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+name: SQLAlchemy compat test
+
+on:
+  push:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Start MySQL
+        run: |
+          sudo systemctl start mysql.service
+          mysql -uroot -proot -e "CREATE USER 'scott'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'tiger'; CREATE DATABASE test_schema CHARSET utf8mb4; GRANT ALL ON test_schema.* TO scott;"
+
+      - uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/pip
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-sqla-pip-1
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-sqla-pip-
+
+      - name: Set up Python 3.10
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 2
+
+      - name: Install mysqlclient
+        env:
+          PIP_NO_PYTHON_VERSION_WARNING: 1
+          PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK: 1
+        run: |
+          pip install -U pytest pytest-cov
+          python setup.py develop
+
+      - name: Run SQLAlchemy test
+        run: |
+          wget https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/69/2b/f0ee898c3270d965300ec30b0bf06e062c4cc92f35d17ae6046f429c5067/SQLAlchemy-1.4.25.tar.gz
+          tar xf SQLAlchemy-1.4.25.tar.gz
+          cd SQLAlchemy-1.4.25
+          pip install .
+          pytest --dburi=mysql://scott:tiger@127.0.0.1:3306/test?charset=utf8mb4 test/