Confirming bug on 5.6 as well but slightly different outcome: On node1: mysql> show master status; +------------------+----------+--------------+------------------+------------------------------------------+ | File | Position | Binlog_Do_DB | Binlog_Ignore_DB | Executed_Gtid_Set | +------------------+----------+--------------+------------------+------------------------------------------+ | mysql-bin.000003 | 191 | | | 34408038-5c99-11e7-b402-00163e4de30b:1-4 | +------------------+----------+--------------+------------------+------------------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select @@sql_log_bin; +---------------+ | @@sql_log_bin | +---------------+ | 1 | +---------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select @@global.sql_log_bin; +----------------------+ | @@global.sql_log_bin | +----------------------+ | 1 | +----------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> set sql_log_bin=0; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec) mysql> use test; Reading table information for completion of table and column names You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A Database changed mysql> create table nobinlog (id int primary key auto_increment not null, s varchar(10)) engine=innodb; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec) mysql> show master status; +------------------+----------+--------------+------------------+------------------------------------------+ | File | Position | Binlog_Do_DB | Binlog_Ignore_DB | Executed_Gtid_Set | +------------------+----------+--------------+------------------+------------------------------------------+ | mysql-bin.000003 | 191 | | | 34408038-5c99-11e7-b402-00163e4de30b:1-4 | +------------------+----------+--------------+------------------+------------------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) One node2: before create table: mysql> show master status; +------------------+----------+--------------+------------------+------------------------------------------+ | File | Position | Binlog_Do_DB | Binlog_Ignore_DB | Executed_Gtid_Set | +------------------+----------+--------------+------------------+------------------------------------------+ | mysql-bin.000004 | 191 | | | 34408038-5c99-11e7-b402-00163e4de30b:1-4 | +------------------+----------+--------------+------------------+------------------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) after create table: mysql> show master status; +------------------+----------+--------------+------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | File | Position | Binlog_Do_DB | Binlog_Ignore_DB | Executed_Gtid_Set | +------------------+----------+--------------+------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | mysql-bin.000004 | 408 | | | 34408038-5c99-11e7-b402-00163e4de30b:1-4, 4dd1edef-ba4b-ee18-54a6-350f9802ffe9:1 | +------------------+----------+--------------+------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) See the extra GTID on node2 after the CREATE.