v9.8.0-beta.1

Changes

Overview

This is a beta release with support for Redis 8

Important

This release introduces a client-side default dialect for Redis’ search and query capabilities. By default, the client now overrides the server-side dialect with version 2, automatically appending DIALECT 2 to commands like FT.AGGREGATE and FT.SEARCH.

Important: Be aware that the query dialect may impact the results returned. If needed, you can revert to a different dialect version by passing the desired dialect in the arguments of the command you want to execute.
For example:

	res2, err := rdb.FTSearchWithArgs(ctx,
		"idx:bicycle",
		"@pickup_zone:[CONTAINS $bike]",
		&redis.FTSearchOptions{
			Params: map[string]interface{}{
				"bike": "POINT(-0.1278 51.5074)",
			},
			DialectVersion: 3,
		},
	).Result()

You can find further details in the query dialect documentation.

🚀 New Features

• Support TimeSeries commands with RESP 2 protocol (#3184)
• Support Probabilistic commands with RESP 2 protocol (#3176)
• Support JSON with RESP 2 protocol (#3146)
• Support new hash commands: HGETDEL, HGETEX, HSETEX #3305
• Add FailoverClusterClient support for Universal client #2794
• Add vector types INT8 and UINT8 #3299
• Do method for raw query by single conn from pool.Conn() #3182
• Recognize byte slice for key argument in cluster client hash slot computation #3049
• Add skip_verify param #3216

🛠️ Improvements

• Remove direct read from TLS underlying conn #3138
• Eliminate redundant dial mutex causing unbounded connection queue contention #3088
• Only check latencies once every 10 seconds with routeByLatency #2795
• SortByWithCount FTSearchOptions fix #3201
• feat(command): add ACL commands, validate module categories exist #3262
• fix(aggregate, search): ft.aggregate bugfixes #3263
• feat: add unstableresp3 to cluster client #3266
• fix: flaky ClientKillByFilter test #3268
• test: add test for INFO in RCE 8 #3269
• test(redisotel): add tracing hook tests #3270
• Reinstate read-only lock on hooks access in dialHook to fix data race #3225
• fix(search): if ft.aggregate use limit when limitoffset is zero #3275
• fix(search&aggregate):fix error overwrite and typo #3224
• move regexp.MustCompile close to call #3280
• fix: nil pointer dereferencing in writeArg #3271
• fix: race slice for list function of ring client #2931
• feat: support Elasticache cluster mode by setting IsClusterMode in config #3255
• fix(redisotel): fix the situation of reporting spans multiple times #3168
• feat: add hstrlen command for hash #2843
• fix: Fixed issue with context cancelled error leading to connection spikes on Primary instances #3190
• add readOnly on failover opts #3281
• Enable dialect 2 on default #3213
• Set client name in HELLO handshake during connection initialization #3294
• fix: connection pool timeout, increase retries #3298
• fix(redisotel): Show Whole Command on Tracing #3290
• fix: handle network error on SETINFO #3295
• Make MASTERDOWN a retriable error in RedisCluster client #3164
• Bound connection pool background dials to configured dial timeout #3089
• fix(command): add missing io-thread key in client info #3244
• Fix race condition in clusterNodes.Addrs() #3219

🧰 Maintenance

• Improved test coverage & testing infrastructure (#3191, #3233, #3247, #3258, #3279, #3285, #3274, #3304)
• Improving documentation (#3177, #3226)
• Examples for improving official documentation (#3116, #3117, #3118, #3125, #3119, #3126, #3140, #3141, #3142, #3143, #3132, #3128, #3183, #3202, #3229, #3241, #3235, #3240, #3260, #3256, #3257, #3251, #3259, #3252, #3292, #3242)

🗑️ Removed

• chore: drop RedisGears (aka. Triggers and Functions) #3321

Contributors

We'd like to thank all the contributors who worked on this release!

@ndyakov, @a-menshchikov, @rfyiamcool, @rentziass, @LINKIWI, @justinmir, @alingse, @EXPEbdodla, @Cgol9, @aliforever, @flc1125, @monkey92t, @jouir, @smilad, @Oleglacto, @reeshijoshi, @bitsark, @shawnwgit, @ofekshenawa,
@vladvildanov, @zhuhaicity, @tomfrombayesians

@monkey92t helped a ton with PR reviews, especially related to redisotel

New Contributors

• @justinmir made their first contribution in #2795
• @Cgol9 made their first contribution in #3201
• @shawnwgit made their first contribution in #3219
• @zhuhaicity made their first contribution in #3226
• @jouir made their first contribution in #3216
• @flc1125 made their first contribution in #3270
• @bitsark made their first contribution in #3224
• @alingse made their first contribution in #3280
• @aliforever made their first contribution in #3271
• @tomfrombayesians made their first contribution in #3285
• @reeshijoshi made their first contribution in #3255
• @EXPEbdodla made their first contribution in #3190
• @smilad made their first contribution in #3281
• @rodneyosodo made their first contribution in #3290
• @a-menshchikov made their first contribution in #2794
• @Oleglacto made their first contribution in #3182

Full Changelog: v9.7.3...v9.8.0-beta.1