Symlinks are Unsafe since MySQL 8.0.39 (and maybe even before)

You read this right, symbolic links (symlinks) are unsafe in MySQL since at least 8.0.39. As always, it is a little more complicated than that, but if you are using symbolic links and in certain conditions, you risk a crash. I think it is important to raise awareness on this, hence this post. My attention was brought to this via the now private Bug #120156: MySQL 8.0.39/8.0.42