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+author: matmair
+title: Release highlight 0.8.0
+---
+We recently released 0.8.0!
+
+Find release highlights in the blog
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+author: matmair
+title: Release highlights 0.8.0
+---
+InvenTree 0.8.0 is here!
+
+While there are full release notes listing all included patches we want to pick out a few of the major changes in this highlight.
+
+TODO