{
  "id": "march-2025",
  "title": "Redis Cloud changelog (March 2025)",
  "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rc/changelog/march-2025/",
  "summary": "New features, enhancements, and other changes added to Redis Cloud during March 2025.",
  "tags": [
    "docs",
    "operate",
    "rc"
  ],
  "last_updated": "2026-04-01T08:10:08-05:00",
  "page_type": "content",
  "content_hash": "608ebe8849548d4995bc0a171c64547a4d1e34d65cac7ad18dc2f87a4ba9d880",
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "new-features",
      "title": "New features",
      "role": "overview",
      "text": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "redis-insight-on-redis-cloud",
      "title": "Redis Insight on Redis Cloud",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "Users with select Redis Cloud Essentials databases can now open a browser-based version of [Redis Insight]() directly from Redis Cloud. See [Connect to your database]() to learn how to open Redis Insight from Redis Cloud.\n\nThis browser-based version of Redis Insight has a subset of the features of Redis Insight on desktop. For more information, see [Open with Redis Insight on Redis Cloud]()."
    },
    {
      "id": "redis-hashing-policy",
      "title": "Redis hashing policy",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "Accounts created after March 31, 2025, can select the new [Redis hashing policy]() for their databases when creating a new database. \n\nThe Redis hashing policy is identical to the [hashing policy used by Redis Community Edition](). This policy is recommended for most users. Select it if any of the following conditions apply:\n- This is your first Redis Cloud account, and you are starting fresh.\n- You are migrating data from Redis Community Edition or other Redis-managed platforms.\n- Your application does not use hashtags in database key names.\n- Your application uses binary data as key names.\n\nSee [Clustering]() for more information."
    },
    {
      "id": "deprecations",
      "title": "Deprecations",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "- The [Custom hashing policy]() is no longer available for accounts created after March 31, 2025. For all other accounts, this policy is not recommended and will be deprecated in the future. Only select a custom hashing policy if you are already using a custom hashing policy with your existing Redis Cloud databases."
    }
  ],
  "examples": []
}