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+## Version 3.8.0 Release Notes
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+Compatible with OpenSearch and OpenSearch Dashboards version 3.8.0
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+### Enhancements
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+* Onboard new backport-pr reusable GitHub workflow for custom-codecs ([#349](https://github.com/opensearch-project/custom-codecs/pull/349))
+* Update maven2 mirror repository URL order ([#352](https://github.com/opensearch-project/custom-codecs/pull/352))
+* Upgrade qat-java to 2.5.0 and batch decompression into a single JNI call to reduce overhead on stored-fields reads ([#357](https://github.com/opensearch-project/custom-codecs/pull/357))
+
+### Infrastructure
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+* Update opensearch-build workflow references from commit SHA to main branch ([#346](https://github.com/opensearch-project/custom-codecs/pull/346))