# Rally 2.8.0

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-2-8-0/335769>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [June 12, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-2-8-0/335769 "2023-06-12T12:11:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-2-8-0/335769/1 "2023-06-12T12:11:32Z")

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Rally 2.8.0 has just been released. The new release brings support for **Python 3.11**.

#### Highlights

- [#1683](https://github.com/elastic/rally/pull/1683): Upgrade Elasticsearch client to 8.6.1

- [#1669](https://github.com/elastic/rally/pull/1669): Upgrade ES Client to 8.x

#### Enhancements

- [#1727](https://github.com/elastic/rally/pull/1727): Allow configuring logging to use local time

- [#1707](https://github.com/elastic/rally/pull/1707): Evenly distribute client connections across hosts

- [#1706](https://github.com/elastic/rally/pull/1706): Allow specifying branch together with timestamp in revision

- [#1702](https://github.com/elastic/rally/pull/1702): Include 'refresh' and 'flush' stats by default when using 'node-stats-include-indices'

- [#1663](https://github.com/elastic/rally/pull/1663): Add operating system cgroup stats to node-stats telemetry

For the full list of changes please see the [changelog](https://github.com/elastic/rally/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md).

### Quickstart

Please follow the [quickstart](https://esrally.readthedocs.io/en/stable/quickstart.html) for a first-time install.

### Questions and Feedback

If you have questions or feedback, please post in the [Rally forum](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags/c/elastic-stack/elasticsearch/rally).

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**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-2-8-0/335769/2 "2023-06-26T12:11:42Z")

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