# CakePHP 3.8.0-beta1 released

**URL:** https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cakephp-3-8-0-beta1-released/5875
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** release, news
**Created:** [March 31, 2019, 8:50am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cakephp-3-8-0-beta1-released/5875 "2019-03-31T08:50:14Z")
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### Author: ![Megslalk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.cakephp.org/megslalk/32/712_2.png) [@Megslalk](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Megslalk)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2019, 8:50am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cakephp-3-8-0-beta1-released/5875/1 "2019-03-31T08:50:14Z")

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CakePHP 3.8.0-beta1 released! This is preview release for what will become 3.8.0. The 3.8 release series is a backwards compatible release with the rest of 3.x, it introduces new features and one additional deprecation.

[Read more about the release on the bakery](https://bakery.cakephp.org/2019/03/30/cakephp_380beta1_released.html)