# \[RELEASE\] ScyllaDB 5.2.8

**URL:** https://forum.scylladb.com/t/release-scylladb-5-2-8/845
**Category:** Release Notes
**Tags:** open-source, open-source-release, open-source-5-2
**Created:** [September 13, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/release-scylladb-5-2-8/845 "2023-09-13T17:29:22Z")
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#### Post date: [September 13, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/release-scylladb-5-2-8/845/1 "2023-09-13T17:29:22Z")

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The ScyllaDB team announces ScyllaDB Open Source 5.2.8, a bugfix release of the ScyllaDB [5.2](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/release-scylla-5-2-0-release-part-1/519) stable branch. ScyllaDB Open Source 5.2.8, like all past and future 5.x.y releases, is backward compatible and supports [rolling upgrades](https://docs.scylladb.com/upgrade/upgrade-opensource/upgrade-guide-from-5.x.y-to-5.x.z/).

Users are encouraged to upgrade to 5.2.8.

Related links:

- [ScyllaDB Open Source 5.2](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/release-scylla-5-2-0-release-part-1/519)
- [Get ScyllaDB Open Source](https://www.scylladb.com/download/open-source/) - AWS AMI, GCP Docker, binary packages and unified installer
- [ScyllaDB Web Installer for Linux](https://docs.scylladb.com/stable/getting-started/install-scylla/scylla-web-installer.html) (all releases)
- [Upgrade from ScyllaDB Open Source 5.x.y to Scylla Open Source 5.x.z](https://docs.scylladb.com/upgrade/upgrade-opensource/upgrade-guide-from-5.x.y-to-5.x.z/)
- [Upgrade from ScyllaDB Open Source 5.1.x to 5.2.y](https://docs.scylladb.com/stable/upgrade/upgrade-opensource/upgrade-guide-from-5.1-to-5.2/index.html)
- Please[let us know](https://github.com/scylladb/scylla/issues) if you encounter an issue.

Issue fixed in this release:

- Init: scylla\_raid\_setup: --online-discard option always enables ‘discard’ [#14963](https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb/issues/14963)
- Nodetool: [nodetool stop RESHAPE](https://enterprise.docs.scylladb.com/branch-2022.2/operating-scylla/nodetool-commands/stop.html) stops individual task, but doesn’t abort the whole operation [#15058](https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb/issues/15058)
- Stability: When removing a service level, the node might stop applying workload prioritization changes, like CREATE/DROP/ALTER SERVICE\_LEVEL, until it restarts. [#15198](https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb/issues/15198)
- Stability: Scylla should skip mode validation of snapshot files [#12010](https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb/issues/12010)
- Stability: Scylla should skip mode validation of snapshot files [#12010](https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb/issues/12010)
- UX: Handle TLS version of broken pipe same as “normal”, making the error message less scary. [#14625](https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb/issues/14625)
- UX: Warning message does not includes enough details: capped tombstone local\_deletion\_time warning does not indicate the respective sstable [#15015](https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb/issues/15015)