MXS Update release notes and links

22.08, 23.02, 23.08 and 24.02

Author: jhnwkmn

release-notes/SUMMARY.md

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     * [MaxScale 25.01.1 Release Notes](maxscale/25.01/25.01.1.md)
     * [MaxScale 25.01 Changelog](maxscale/25.01/25.01-changelog.md)
   * [MariaDB MaxScale 24.02 Release Notes](maxscale/24.02/README.md)
+    * [MaxScale 24.02.8 Release Notes](maxscale/24.02/24.02.8.md)
     * [MaxScale 24.02.7 Release Notes](maxscale/24.02/24.02.7.md)
     * [MaxScale 24.02.6 Release Notes](maxscale/24.02/24.02.6.md)
     * [MaxScale 24.02.5 Release Notes](maxscale/24.02/24.02.5.md)

release-notes/maxscale/24.02/24.02-changelog.md

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 For more details, please refer to:
 
+* [MariaDB MaxScale 24.02.8 Release Notes](24.02.8.md)
+* [MariaDB MaxScale 24.02.7 Release Notes](24.02.7.md)
+* [MariaDB MaxScale 24.02.6 Release Notes](24.02.6.md)
 * [MariaDB MaxScale 24.02.5 Release Notes](24.02.5.md)
 * [MariaDB MaxScale 24.02.4 Release Notes](24.02.4.md)
 * [MariaDB MaxScale 24.02.3 Release Notes](24.02.3.md)

release-notes/maxscale/24.02/24.02.8.md

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+# MariaDB MaxScale 24.02.8 Release Notes
+
+Release 24.02.8 is a GA release.
+
+This document describes the changes in release 24.02.8, when compared to the
+previous release in the same series.
+
+If you are upgrading from an older major version of MaxScale, please read the
+[upgrading document](https://app.gitbook.com/s/0pSbu5DcMSW4KwAkUcmX/maxscale-management/deployment/upgrading-maxscale)
+for this MaxScale version.
+
+For any problems you encounter, please consider submitting a bug
+report on [our Jira](https://jira.mariadb.org/projects/MXS).
+
+## Bug fixes
+
+* [MXS-6031](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-6031) No error message if connection to server fails during start of switchover
+* [MXS-6013](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-6013) SHOW CREATE TABLE doesn't detect if a temporary table is used
+* [MXS-6005](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-6005) Signal 11 crash
+* [MXS-5983](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-5983) Default users_refresh_interval causes repeated user account loading
+* [MXS-5963](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-5963) maxctrl create report --archive error reporting produces errors
+* [MXS-5954](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-5954) kafkacdc doesn't escape db name identifiers resulting in errors
+* [MXS-5952](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-5952) MaxScale failover fails with MASTER_SSL=1 default in MariaDB 11.4
+* [MXS-5948](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-5948) Database names with dashes are not properly escaped when disabling events
+* [MXS-5947](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-5947) Fix for MXS-5196 can break "maxctrl create report"
+* [MXS-5946](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-5946) MaxKeys usage message is obsolete
+* [MXS-5717](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-5717) Rebuild Replica fails when using MaxScale encrypted password for monitor user
+* [MXS-5688](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-5688) MariaDBMon should not solely depend on "STOP SLAVE" when doing failover/switchover
+
+## Known Issues and Limitations
+
+There are some limitations and known issues within this version of MaxScale.
+For more information, please refer to the
+[Limitations](https://app.gitbook.com/s/0pSbu5DcMSW4KwAkUcmX/maxscale-management/mariadb-maxscale-limitations-guide)
+document.
+
+## Packaging
+
+RPM and Debian packages are provided for the supported Linux distributions.
+
+Packages can be downloaded [here](https://mariadb.com/downloads).
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code of MaxScale is tagged at GitHub with a tag, which is identical
+with the version of MaxScale. For instance, the tag of version X.Y.Z of MaxScale
+is `maxscale-X.Y.Z`. Further, the default branch is always the latest GA version
+of MaxScale.
+
+The source code is available [here](https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale).

release-notes/maxscale/all-releases.md

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 | Version                     | Release Date | Release Status |
 | --------------------------- | ------------ | -------------- |
+| [24.02.8](24.02/24.02.8.md) | 2025-12-08   | Stable (GA)    |
 | [24.02.7](24.02/24.02.7.md) | 2025-09-02   | Stable (GA)    |
 | [24.02.6](24.02/24.02.6.md) | 2025-06-07   | Stable (GA)    |
 | [24.02.5](24.02/24.02.5.md) | 2025-03-10   | Stable (GA)    |