Valkey 8.0 GA Release Notes

Signed-off-by: Ping Xie <pingxie@google.com>

00-RELEASENOTES

@@ -9,6 +9,45 @@ CRITICAL: There is a critical bug affecting MOST USERS. Upgrade ASAP.
 SECURITY: There are security fixes in the release.
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+================================================================================
+Valkey 8.0.0 GA  -  Released Sun 15 Sep 2024
+================================================================================
+Upgrade urgency LOW: This is the first release of Valkey 8.0, which includes
+generally includes stability and performance improvements over the second release
+candidate. This release is fully compatible with Redis OSS 7.2.4.
+
+Logging and Tooling Improvements
+================================
+* Added full client info to SHUTDOWN and CLUSTER FAILOVER logs for better traceability
+  of requests. (#875)
+
+Bug fixes
+=========
+* Resolved issues in replicationSetPrimary where the primary node's IP/port updates were
+  not correctly handled in the cluster gossip section. (#965)
+* Fixed AOF base suffix during rewrites when modifying the aof-use-rdb-preamble setting,
+  ensuring correct suffix caching to prevent inconsistencies. (#886)
+* Addressed rare crashes in async IO threads with TLS by preventing concurrent read and
+  write job overlap. (#1011)
+* Prevented AOF from being incorrectly disabled after loading RDB data, ensuring proper
+  re-enabling of AOF. (#1001)
+* Triggered a save of the cluster configuration file before shutdown to prevent
+  inconsistencies caused by unsaved node configuration changes. (#822)
+* Fixed timing issue in CLUSTER SETSLOT to ensure replicas handle migration correctly
+  when receiving the command before the gossip update. (#981)
+
+Performance
+===========
+* Optimized the handling of temporary set objects in SUNION and SDIFF commands, resulting
+  in a 41% performance improvement for SUNION and 27% for SDIFF. (#996)
+* Improved per-slot dictionary performance by checking for cluster mode earlier, reducing
+  overhead in high-pipeline workloads. (#995)
+
+Behavior Changes
+================
+* Replicas now flush old data before loading the RDB file during disk-based replication,
+  preventing partial data loss and ensuring a clean data load. (#926)
+
 ================================================================================
 Valkey 8.0.0 RC2  -  Released Tue 2 Sep 2024
 ================================================================================

src/version.h

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
  * similar. */
 #define SERVER_NAME "valkey"
 #define SERVER_TITLE "Valkey"
-#define VALKEY_VERSION "7.9.240"
-#define VALKEY_VERSION_NUM 0x000709f0
+#define VALKEY_VERSION "8.0.0"
+#define VALKEY_VERSION_NUM 0x00080000
 
 /* Redis OSS compatibility version, should never
  * exceed 7.2.x. */