The same happens with user management statements; On the same setup I did my initial testing: node1, with sql_log_bin=1: PXC: root@localhost ((none)) > show master status\G *************************** 1. row *************************** File: pxc1-bin.000006 Position: 1065 Binlog_Do_DB: Binlog_Ignore_DB: Executed_Gtid_Set: f1474806-8db4-ee18-6ad9-c0f4a40f068e:1-2 1 row in set (0.00 sec) PXC: root@localhost ((none)) > CREATE USER 'demo'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 's3kr3t'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec) PXC: root@localhost ((none)) > show master status\G *************************** 1. row *************************** File: pxc1-bin.000006 Position: 1318 Binlog_Do_DB: Binlog_Ignore_DB: Executed_Gtid_Set: f1474806-8db4-ee18-6ad9-c0f4a40f068e:1-3 1 row in set (0.00 sec) PXC: root@localhost ((none)) > SET sql_log_bin=0; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) PXC: root@localhost ((none)) > CREATE USER 'demo2'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 's3kr3t'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) PXC: root@localhost ((none)) > show master status\G *************************** 1. row *************************** File: pxc1-bin.000006 Position: 1318 Binlog_Do_DB: Binlog_Ignore_DB: Executed_Gtid_Set: f1474806-8db4-ee18-6ad9-c0f4a40f068e:1-3 1 row in set (0.00 sec) PXC: root@localhost ((none)) > DROP USER 'demo2'@'localhost' ; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) PXC: root@localhost ((none)) > show master status\G *************************** 1. row *************************** File: pxc1-bin.000006 Position: 1318 Binlog_Do_DB: Binlog_Ignore_DB: Executed_Gtid_Set: f1474806-8db4-ee18-6ad9-c0f4a40f068e:1-3 1 row in set (0.00 sec) PXC: root@localhost ((none)) > GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'demo'@'localhost'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec) PXC: root@localhost ((none)) > show master status\G *************************** 1. row *************************** File: pxc1-bin.000006 Position: 1318 Binlog_Do_DB: Binlog_Ignore_DB: Executed_Gtid_Set: f1474806-8db4-ee18-6ad9-c0f4a40f068e:1-3 1 row in set (0.00 sec) On node2 I ran SHOW MASTER STATUS after each command on node1: PXC: root@localhost ((none)) > show master status\G *************************** 1. row *************************** File: pxc2-bin.000002 Position: 863 Binlog_Do_DB: Binlog_Ignore_DB: Executed_Gtid_Set: f1474806-8db4-ee18-6ad9-c0f4a40f068e:1-3 1 row in set (0.00 sec) PXC: root@localhost ((none)) > show master status\G *************************** 1. row *************************** File: pxc2-bin.000002 Position: 1116 Binlog_Do_DB: Binlog_Ignore_DB: Executed_Gtid_Set: f1474806-8db4-ee18-6ad9-c0f4a40f068e:1-4 1 row in set (0.00 sec) PXC: root@localhost ((none)) > show master status\G *************************** 1. row *************************** File: pxc2-bin.000002 Position: 1370 Binlog_Do_DB: Binlog_Ignore_DB: Executed_Gtid_Set: f1474806-8db4-ee18-6ad9-c0f4a40f068e:1-5 1 row in set (0.00 sec) PXC: root@localhost ((none)) > show master status\G *************************** 1. row *************************** File: pxc2-bin.000002 Position: 1535 Binlog_Do_DB: Binlog_Ignore_DB: Executed_Gtid_Set: f1474806-8db4-ee18-6ad9-c0f4a40f068e:1-6 1 row in set (0.00 sec) PXC: root@localhost ((none)) > show master status\G *************************** 1. row *************************** File: pxc2-bin.000002 Position: 1755 Binlog_Do_DB: Binlog_Ignore_DB: Executed_Gtid_Set: f1474806-8db4-ee18-6ad9-c0f4a40f068e:1-7 1 row in set (0.00 sec)