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description: Feature release including enhancements, bug fixes, platform updates, and support for Redis Software 7.8.6-13
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linkTitle: 7.8.6-1 (March 2025)
title: Redis Enterprise for Kubernetes 7.8.6-1 (March 2025) release notes
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## New in the release

Redis Enterprise for Kubernetes 7.8.6-1 is a feature release that includes enhancements, bug fixes, platform updates, and support for [Redis Software 7.8.6-13]({{<relref "/operate/rs/release-notes/rs-7-8-releases/rs-7-8-6-13.md">}}).

This release also includes the ability to [install the operator using Helm]({{< relref "/operate/kubernetes/deployment/helm" >}}).

Support for Helm is currently in public preview and is not supported on production workloads. Only new installations of the Redis operator are supported at this time.

### Enhancements

- Added support for [Redis Software 7.8.6-13]({{<relref "/operate/rs/release-notes/rs-7-8-releases/rs-7-8-6-13.md">}}).
- Updated supported Kubernetes distributions
- DatabaseServicePortPolicy allows use of the default Redis port (6379) for database services.
- Added additional license fields to the REC status.
- Added validation to prevent unsupported changes to podDisruptionBudget.

### Resolved issues

- Fixed Sonarcube findings in the log collector (RED-129297).
- Fixed upgrade failure due to update of the nodeSelector during the upgrade (RED-138445).
- Fixed issues with Vault plugin connections to Redis Enterprise (RED-139352 RED-144637).
- Fixed operator crash when a namespace is labeled with a specific label (RED-140344).
- Fixed failure in Services Rigger when a database uses port 10250 (RED-142673).
- Reduced CPU priority of the health_check.py script to ensure availability (RED-144360).
- Fixed broken use case for customizing the Active-Active port. (RED-149374).
- Fixed API reference for REDB properties (RED-151195).
- Fixed operator CVE-2024-24786 (RED-151873).
- Fixed wrong image tag for OpenShift example YAML (RED-152022).

### API changes

| **CRD** | **Field** | **Change** | **Description** |
|---|---|---|---|
| REAADB | `spec.externalReplicationPort` | ADD | Specifies the replication endpoint port number for users who use LoadBalancers to synchronize Active-Active replicas and must provide the port that the LoadBalancer listens on. |
| REC | `status.shardsUsage` | ADD | Total number of shards (both RAM and flash) currently in use under this license. |
| REC | `status.flashShards` | ADD | Number of flash shards currently in use under this license. |
| REC | `status.flashShardsLimit` | ADD | Number of flash shards allowed under this license. |
| REC | `status.ramShards` | ADD | Number of RAM shards currently in use under this license. |
| REC | `status.ramShardsLimit` | ADD | Number of RAM shards allowed under this license. |
| REC | `spec.podSecurityPolicyName` | REMOVE | Not supported anymore by supported Kubernetes versions. |
| REC | `spec.databaseServicePortPolicy` | ADD | Specifies how to determine service ports for REDB services. Defaults to DatabasePortForward if not set. DatabasePortForward - The service port will be the same as the database port. RedisDefaultPort - The service port will be the default Redis port (6379).

## Breaking changes

Customers who use load balancers for Active-Active replication endpoints and rely on the change introduced in RED-113626 (or the workaround described in the ticket) must set the spec.externalReplicationPort field in REAADB after upgrading. Otherwise, replication will fail (RED-149374).

## Supported distributions

The following table shows supported distributions at the time of this release. You can also find this list in [Supported Kubernetes distributions]({{< relref "/operate/kubernetes/reference/supported_k8s_distributions" >}}).

<span title="Check mark icon">&#x2705;</span> Supported – This distribution is supported for this version of Redis Enterprise Software for Kubernetes.

<span title="Deprecation warning" class="font-serif">:warning:</span> Deprecated – This distribution is still supported for this version of Redis Enterprise Software for Kubernetes, but support will be removed in a future release.

<span title="X icon">&#x274c;</span> End of life – Support for this distribution ended.

Any distribution not listed below is not supported for production workloads.

| Kubernetes version | **1.26** | **1.27** | **1.28** | **1.29** | **1.30** | **1.31** | **1.32** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| **Community K8s** |  |  | <span title="X icon">&#x274c;</span> | <span title="X icon">&#x274c;</span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705;</span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705;</span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705;</span> |
| **Amazon EKS** |  |  | <span title="X icon">&#x274c;</span> | <span title="Deprecation warning" class="font-serif">:warning:</span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705;</span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705;</span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705;</span> |
| **Azure AKS** |  |  | <span title="X icon">&#x274c;</span> | <span title="Deprecation warning" class="font-serif">:warning:</span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705;</span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705;</span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705;</span> |
| **Google GKE** |  |  | <span title="X icon">&#x274c;</span> | <span title="Deprecation warning" class="font-serif">:warning:</span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705;</span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705;</span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705;</span> |
| **Rancher** |  | <span title="Supported">&#x2705;</span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705;</span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705;</span> |  |  |  |
| **VMware TKG 2.4** | <span title="Deprecation warning" class="font-serif">:warning:</span> | <span title="Deprecation warning" class="font-serif">:warning:</span> |  |  |  |  |  |
| **OpenShift** | **4.13** | **4.14** | **4.15** | **4.16** | **4.17** | **4.18** |  |
|  | <span title="Deprecation warning" class="font-serif">:warning:</span> | <span title="Deprecation warning" class="font-serif">:warning:</span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705;</span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705;</span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705;</span> |  |  |
| **VMware TKGI** | **1.16 | **1.17 | **1.18 | **1.19 | **1.2 |  |  |
|  |  | <span title="Deprecation warning" class="font-serif">:warning:</span> | <span title="Deprecation warning" class="font-serif">:warning:</span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705;</span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705;</span> |  |  |


## Downloads

- **Redis Enterprise**: `redislabs/operator:7.8.6-13`
- **Operator**: `redislabs/redis:7.8.6-1`
- **Services Rigger**: `redislabs/k8s-controller:7.8.6-1`
- **OLM operator bundle** : `v7.8.6-1.0`

## Known limitations

See [7.8.6 releases]({{< relref "/operate/kubernetes/release-notes/7-8-6-releases/" >}}) for information on known limitations.