# Changelog > :heart: [**Uptrace.dev** - distributed traces, logs, and errors in one place](https://uptrace.dev) ## v8 (unreleased) - Documentation at https://redis.uptrace.dev/ - All commands require `context.Context` as a first argument, e.g. `rdb.Ping(ctx)`. If you are not using `context.Context` yet, the simplest option is to define global package variable `var ctx = context.TODO()` and use it when `ctx` is required. - Added `redis.NewFailoverClusterClient` that supports routing read-only commands to a slave node. - Added `redisext.OpenTemetryHook` that adds [Redis OpenTelemetry instrumentation](https://redis.uptrace.dev/tracing/). - Redis slow log support. - Ring uses Rendezvous Hashing by default which provides better distribution. You need to move existing keys to a new location or keys will be inaccessible / lost. To use old hashing scheme: ```go import "github.com/golang/groupcache/consistenthash" ring := redis.NewRing(&redis.RingOptions{ NewConsistentHash: func() { return consistenthash.New(100, crc32.ChecksumIEEE) }, }) ``` - `ClusterOptions.MaxRedirects` default value is changed from 8 to 3. - `Options.MaxRetries` default value is changed from 0 to 3. - `Cluster.ForEachNode` is renamed to `ForEachShard` for consistency with `Ring`. ## v7.3 - New option `Options.Username` which causes client to use `AuthACL`. Be aware if your connection URL contains username. ## v7.2 - Existing `HMSet` is renamed to `HSet` and old deprecated `HMSet` is restored for Redis 3 users. ## v7.1 - Existing `Cmd.String` is renamed to `Cmd.Text`. New `Cmd.String` implements `fmt.Stringer` interface. ## v7 - _Important_. Tx.Pipeline now returns a non-transactional pipeline. Use Tx.TxPipeline for a transactional pipeline. - WrapProcess is replaced with more convenient AddHook that has access to context.Context. - WithContext now can not be used to create a shallow copy of the client. - New methods ProcessContext, DoContext, and ExecContext. - Client respects Context.Deadline when setting net.Conn deadline. - Client listens on Context.Done while waiting for a connection from the pool and returns an error when context context is cancelled. - Add PubSub.ChannelWithSubscriptions that sends `*Subscription` in addition to `*Message` to allow detecting reconnections. - `time.Time` is now marshalled in RFC3339 format. `rdb.Get("foo").Time()` helper is added to parse the time. - `SetLimiter` is removed and added `Options.Limiter` instead. - `HMSet` is deprecated as of Redis v4. ## v6.15 - Cluster and Ring pipelines process commands for each node in its own goroutine. ## 6.14 - Added Options.MinIdleConns. - Added Options.MaxConnAge. - PoolStats.FreeConns is renamed to PoolStats.IdleConns. - Add Client.Do to simplify creating custom commands. - Add Cmd.String, Cmd.Int, Cmd.Int64, Cmd.Uint64, Cmd.Float64, and Cmd.Bool helpers. - Lower memory usage. ## v6.13 - Ring got new options called `HashReplicas` and `Hash`. It is recommended to set `HashReplicas = 1000` for better keys distribution between shards. - Cluster client was optimized to use much less memory when reloading cluster state. - PubSub.ReceiveMessage is re-worked to not use ReceiveTimeout so it does not lose data when timeout occurres. In most cases it is recommended to use PubSub.Channel instead. - Dialer.KeepAlive is set to 5 minutes by default. ## v6.12 - ClusterClient got new option called `ClusterSlots` which allows to build cluster of normal Redis Servers that don't have cluster mode enabled. See https://godoc.org/github.com/go-redis/redis#example-NewClusterClient--ManualSetup