Platform Release Notes 2.8.1 (2025-10)

🔦 Key Points

Release	https://openmrs.atlassian.net/projects/TRUNK/versions/12715
Date	Oct 7, 2025
Version	Core 2.8.1
Description
Contributors	@Rafal Korytkowski@Mike Seaton@herman muhereza@Bhargav Kodali

Issue	Summary	Issue Type

Issue	Summary	Issue Type
https://openmrs.atlassian.net/browse/TRUNK-6436	Add logging to monitor startup performance	Enhancement
https://openmrs.atlassian.net/browse/TRUNK-6413	Provide load-balancing for frontend and backend to support multiple replicas	New Feature
https://openmrs.atlassian.net/browse/TRUNK-6412	Enable ES hosts discovery by default	New Feature
https://openmrs.atlassian.net/browse/TRUNK-6411	Drug Ingredients do not actually get saved to the database	Bug
https://openmrs.atlassian.net/browse/TRUNK-6408	Fix java.net.BindException: no port available in range when using kubernetes as cache.stack	Bug
https://openmrs.atlassian.net/browse/TRUNK-6407	Implement a method to get all provider roles	Enhancement
https://openmrs.atlassian.net/browse/TRUNK-6355	Validate that DB connections utilise galera nodes and replicas	New Feature
https://openmrs.atlassian.net/browse/TRUNK-6348	Make adjustment to helm chart to use distributed Inifinispan	New Feature

Thank you so much to the following contributors - you make releases like this possible!

OpenMRS Support: @Daniel Kayiwa @Wikum Weerakutti @herman muhereza @Rafal Korytkowski
PIH: @Mark Goodrich @Mike Seaton
UW ITECH DIGI: @Ian Bacher