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+@title = 'LEAP Platform 0.8.1 Release'
+@author = 'sysdevs'
+@posted_at = '2016-06-16'
+@more = true
+@preview_image = '/img/pages/eight.jpg'
+
+Today we release the Platform 0.8.1, a minor release to fix some issues that came up from the previous major (0.8.0) release. This release has only a few, but important, changes. By design it does not contain any new features. Please see below for requirements and details for upgrading.
+
+UPGRADING: It is tricky to upgrade the OS and migrate the database. Please follow our [[upgrade tutorial => upgrade-0-8]].
+
+WARNING: failure to migrate data from BigCouch to CouchDB will cause all user accounts to get destroyed.
+
+Changes:
+
+* Disabling unnecessary Trace functionality in the webserver
+* Fixing opendkim socket location and availability
+* Making stunnel more robust to failures on deploy
+* Ensuring that bundler is run when needed for static sites
+* Fix a typo that kept common.ENV.json from being loaded
+* Remove a clamav configuration option that was obsolete 
+* Ensure soledad has access to x509 variables
+* Disable puppet-agent daemon from running
+* Reduce check-mk timeouts
+
+Compatibility:
+
+* Now, soledad and couchdb must be on the same node.
+* Requires Debian Jessie. Wheezy is no longer supported.
+* Requires CouchDB, BigCouch is no longer supported.
+* Requires leap_cli version 1.8
+* Requires bitmask client version >= 0.9
+* Includes:
+  * leap_mx 0.8
+  * webapp 0.8
+  * soledad 0.8
+
+
+Links:
+
+* Commits: https://leap.se/git/leap_platform.git/shortlog/refs/tags/0.8.1
+* Issues fixed: https://leap.se/code/versions/209