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+Release notes for Gerrit 2.8.5
+==============================
+
+There are no schema changes from link:ReleaseNotes-2.8.4.html[2.8.4].
+
+Download:
+link:https://gerrit-releases.storage.googleapis.com/gerrit-2.8.5.war[
+https://gerrit-releases.storage.googleapis.com/gerrit-2.8.5.war]
+
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+
+Secondary Index
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+* Fix deadlocks on index shutdown.
+
+
+Change Screen
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+* Only permit current patch set to edit the commit message.
++
+Do not allow users to replace a more recent patch set with an older
+patch set when there is a race between the web UI and the command
+line git client.
+
+* Prevent draft changes from being abandoned.
++
+When a draft change was abandoned it was published to all
+users by setting the status to ABANDONED.  Restoring the change
+effectively published the change, as the status was set to NEW.
+
+* Don't show the submit button for draft patch sets.
++
+The button was enabled for all open changes, but if the patch set
+was a draft, pressing it resulted in an error.
+
+* Only reset the commit message text on cancel.
++
+Allow the user to begin editing the commit message, dismiss the
+box by clicking outside of it (e.g. to copy part of a file name
+from the Files table), and then re-open the current draft text
+without resetting the box.
++
+Only reset the box when the user explicitly clicks Cancel.
+
+* Fix failure to load side-by-side diff due to "ISE EditIterator out of bounds"
+error.
+
+ssh
+~~~
+
+* Upgrade SSHD to version 0.11.0.
++
+Fixes https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=2406[Issue 2406]:
+"git clone" hangs after 100% resolving deltas with git over SSH.
++
+Fixes a number of other issues including a
+link:https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SSHD-307[null pointer exception]
+that could cause ssh commands to hang.
+
+* Upgrade bouncycastle to version 1.49.
++
+Required by the SSHD upgrade.
+
+* Re-enable nio2 backend.
++
+The nio2 backend was disabled in Gerrit version 2.8.4 because of a
+link:https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SSHD-252[bug in SSHD].  That bug
+was fixed in SSHD version 0.10.0, so now we can re-enable nio2.
+
+Misc
+~~~~
+
+
+* Keep old timestamps during data migration.
++
+Migrating the change database through schema 77, which was introduced in
+Gerrit 2.6, was causing patch set approval timestamps to be changed.
+
+* link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=2607[Issue 2607]:
+Fix incorrect "commit already exists (in the project)" error.
+
+* link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=2569[Issue 2569]:
+Enable automatic close changes on `refs/meta/config`.
++
+Changes pushed for review on `refs/meta/config` and then force pushed
+into the repository were not being automatically closed.
+
+* Do not refresh group list if filter did not change.
++
+The group list was being refreshed on every key event even if the
+filter did not change, e.g. moving the cursor inside the text entry was
+causing the list to update unnecessarily.
+
+* Paginate the group list screen.
++
+The group list screen now uses pagination. The number of groups displayed is
+determined by the 'Maximum Page Size' user preference.
++
+Option 'S' is added to the groups REST API to support query offset.
+
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/index.txt b/ReleaseNotes/index.txt
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 [[2_8]]
 Version 2.8.x
 -------------
+* link:ReleaseNotes-2.8.5.html[2.8.5]
 * link:ReleaseNotes-2.8.4.html[2.8.4]
 * link:ReleaseNotes-2.8.3.html[2.8.3]
 * link:ReleaseNotes-2.8.2.html[2.8.2]