From d40af1b8f4ae539da3db599a73341a7b18b60564 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mahima Singh <105724608+smahima27@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:44:09 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Release 3.8.1

---
 CHANGELOG.md            | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 lib/vmpooler/version.rb |  2 +-
 release-prep            |  4 ++--
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d352e7c..af092e8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [3.8.1](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler/tree/3.8.1) (2026-01-14)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler/compare/3.7.0...3.8.1)
+
+**Implemented enhancements:**
+
+- \(P4DEVOPS-9434\) Add rate limiting and input validation security enhancements [\#690](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler/pull/690) ([mahima-singh](https://github.com/mahima-singh))
+- \(P4DEVOPS-8570\) Add Phase 2 optimizations: status API caching and improved Redis pipelining [\#689](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler/pull/689) ([mahima-singh](https://github.com/mahima-singh))
+- \(P4DEVOPS-8567\) Add DLQ, auto-purge, and health checks for Redis queues [\#688](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler/pull/688) ([mahima-singh](https://github.com/mahima-singh))
+- Add retry logic for immediate clone failures [\#687](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler/pull/687) ([mahima-singh](https://github.com/mahima-singh))
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- \(P4DEVOPS-8567\) Prevent VM allocation for already-deleted request-ids [\#688](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler/pull/688) ([mahima-singh](https://github.com/mahima-singh))
+- Prevent re-queueing requests already marked as failed [\#687](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler/pull/687) ([mahima-singh](https://github.com/mahima-singh))
+
 ## [3.7.0](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler/tree/3.7.0) (2025-06-04)
 
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler/compare/3.6.0...3.7.0)
diff --git a/lib/vmpooler/version.rb b/lib/vmpooler/version.rb
index 99edd1e..4469c2a 100644
--- a/lib/vmpooler/version.rb
+++ b/lib/vmpooler/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module Vmpooler
-  VERSION = '3.7.0'
+  VERSION = '3.8.1'
 end
diff --git a/release-prep b/release-prep
index 431b674..a0082de 100755
--- a/release-prep
+++ b/release-prep
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ docker run -t --rm \
 
 # Update Changelog
 docker run -t --rm -e CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN -v $(pwd):/usr/local/src/your-app \
-  githubchangeloggenerator/github-changelog-generator:1.16.2 \
+  githubchangeloggenerator/github-changelog-generator:1.16.4 \
   github_changelog_generator --future-release $(grep VERSION lib/vmpooler/version.rb |rev |cut -d "'" -f2 |rev) \
-  --token $CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN
+  --token $CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN --release-branch main