{
  "id": "v2.8.0",
  "title": "RedisInsight v2.8.0, August 2022",
  "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/tools/insight/release-notes/v2.8.0/",
  "summary": "RedisInsight v2.8.0",
  "tags": [],
  "last_updated": "2026-04-09T10:29:34-04:00",
  "page_type": "content",
  "content_hash": "b0551a3ffeab2ffb45a0ee4e2cecd6e7793c61f845d4b1b642e120021b0eefe1",
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "2-8-0-august-2022",
      "title": "2.8.0 (August 2022)",
      "role": "overview",
      "text": "This is the General Availability (GA) release of RedisInsight 2.8.0"
    },
    {
      "id": "headlines",
      "title": "Headlines",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "- Formatters: See formatted key values in JSON, MessagePack, Hex, Unicode, or ASCII in Browser/Tree view for an improved experience of working with different data formats. \n- Clone existing database connection or connection details: Clone the database connection you previously added to have the same one, but with a different database index, username, or password.\n- Raw mode in Workbench: Added support for the raw mode in Workbench results"
    },
    {
      "id": "details",
      "title": "Details",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "**Features and improvements**\n- [#978](https://github.com/RedisInsight/RedisInsight/pull/978), [#959](https://github.com/RedisInsight/RedisInsight/pull/959), [#984](https://github.com/RedisInsight/RedisInsight/pull/984), [#996](https://github.com/RedisInsight/RedisInsight/pull/996), [#992](https://github.com/RedisInsight/RedisInsight/pull/992), [#1030](https://github.com/RedisInsight/RedisInsight/pull/1030) Added support for different data formats in Browser/Tree view, including JSON, MessagePack, Hex, and ASCII. If selected, formatter is applied to the entire key value and is available for any data type supported in Browser/Tree view. If any non-printable characters are detected, data editing is available only in Workbench and CLI to avoid data loss.\n- [#955](https://github.com/RedisInsight/RedisInsight/pull/965) Quickly clone a database connection to have the same one, but with a different database index, username, or password. Open a database connection in the edit mode, request to clone it, and make the changes needed. The original database connection remains the same.\n- [#1012](https://github.com/RedisInsight/RedisInsight/pull/1012) Added support for the raw mode (--raw) in Workbench. Enable it to see the results of commands executed in the raw mode.\n- [#987](https://github.com/RedisInsight/RedisInsight/pull/987) [DBSIZE](https://redis.io/commands/dbsize/) command is no longer required to connect to a database.\n- [#971](https://github.com/RedisInsight/RedisInsight/pull/971) Updated icon for the [RediSearch](https://redis.io/docs/stack/search/) Light module.\n- [#1011](https://github.com/RedisInsight/RedisInsight/pull/1011) Enhanced navigation in the Command Helper allowing you to return to previous actions.\n\n**Bugs fixed**\n- [#1009](https://github.com/RedisInsight/RedisInsight/pull/1009) Fixed an [error](https://github.com/RedisInsight/RedisInsight/issues/804) on automatic discovery of Sentinel databases.\n- [#978](https://github.com/RedisInsight/RedisInsight/pull/978) Work with [non-printable characters](https://github.com/RedisInsight/RedisInsight/issues/873). To avoid data loss, when non-printable characters are detected, key and value are editable in Workbench and CLI only."
    }
  ],
  "examples": []
}