MySQL 9.5 Reference Manual Including MySQL NDB Cluster 9.5
      The OPTIMIZER_TRACE table provides
      information produced by the optimizer tracing capability for
      traced statements. To enable tracking, use the
      optimizer_trace system variable.
      For details, see Section 10.15, “Tracing the Optimizer”.
    
      The OPTIMIZER_TRACE table has these
      columns:
    
          QUERY
        
The text of the traced statement.
          TRACE
        
          The trace, in JSON format.
        
          MISSING_BYTES_BEYOND_MAX_MEM_SIZE
        
          Each remembered trace is a string that is extended as
          optimization progresses and appends data to it. The
          optimizer_trace_max_mem_size
          variable sets a limit on the total amount of memory used by
          all currently remembered traces. If this limit is reached, the
          current trace is not extended (and thus is incomplete), and
          the MISSING_BYTES_BEYOND_MAX_MEM_SIZE
          column shows the number of bytes missing from the trace.
        
          INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGES
        
          If a traced query uses views or stored routines that have
          SQL SECURITY with a value of
          DEFINER, it may be that a user other than
          the definer is denied from seeing the trace of the query. In
          that case, the trace is shown as empty and
          INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGES has a value of 1.
          Otherwise, the value is 0.