The performance_schema.replication_group_members table is used for monitoring the status of the different server instances that are members of the group. The information in the table is updated whenever there is a view change, for example when the configuration of the group is dynamically changed when a new member joins. At that point, servers exchange some of their metadata to synchronize themselves and continue to cooperate together. The information is shared between all the server instances that are members of the replication group, so information on all the group members can be queried from any member. This table can be used to get a high level view of the state of a replication group, for example by issuing:

SELECT * FROM performance_schema.replication_group_members;
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-------------+----------------+----------------------------+
| CHANNEL_NAME              | MEMBER_ID                            | MEMBER_HOST | MEMBER_PORT | MEMBER_STATE | MEMBER_ROLE | MEMBER_VERSION | MEMBER_COMMUNICATION_STACK |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-------------+----------------+----------------------------+
| group_replication_applier | d391e9ee-2691-11ec-bf61-00059a3c7a00 | example1    |        4410 | ONLINE       | PRIMARY     | 8.3.0         | XCom                       |
| group_replication_applier | e059ce5c-2691-11ec-8632-00059a3c7a00 | example2    |        4420 | ONLINE       | SECONDARY   | 8.3.0         | XCom                       |
| group_replication_applier | ecd9ad06-2691-11ec-91c7-00059a3c7a00 | example3    |        4430 | ONLINE       | SECONDARY   | 8.3.0         | XCom                       |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------+-------------+----------------+----------------------------+
3 rows in set (0.0007 sec)

Based on this result we can see that the group consists of three members. Shown in the table is each member's server_uuid, as well as the member's host name and port number, which clients use to connect to it. The MEMBER_STATE column shows one of the Section 20.4.2, “Group Replication Server States”, in this case it shows that all three members in this group are ONLINE, and the MEMBER_ROLE column shows that there are two secondaries, and a single primary. Therefore this group must be running in single-primary mode. The MEMBER_VERSION column can be useful when you are upgrading a group and are combining members running different MySQL versions. The MEMBER_COMMUNICATION_STACK column shows the communication stack used for the group.

For more information about the MEMBER_HOST value and its impact on the distributed recovery process, see Section 20.2.1.3, “User Credentials For Distributed Recovery”.