# Aerospike REST Client Release 1.8.0 (May 9, 2021)

**URL:** <https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/aerospike-rest-client-release-1-8-0-may-9-2021/8460>\
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**Created:** [May 13, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/aerospike-rest-client-release-1-8-0-may-9-2021/8460 "2021-05-13T02:13:14Z")\
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[Aerospike REST Client version 1.8.0](https://www.aerospike.com/download/client/rest/notes.html#1.8.0)was released on May 9, 2021.

This release adds new features, improvements, and bug fixes.

A bug affecting this version of the REST client [has been identified](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/scan-bug-identified-client-1637/9095).

- If your application uses scans, we strongly recommend that you upgrade to REST client 1.10.4 at the earliest opportunity.

#### New Features

- [CLIENT-1524] - Support user quotas and statistics - REST Support user quotas and statistics.
- Add useBoolBin configuration property.
- Set userKey parameter as required in batch read operations [#31](https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-client-rest/issues/31).
- Add circuit breaker to the Record and Operate services.
- Expose the minimum connections as a configuration property.
- Add default property values to the application.properties file.
- Upgrade Aerospike Java client to [5.1.0](https://download.aerospike.com/download/client/java/notes.html#5.1.0)
- Upgrade Spring Boot to [2.4.5](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/releases/tag/v2.4.5).
- Update the demo project dependencies.

#### Improvements

- Improve documentation.
- Migrate the demo project to Yarn 2.
- Migrate from Travis CI to GitHub Actions.

#### Bug Fixes

- Remove obsolete Priority field from policies.
- [CLIENT-1484] - Remove deprecated scan policies - REST Remove deprecated scan policies.
- Use sha256 as a key in AerospikeClientPool.
- Fix multiple dependency vulnerabilities in the demo project.