# Rally 2.9.0

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-2-9-0/341563>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [August 24, 2023, 10:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-2-9-0/341563 "2023-08-24T10:12:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quentin\_Pradet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/quentin_pradet/32/94192_2.png) [@Quentin\_Pradet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Quentin_Pradet)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 10:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-2-9-0/341563/1 "2023-08-24T10:12:50Z")

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Rally 2.9.0 has just been released. The new release brings improved support for the upcoming Elasticsearch Serverless offering.

#### Highlights

- [#1760](https://github.com/elastic/rally/pull/1760): Exclude tasks based on serverless status
- [#1750](https://github.com/elastic/rally/pull/1750) (Breaking): Inject build\_flavor in track templates

#### Enhancements

- [#1756](https://github.com/elastic/rally/pull/1756): Retrieve serverless build hash from nodes info API
- [#1755](https://github.com/elastic/rally/pull/1755): Add blob-store-stats telemetry device and tests
- [#1743](https://github.com/elastic/rally/pull/1743): Bulk action refresh param

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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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 10:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-2-9-0/341563/2 "2023-09-07T10:13:14Z")

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