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This section covers all the new features introduced in Grails 8

=== Overview

Grails 8 is a major release that includes new features, improvements, and dependency upgrades.
This release focuses on enhancing the developer experience, improving performance, and ensuring compatibility with the latest technologies.

For detailed information on how to upgrade to Grails 8, including major dependency changes, please see the xref:upgrading#upgrading80x[Upgrading from Grails 7 to Grails 8] section.
Notable new features are included below.

==== No New Features at this time

No new features at this time
