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Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2023 15:48:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 8.0.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 package.json |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f3e045..0fe1879 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [8.0.0](https://github.com/TimoBechtel/socketdb/compare/v7.2.0...v8.0.0) (2023-07-12)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **client:** The client now requires a ".connect()" call to establish a connection.
+
+### Features
+
+* **client:** add connect function to allow initializing without connecting ([5910eac](https://github.com/TimoBechtel/socketdb/commit/5910eac84d6100ff02102df96477dfdc92505acf))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **docs:** broken links ([a1d8fea](https://github.com/TimoBechtel/socketdb/commit/a1d8fea8376276434110c3d2810c773e7873408b))
+
 ## [7.2.0](https://github.com/TimoBechtel/socketdb/compare/v7.1.0...v7.2.0) (2023-06-02)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 63bd023..0ac164a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "socketdb",
-	"version": "7.2.0",
+	"version": "8.0.0",
 	"description": "Real-time synchronized data storage",
 	"homepage": "https://socketdb.com",
 	"license": "MIT",