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| 1 | 1 | # Release Notes | 
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|  | 3 | +# 9.9.0 (2024-03-21) | 
|  | 4 | + | 
|  | 5 | +## 🚀 Highlights | 
|  | 6 | +- **Token-based Authentication**: Added `StreamingCredentialsProvider` for dynamic credential updates (experimental) | 
|  | 7 | +  - Can be used with [go-redis-entraid](https://github.com/redis/go-redis-entraid) for Azure AD authentication | 
|  | 8 | +- **Connection Statistics**: Added connection waiting statistics for better monitoring | 
|  | 9 | +- **Failover Improvements**: Added `ParseFailoverURL` for easier failover configuration | 
|  | 10 | +- **Ring Client Enhancements**: Added shard access methods for better Pub/Sub management | 
|  | 11 | + | 
|  | 12 | +## ✨ New Features | 
|  | 13 | +- Added `StreamingCredentialsProvider` for token-based authentication ([#3320](https://github.com/redis/go-redis/pull/3320)) | 
|  | 14 | +  - Supports dynamic credential updates | 
|  | 15 | +  - Includes connection close hooks | 
|  | 16 | +  - Note: Currently marked as experimental | 
|  | 17 | +- Added `ParseFailoverURL` for parsing failover URLs ([#3362](https://github.com/redis/go-redis/pull/3362)) | 
|  | 18 | +- Added connection waiting statistics ([#2804](https://github.com/redis/go-redis/pull/2804)) | 
|  | 19 | +- Added new utility functions: | 
|  | 20 | +  - `ParseFloat` and `MustParseFloat` in public utils package ([#3371](https://github.com/redis/go-redis/pull/3371)) | 
|  | 21 | +  - Unit tests for `Atoi`, `ParseInt`, `ParseUint`, and `ParseFloat` ([#3377](https://github.com/redis/go-redis/pull/3377)) | 
|  | 22 | +- Added Ring client shard access methods: | 
|  | 23 | +  - `GetShardClients()` to retrieve all active shard clients | 
|  | 24 | +  - `GetShardClientForKey(key string)` to get the shard client for a specific key ([#3388](https://github.com/redis/go-redis/pull/3388)) | 
|  | 25 | + | 
|  | 26 | +## 🐛 Bug Fixes | 
|  | 27 | +- Fixed routing reads to loading slave nodes ([#3370](https://github.com/redis/go-redis/pull/3370)) | 
|  | 28 | +- Added support for nil lag in XINFO GROUPS ([#3369](https://github.com/redis/go-redis/pull/3369)) | 
|  | 29 | +- Fixed pool acquisition timeout issues ([#3381](https://github.com/redis/go-redis/pull/3381)) | 
|  | 30 | +- Optimized unnecessary copy operations ([#3376](https://github.com/redis/go-redis/pull/3376)) | 
|  | 31 | + | 
|  | 32 | +## 📚 Documentation | 
|  | 33 | +- Updated documentation for XINFO GROUPS with nil lag support ([#3369](https://github.com/redis/go-redis/pull/3369)) | 
|  | 34 | +- Added package-level comments for new features | 
|  | 35 | + | 
|  | 36 | +## ⚡ Performance and Reliability | 
|  | 37 | +- Optimized `ReplaceSpaces` function ([#3383](https://github.com/redis/go-redis/pull/3383)) | 
|  | 38 | +- Set default value for `Options.Protocol` in `init()` ([#3387](https://github.com/redis/go-redis/pull/3387)) | 
|  | 39 | +- Exported pool errors for public consumption ([#3380](https://github.com/redis/go-redis/pull/3380)) | 
|  | 40 | + | 
|  | 41 | +## 🔧 Dependencies and Infrastructure | 
|  | 42 | +- Updated Redis CI to version 8.0.1 ([#3372](https://github.com/redis/go-redis/pull/3372)) | 
|  | 43 | +- Updated spellcheck GitHub Actions ([#3389](https://github.com/redis/go-redis/pull/3389)) | 
|  | 44 | +- Removed unused parameters ([#3382](https://github.com/redis/go-redis/pull/3382), [#3384](https://github.com/redis/go-redis/pull/3384)) | 
|  | 45 | + | 
|  | 46 | +## 🧪 Testing | 
|  | 47 | +- Added unit tests for pool acquisition timeout ([#3381](https://github.com/redis/go-redis/pull/3381)) | 
|  | 48 | +- Added unit tests for utility functions ([#3377](https://github.com/redis/go-redis/pull/3377)) | 
|  | 49 | + | 
|  | 50 | +## 👥 Contributors | 
|  | 51 | + | 
|  | 52 | +We would like to thank all the contributors who made this release possible: | 
|  | 53 | + | 
|  | 54 | +[@ndyakov](https://github.com/ndyakov), [@ofekshenawa](https://github.com/ofekshenawa), [@LINKIWI](https://github.com/LINKIWI), [@iamamirsalehi](https://github.com/iamamirsalehi), [@fukua95](https://github.com/fukua95), [@lzakharov](https://github.com/lzakharov), [@DengY11](https://github.com/DengY11) | 
|  | 55 | + | 
|  | 56 | +## 📝 Changelog | 
|  | 57 | + | 
|  | 58 | +For a complete list of changes, see the [full changelog](https://github.com/redis/go-redis/compare/v9.8.0...v9.9.0). | 
|  | 59 | + | 
| 3 | 60 | # 9.8.0 (2025-04-30) | 
| 4 | 61 | 
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| 5 | 62 | ## 🚀 Highlights | 
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