gh-ost hangs if global variable autcommit is OFF

[renecannao]

If global variable autocommit is OFF , gh-ost makes no progress after it creates the tables, and hangs forever.
Here is an example:

2017-08-30 10:17:56 INFO will use time_zone='SYSTEM' on applier
2017-08-30 10:17:56 INFO Examining table structure on applier
2017-08-30 10:17:56 INFO Applier initiated on mtdtbtest01:3306, version 5.6.36-82.1-log
2017-08-30 10:17:56 INFO Droppping table `schemaname`.`_table_tx_gho`
2017-08-30 10:17:56 INFO Table dropped
2017-08-30 10:17:56 INFO Droppping table `schemaname`.`_table_tx_ghc`
2017-08-30 10:17:56 INFO Table dropped
2017-08-30 10:17:56 INFO Creating changelog table `schemaname`.`_table_tx_ghc`
2017-08-30 10:17:56 INFO Changelog table created
2017-08-30 10:17:56 INFO Creating ghost table `schemaname`.`_table_tx_gho`
2017-08-30 10:17:56 INFO Ghost table created
2017-08-30 10:17:56 INFO Altering ghost table `schemaname`.`_table_tx_gho`
2017-08-30 10:17:56 INFO Ghost table altered
2017-08-30 10:17:56 INFO Waiting for ghost table to be migrated. Current lag is 0s

[shlomi-noach]

Thank you!
Solution will be to add &autocommit=true to the connection string on applier connection (and preferably also on the inspector connection)