Release notes for 9.0.8 (#18247)

* Update release notes for 9.0.8

* finalize release notes

* Update docs/release-notes/index.md

Co-authored-by: Karen Metts <[email protected]>

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Co-authored-by: logstashmachine <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: donoghuc <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Karen Metts <[email protected]>
(cherry picked from commit 82ff1f7)

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 % ### Fixes [logstash-next-fixes]
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 ## 9.1.4 [logstash-9.1.4-release-notes]
 
 ### Features and enhancements [logstash-9.1.4-features-enhancements]
@@ -177,6 +178,18 @@ The Elasticsearch Input now provides [support](https://github.com/logstash-plugi
 **Tcp Output - 7.0.1**
 
 * Call connection check after connect [#61](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-tcp/pull/61)
+=======
+## 9.0.8 [logstash-9.0.8-release-notes]
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+No user-facing changes in Logstash core.
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+### Plugins [logstash-plugin-9.0.8-changes]
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+**Elasticsearch Output - 12.0.7**
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+* Support both, encoded and non-encoded api-key formats on plugin configuration [#1223](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch/pull/1223)
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+>>>>>>> 82ff1f76 (Release notes for 9.0.8 (#18247))
 
 ## 9.0.7 [logstash-9.0.7-release-notes]