Another unexpected behaviour, which happens only for PXC 5.5 tough - when a node that is the event "owner", so the only one that has Status=ENABLED, is re-created using SST from any other node, it looses the event information. In PXC 5.6, the event gets re-created but in Status=SLAVESIDE_DISABLED. Simple test scenario: percona1 mysql> show create table t1\G *************************** 1. row *************************** Table: t1 Create Table: CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `time` datetime DEFAULT NULL, `server` varchar(20) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`id`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 1 row in set (0.00 sec) percona1 mysql> CREATE EVENT e_min ON SCHEDULE EVERY 1 MINUTE DO INSERT INTO test.t1 values (null,now(),@@SERVER_ID); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.05 sec) percona1 mysql> show events\G *************************** 1. row *************************** Db: test Name: e_min Definer: root@localhost Time zone: SYSTEM Type: RECURRING Execute at: NULL Interval value: 1 Interval field: MINUTE Starts: 2014-04-26 11:45:19 Ends: NULL Status: ENABLED Originator: 0 character_set_client: latin1 collation_connection: latin1_swedish_ci Database Collation: latin1_swedish_ci 1 row in set (0.00 sec) percona5 mysql> show events\G *************************** 1. row *************************** Db: test Name: e_min Definer: root@localhost Time zone: SYSTEM Type: RECURRING Execute at: NULL Interval value: 1 Interval field: MINUTE Starts: 2014-04-26 11:45:19 Ends: NULL Status: SLAVESIDE_DISABLED Originator: 0 character_set_client: latin1 collation_connection: latin1_swedish_ci Database Collation: latin1_swedish_ci 1 row in set (0.00 sec) percona2 mysql> select * from t1; +----+---------------------+--------+ | id | time | server | +----+---------------------+--------+ | 2 | 2014-04-26 11:53:19 | 1 | | 11 | 2014-04-26 11:54:19 | 1 | | 20 | 2014-04-26 11:55:19 | 1 | +----+---------------------+--------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec) [root@percona1 ~]# /etc/init.d/mysql stop Shutting down MySQL (Percona XtraDB Cluster)....... SUCCESS! [root@percona1 ~]# rm -fr /var/lib/mysql/* [root@percona1 ~]# /etc/init.d/mysql start Starting MySQL (Percona XtraDB Cluster).....SST in progress, setting sleep higher ... SUCCESS! [root@percona1 ~]# mysql test (...) percona1 mysql> show events; Empty set (0.00 sec) percona1 mysql> select * from information_schema.events; Empty set (0.00 sec) percona5 mysql> select * from information_schema.events\G *************************** 1. row *************************** EVENT_CATALOG: def EVENT_SCHEMA: test EVENT_NAME: e_min DEFINER: @ TIME_ZONE: SYSTEM EVENT_BODY: SQL EVENT_DEFINITION: INSERT INTO test.t1 values (null,now(),@@SERVER_ID) EVENT_TYPE: RECURRING EXECUTE_AT: NULL INTERVAL_VALUE: 1 INTERVAL_FIELD: MINUTE SQL_MODE: STARTS: 2014-04-26 11:45:19 ENDS: NULL STATUS: SLAVESIDE_DISABLED ON_COMPLETION: NOT PRESERVE CREATED: 2014-04-26 11:45:19 LAST_ALTERED: 2014-04-26 11:50:56 LAST_EXECUTED: NULL EVENT_COMMENT: ORIGINATOR: 1 CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT: latin1 COLLATION_CONNECTION: latin1_swedish_ci DATABASE_COLLATION: latin1_swedish_ci 1 row in set (0.00 sec)