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title: "Aerospike Database 8.0.0.3 Release Notes"
description: "Release notes for Aerospike Database 8.0.0.3, including bug fixes and improvements for KVS and XDR."
---

# Aerospike Database 8.0.0.3 Release Notes

> For the complete documentation index see: [llms.txt](https://aerospike.com/docs/llms.txt)
> 
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February 14, 2025  |  **[Download](https://aerospike.com/download/)**

## Bug fixes

### AER-6794

(KVS) For [`strong-consistency`](https://aerospike.com/docs/database/reference/config#namespace__strong-consistency) namespaces with [`replication-factor`](https://aerospike.com/docs/database/reference/config#namespace__replication-factor) 3 or more, a replica write that spans two or more rebalances may succeed without being visible to a duplicate resolution.

Editions affected: Enterprise & Federal Only

## Improvements

### AER-6795

(XDR) Improved XDR retry throttling to be based only on downstream errors.

Editions affected: Enterprise & Federal Only

### AER-6797

(KVS) If an [`smd_evict_void_time`](https://aerospike.com/docs/database/reference/metrics#namespace__smd_evict_void_time) is in the past, show any records removed as expired rather than evicted.

Editions affected: Enterprise, Federal & Community

## Known issues

[Known issues for 8.0.0.3](https://aerospike.com/docs/database/reference/issues?search=8.0.0.3)