SSL_Key: Seconds_Behind_Master: 0 Master_SSL_Verify_Server_Cert: No Last_IO_Errno: 0 Last_IO_Error: Last_SQL_Errno: 0 Last_SQL_Error: Replicate_Ignore_Server_Ids: Master_Server_Id: 102 Master_SSL_Crl: Master_SSL_Crlpath: Using_Gtid: No Gtid_IO_Pos: Retried_transactions: 0 Max_relay_log_size: 1073741824 Executed_log_entries: 6 Slave_received_heartbeats: 0 Slave_heartbeat_period: 1800.000 Gtid_Slave_Pos: 0-1-12 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) But if @@default_master_connection is set. i.e mysql> select @@default_master_connection; +-----------------------------+ | @@default_master_connection | +-----------------------------+ | master1 | +-----------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> show slave status \G *************************** 1. row *************************** Slave_IO_State: Waiting for master to send event Master_Host: 127.0.0.1 Master_User: rsandbox Master_Port: 24025 Connect_Retry: 60 Master_Log_File: mysql-bin.000002 Read_Master_Log_Pos: 326 Relay_Log_File: mysql_sandbox24026-relay-bin-master1.000004 Relay_Log_Pos: 535 Relay_Master_Log_File: mysql-bin.000002 Slave_IO_Running: Yes Slave_SQL_Running: Yes Replicate_Do_DB: Replicate_Ignore_DB: Replicate_Do_Table: Replicate_Ignore_Table: Replicate_Wild_Do_Table: Replicate_Wild_Ignore_Table: Last_Errno: 0 Last_Error: Skip_Counter: 0 Exec_Master_Log_Pos: 326 Relay_Log_Space: 853 Until_Condition: None Until_Log_File: Until_Log_Pos: 0 Master_SSL_Allowed: No Master_SSL_CA_File: Master_SSL_CA_Path: Master_SSL_Cert: Master_SSL_Cipher: Master_SSL_Key: Seconds_Behind_Master: 0 Master_SSL_Verify_Server_Cert: No Last_IO_Errno: 0 Last_IO_Error: Last_SQL_Errno: 0 Last_SQL_Error: Replicate_Ignore_Server_Ids: Master_Server_Id: 1 Master_SSL_Crl: Master_SSL_Crlpath: Using_Gtid: No Gtid_IO_Pos: 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> Then show slave status will show the output but only for default master.