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+# Release notes for Gluster 8.5
+
+This is a bugfix release. The release notes for [8.0](8.0.md), [8.1](8.1.md), [8.2](8.2.md), [8.3](8.3.md) and [8.4](8.4.md) contain a listing of all the new features that were added and bugs fixed in the GlusterFS 8 stable release.
+
+**NOTE:** 
+- Next minor release tentative date: Week of 30th Jun, 2021
+- Users are highly encouraged to upgrade to newer releases of GlusterFS.
+
+## Important fixes in this release
+
+- Slow write on ZFS bricks after healing millions of files due to adding arbiter brick [#1764](https://github.com/gluster/glusterfs/issues/1764)
+- 4+1 arbiter setup is broken [#2192](https://github.com/gluster/glusterfs/issues/2192)
+
+## Builds are available at 
+
+[https://download.gluster.org/pub/gluster/glusterfs/8/8.5/](https://download.gluster.org/pub/gluster/glusterfs/8/8.5/)
+
+## Issues addressed in this release
+
+- [#1214](https://github.com/gluster/glusterfs/issues/1214) Running tests/basic/afr/inodelk.t on my VM crashes in dht
+- [#1324](https://github.com/gluster/glusterfs/issues/1324) Inconsistent custom xattr on backend directories after bringing bac
+- [#1764](https://github.com/gluster/glusterfs/issues/1764) Slow write on ZFS bricks after healing millions of files due to add
+- [#2161](https://github.com/gluster/glusterfs/issues/2161) Crash caused by memory corruption
+- [#2192](https://github.com/gluster/glusterfs/issues/2192) 4+1 arbiter setup is broken
+- [#2198](https://github.com/gluster/glusterfs/issues/2198) There are blocked inodelks for a long time
+- [#2210](https://github.com/gluster/glusterfs/issues/2210) glusterfsd memory leak observed when constantly running volume heal
+- [#2234](https://github.com/gluster/glusterfs/issues/2234) Segmentation fault in directory quota daemon for replicated volume
+- [#2253](https://github.com/gluster/glusterfs/issues/2253) Disable lookup-optimize by default in the virt group
+- [#2313](https://github.com/gluster/glusterfs/issues/2313) Long setting names mess up the columns and break parsing
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 ### GlusterFS 8 release notes
 
+- [8.5](./8.5.md)
 - [8.4](./8.4.md)
 - [8.3](./8.3.md)
 - [8.2](./8.2.md)
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     - 9.1: release-notes/9.1.md
     - 9.0: release-notes/9.0.md
   - RELEASE 8.x:
+    - 8.5: release-notes/8.5.md
     - 8.4: release-notes/8.4.md
     - 8.3: release-notes/8.3.md
     - 8.2: release-notes/8.2.md