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 ## Documentation licensing
 
-Percona XtraDB Cluster documentation is (C)2009-2025 Percona LLC and/or its affiliates and is distributed under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
+Percona XtraDB Cluster documentation is (C)2009-2026 Percona LLC and/or its affiliates and is distributed under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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+# Percona XtraDB Cluster 8.0.45-36 (2026-03-02)
+
+[Get started with Quickstart Guide for Percona XtraDB Cluster.](../quickstart-overview.md)
+
+Percona XtraDB Cluster is based on Percona Server for MySQL. Percona XtraDB Cluster 8.0.45-36 includes all the features and bug fixes available in Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.45-36. Find a complete list of improvements and bug fixes in the [Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.45-36 (2026-02-17) release notes](https://docs.percona.com/percona-server/8.0/release-notes/8.0.45-36.html).
+
+### MySQL 8.0.45
+
+Improvements and bug fixes provided by Oracle for MySQL 8.0.45 and included in Percona Server for MySQL are documented in the [MySQL 8.0.45 Release Notes](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-45.html).
+
+## Bug fixes
+
+* [PXC-3583](https://perconadev.atlassian.net/browse/PXC-3583): Fixed an issue where the `validate-config` tool incorrectly reported that `ssl-ca`, `ssl-cert`, and `ssl-key` must all be defined to use encrypted traffic.
+
+* [PXC-4753](https://perconadev.atlassian.net/browse/PXC-4753): Fixed an issue where Percona audit log filter execution did not sync across Percona XtraDB Cluster nodes, although the audit log filter synced correctly on async or Group Replication replicas when executed on their source.
+
+* [PXC-4765](https://perconadev.atlassian.net/browse/PXC-4765): Fixed an issue where creating a trigger with a definer caused an inconsistency error and disconnected the node from the cluster.
+
+* [PXC-4802](https://perconadev.atlassian.net/browse/PXC-4802): Fixed a misleading "Initiating SST cancellation" log message that was printed during fatal signal handling.
+
+* [PXC-4814](https://perconadev.atlassian.net/browse/PXC-4814): Fixed an issue where `OPTIMIZE TABLE` failed when `wsrep_OSU_method` was set to RSU (Rolling Schema Update), due to case-sensitive writes to the binary log with `error_code=0`.
+
+* [PXC-4823](https://perconadev.atlassian.net/browse/PXC-4823): Fixed an issue where an asynchronous Percona XtraDB Cluster replica stalled when replicating `OPTIMIZE TABLE`.
+
+* [PXC-4845](https://perconadev.atlassian.net/browse/PXC-4845): Fixed an issue where a node remained up and running after an Incremental State Transfer (IST) failure, which could cause other nodes in the cluster to become unresponsive.
+
+## Additional resources
+
+Download product binaries, packages, and tarballs at [Percona Product Downloads](https://www.percona.com/downloads)
+
+[Install Percona XtraDB Cluster](../install-index.md)
+
+The [Percona XtraDB Cluster GitHub repository](https://github.com/percona/percona-xtradb-cluster)
+
+[Contribute to the documentation](https://github.com/percona/pxc-docs/blob/8.0/contributing.md)
+
+For [training](https://www.percona.com/training), contact [Percona Training - Start learning now](https://learn.percona.com/contact-me).
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 # Percona XtraDB Cluster 8.0 release notes index
 
+* [Percona XtraDB Cluster 8.0.45-36 (2026-03-02)](8.0.45-36.md)
+
 * [Percona XtraDB Cluster 8.0.44-35 (2025-12-10)](8.0.44-35.md)
 
 * [Percona XtraDB Cluster 8.0.43-34 (2025-09-22)](8.0.43-34.md)

diff --git a/docs/templates/pdf_cover_page.tpl b/docs/templates/pdf_cover_page.tpl
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 {% if config.site_description %}
 <h1>{{ config.site_description }}</h1>
 {% endif %} 
-<h2>8.0.44-35 (December 10, 2025)</h2>
+<h2>8.0.44-35 (March 02, 2026)</h2>
 <!--<h3>Percona Technical Documentation Team</h3>-->
diff --git a/mkdocs-base.yml b/mkdocs-base.yml
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   - get-help.md
   - Release notes:
       - Release notes index: release-notes/release-notes_index.md
+      - release-notes/8.0.45-36.md
       - release-notes/8.0.44-35.md
       - release-notes/8.0.43-34.md
       - release-notes/8.0.42-33.md

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 # variables for HTML output
 
-release: '8.0.44-35'
+release: '8.0.45-36'
 version: '8.0'
-release_date: '2025-12-10'
-title_date: '2025-12-10'
+release_date: '2026-03-02'
+title_date: '2026-03-02'
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		## Documentation licensing

		Percona XtraDB Cluster documentation is (C)2009-2025 Percona LLC and/or its affiliates and is distributed under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
		Percona XtraDB Cluster documentation is (C)2009-2026 Percona LLC and/or its affiliates and is distributed under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).