Update module github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 to v9.8.0

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Adoption	Passing	Confidence
github.com/redis/go-redis/v9	v9.7.3 -> v9.8.0

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Release Notes

redis/go-redis (github.com/redis/go-redis/v9)

v9.8.0

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9.8.0 (2025-04-30)

🚀 Highlights

• Redis 8 Support: Full compatibility with Redis 8.0, including testing and CI integration
• Enhanced Hash Operations: Added support for new hash commands (HGETDEL, HGETEX, HSETEX) and HSTRLEN command
• Search Improvements: Enabled Search DIALECT 2 by default and added CountOnly argument for FT.Search

✨ New Features

• Added support for new hash commands: HGETDEL, HGETEX, HSETEX (#​3305)
• Added HSTRLEN command for hash operations (#​2843)
• Added Do method for raw query by single connection from pool.Conn() (#​3182)
• Prevent false-positive marshaling by treating zero time.Time as empty in isEmptyValue (#​3273)
• Added FailoverClusterClient support for Universal client (#​2794)
• Added support for cluster mode with IsClusterMode config parameter (#​3255)
• Added client name support in HELLO RESP handshake (#​3294)
• Enabled Search DIALECT 2 by default (#​3213)
• Added read-only option for failover configurations (#​3281)
• Added CountOnly argument for FT.Search to use LIMIT 0 0 (#​3338)
• Added DB option support in NewFailoverClusterClient (#​3342)
• Added nil check for the options when creating a client (#​3363)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed PubSub concurrency safety issues (#​3360)
• Fixed panic caused when argument is nil (#​3353)
• Improved error handling when fetching master node from sentinels (#​3349)
• Fixed connection pool timeout issues and increased retries (#​3298)
• Fixed context cancellation error leading to connection spikes on Primary instances (#​3190)
• Fixed RedisCluster client to consider MASTERDOWN a retriable error (#​3164)
• Fixed tracing to show complete commands instead of truncated versions (#​3290)
• Fixed OpenTelemetry instrumentation to prevent multiple span reporting (#​3168)
• Fixed FT.Search Limit argument and added CountOnly argument for limit 0 0 (#​3338)
• Fixed missing command in interface (#​3344)
• Fixed slot calculation for COUNTKEYSINSLOT command (#​3327)
• Updated PubSub implementation with correct context (#​3329)

📚 Documentation

• Added hash search examples (#​3357)
• Fixed documentation comments (#​3351)
• Added CountOnly search example (#​3345)
• Added examples for list commands: LLEN, LPOP, LPUSH, LRANGE, RPOP, RPUSH (#​3234)
• Added SADD and SMEMBERS command examples (#​3242)
• Updated README.md to use Redis Discord guild (#​3331)
• Updated HExpire command documentation (#​3355)
• Featured OpenTelemetry instrumentation more prominently (#​3316)
• Updated README.md with additional information (#​310ce55)

⚡ Performance and Reliability

• Bound connection pool background dials to configured dial timeout (#​3089)
• Ensured context isn't exhausted via concurrent query (#​3334)

🔧 Dependencies and Infrastructure

• Updated testing image to Redis 8.0-RC2 (#​3361)
• Enabled CI for Redis CE 8.0 (#​3274)
• Updated various dependencies:
  • Bumped golangci/golangci-lint-action from 6.5.0 to 7.0.0 (#​3354)
  • Bumped rojopolis/spellcheck-github-actions (#​3336)
  • Bumped golang.org/x/net in example/otel (#​3308)
• Migrated golangci-lint configuration to v2 format (#​3354)

⚠️ Breaking Changes

• Enabled Search DIALECT 2 by default (#​3213)
• Dropped RedisGears (Triggers and Functions) support (#​3321)
• Dropped FT.PROFILE command that was never enabled (#​3323)

🔒 Security

• Fixed network error handling on SETINFO (CVE-2025-29923) (#​3295)

🧪 Testing

• Added integration tests for Redis 8 behavior changes in Redis Search (#​3337)
• Added vector types INT8 and UINT8 tests (#​3299)
• Added test codes for search_commands.go (#​3285)
• Fixed example test sorting (#​3292)

👥 Contributors

We would like to thank all the contributors who made this release possible:

@​alexander-menshchikov, @​EXPEbdodla, @​afti, @​dmaier-redislabs, @​four_leaf_clover, @​alohaglenn, @​gh73962, @​justinmir, @​LINKIWI, @​liushuangbill, @​golang88, @​gnpaone, @​ndyakov, @​nikolaydubina, @​oleglacto, @​andy-stark-redis, @​rodneyosodo, @​dependabot, @​rfyiamcool, @​frankxjkuang, @​fukua95, @​soleymani-milad, @​ofekshenawa, @​khasanovbi

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