# RedisJSON 2.8 release notes

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## Requirements

RedisJSON v2.8.19 requires:

- Minimum Redis compatibility version (database): 7.4
- Minimum Redis Enterprise Software version (cluster): 7.8

## v2.8.19 (April 2026):

> [!NOTE]
> Starting with Redis 8 in Redis Open Source, the JSON data structure is integral to Redis. You don't need to install this module separately.
>
> We no longer release standalone versions of RedisJSON.
>
> See https://github.com/redis/redis.

This is a maintenance release for RedisJSON 2.8.

Update urgency: `MODERATE`: Program an upgrade of the server, but it's not urgent.

Details:

- Bug fixes:
  - [#1554](https://github.com/redisjson/redisjson/pull/1554) Trailing chars are ignored (MOD-7266); Fixes [#976](https://github.com/redisjson/redisjson/pull/976).
  - [#1543](https://github.com/redisjson/redisjson/pull/1543) Wrong mutation ordering for array commands with recursive paths (MOD-6722).
  - [#1542](https://github.com/redisjson/redisjson/pull/1542) JSONPath evaluation issues (MOD-14664); Fixes [#968](https://github.com/redisjson/redisjson/pull/968) (MOD-7264), [#962](https://github.com/redisjson/redisjson/pull/962) (MOD-7272), [#963](https://github.com/redisjson/redisjson/pull/963) (MOD-7270), [#1089](https://github.com/redisjson/redisjson/pull/1089) (MOD-7268).

## v2.8.16 (November 2025)

This is a maintenance release for RedisJSON 2.8.

Update urgency: `LOW`: No need to upgrade unless there are new features you want to use.

Details:

Bug fixes:
- [#1446](https://github.com/redisjson/redisjson/pull/1446) Rare race condition in async flush (MOD-12014).

## v2.8.15 (October 2025)

This is a maintenance release for RedisJSON 2.8.

Update urgency: `LOW`: No need to upgrade unless there are new features you want to use.

Details:

Improvements:

- Added support for Rocky Linux 9 and RHEL9 ARM.

## v2.8.14 (September 2025)

This is a maintenance release for RedisJSON 2.8.

Update urgency: `MODERATE`: Program an upgrade of the server, but it's not urgent.

Details:

Bug fixes
- [#1374](https://github.com/redisjson/redisjson/pull/1374) - `JSON.DEL` doesn’t delete all matching object members / array elements (MOD-11032, MOD-11067).

## v2.8.9 (April 2025)

This is a maintenance release for RedisJSON 2.8.

Update urgency: `LOW`: No need to upgrade unless there are new features you want to use.

Details:

Bug fixes
- [#1329](https://github.com/redisjson/redisjson/pull/1329) Memory usage calculation: some allocations are counted twice (MOD-9169) 

Improvements:
- [#1335](https://github.com/redisjson/redisjson/pull/1335) Added support for Azure Linux 3 (MOD-9172)

## v2.8.8 (January 2025)

This is a maintenance release for RedisJSON 2.8

Update urgency: `LOW`: No need to upgrade unless there are new features you want to use.

Details:  

- Bug fixes:
  - [#1313](https://github.com/redisjson/redisjson/pull/1313) (Redis Enterprise A-A only) Potential crash on `JSON.DEBUG MEMORY` (MOD-8412)

- Improvements:
  - [#1262](https://github.com/redisjson/redisjson/pull/1262) Support active memory defragmentation (MOD-7888)
  - [#1308](https://github.com/redisjson/redisjson/pull/1308) Added support for Ubuntu 22 and macOS 13 and 14

## v2.8.4 (September 2024)

This is a maintenance release for RedisJSON 2.8

Update urgency: `MODERATE`: Program an upgrade of the server, but it's not urgent.

Details:

- Bug fixes:

  - [#1225](https://github.com/redisjson/redisjson/pull/1225) Crash on SET commands with recursive overlapping paths (MOD-7279)
  - HDT#261 (Redis Enterprise A-A only) Crash when a JSON contains an EOF character (MOD-7464)

## v2.8 GA (v2.8.3) (July 2024)

This is the General Availability release of RedisJSON 2.8

### Headlines:

RedisJSON 2.8 introduces bug fixes.

Details

- Bug fixes

  - [#1212](https://github.com/RedisJSON/RedisJSON/pull/1212) `JSON.MSET`- AOF commands are duplicated multiple times (MOD-7293)

> [!NOTE]
> - The version inside Redis will be 2.8.3 in semantic versioning. Since the version of a module in Redis is numeric, we could not add a GA flag.
> - Minimal Redis version: 7.4