v9.8.0

9.8.0 (2025-04-30)

🚀 Highlights

• Redis 8 Support: Full compatibility with Redis 8.0, including testing and CI integration
• Enhanced Hash Operations: Added support for new hash commands (HGETDEL, HGETEX, HSETEX) and HSTRLEN command
• Search Improvements: Enabled Search DIALECT 2 by default and added CountOnly argument for FT.Search

✨ New Features

• Added support for new hash commands: HGETDEL, HGETEX, HSETEX (#3305)
• Added HSTRLEN command for hash operations (#2843)
• Added Do method for raw query by single connection from pool.Conn() (#3182)
• Prevent false-positive marshaling by treating zero time.Time as empty in isEmptyValue (#3273)
• Added FailoverClusterClient support for Universal client (#2794)
• Added support for cluster mode with IsClusterMode config parameter (#3255)
• Added client name support in HELLO RESP handshake (#3294)
• Enabled Search DIALECT 2 by default (#3213)
• Added read-only option for failover configurations (#3281)
• Added CountOnly argument for FT.Search to use LIMIT 0 0 (#3338)
• Added DB option support in NewFailoverClusterClient (#3342)
• Added nil check for the options when creating a client (#3363)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed PubSub concurrency safety issues (#3360)
• Fixed panic caused when argument is nil (#3353)
• Improved error handling when fetching master node from sentinels (#3349)
• Fixed connection pool timeout issues and increased retries (#3298)
• Fixed context cancellation error leading to connection spikes on Primary instances (#3190)
• Fixed RedisCluster client to consider MASTERDOWN a retriable error (#3164)
• Fixed tracing to show complete commands instead of truncated versions (#3290)
• Fixed OpenTelemetry instrumentation to prevent multiple span reporting (#3168)
• Fixed FT.Search Limit argument and added CountOnly argument for limit 0 0 (#3338)
• Fixed missing command in interface (#3344)
• Fixed slot calculation for COUNTKEYSINSLOT command (#3327)
• Updated PubSub implementation with correct context (#3329)

📚 Documentation

• Added hash search examples (#3357)
• Fixed documentation comments (#3351)
• Added CountOnly search example (#3345)
• Added examples for list commands: LLEN, LPOP, LPUSH, LRANGE, RPOP, RPUSH (#3234)
• Added SADD and SMEMBERS command examples (#3242)
• Updated README.md to use Redis Discord guild (#3331)
• Updated HExpire command documentation (#3355)
• Featured OpenTelemetry instrumentation more prominently (#3316)
• Updated README.md with additional information (#310ce55)

⚡ Performance and Reliability

• Bound connection pool background dials to configured dial timeout (#3089)
• Ensured context isn't exhausted via concurrent query (#3334)

🔧 Dependencies and Infrastructure

• Updated testing image to Redis 8.0-RC2 (#3361)
• Enabled CI for Redis CE 8.0 (#3274)
• Updated various dependencies:
  • Bumped golangci/golangci-lint-action from 6.5.0 to 7.0.0 (#3354)
  • Bumped rojopolis/spellcheck-github-actions (#3336)
  • Bumped golang.org/x/net in example/otel (#3308)
• Migrated golangci-lint configuration to v2 format (#3354)

⚠️ Breaking Changes

• Enabled Search DIALECT 2 by default (#3213)
• Dropped RedisGears (Triggers and Functions) support (#3321)
• Dropped FT.PROFILE command that was never enabled (#3323)

🔒 Security

• Fixed network error handling on SETINFO (CVE-2025-29923) (#3295)

🧪 Testing

• Added integration tests for Redis 8 behavior changes in Redis Search (#3337)
• Added vector types INT8 and UINT8 tests (#3299)
• Added test codes for search_commands.go (#3285)
• Fixed example test sorting (#3292)

👥 Contributors

We would like to thank all the contributors who made this release possible:

@alexander-menshchikov, @EXPEbdodla, @afti, @dmaier-redislabs, @four_leaf_clover, @alohaglenn, @gh73962, @justinmir, @LINKIWI, @liushuangbill, @golang88, @gnpaone, @ndyakov, @nikolaydubina, @oleglacto, @andy-stark-redis, @rodneyosodo, @dependabot, @rfyiamcool, @frankxjkuang, @fukua95, @soleymani-milad, @ofekshenawa, @khasanovbi