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 # Refinery Changelog
 
+
+## 2.8.2 2024-09-13
+
+### Changes
+
+- fix: assertion for ClusterSizer (#1329) | [Yingrong Zhao](https://github.com/vinozzZ)
+- feat: Allow SendKey to be set via command line and env var (#1323) | [Mike Goldsmith](https://github.com/MikeGoldsmith)
+- feat: add SendKey envvar config metadata (#1331) | [Yingrong Zhao](https://github.com/vinozzZ)
+- maint: run smoke test in CI (#1316) | [Yingrong Zhao](https://github.com/vinozzZ)
+
 ## 2.8.1 2024-09-05
 
 This release includes a fix to a bug that prevented Refinery from starting up a new cluster from scratch.
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 While [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG.md) contains detailed documentation and links to all the source code changes in a given release, this document is intended to be aimed at a more comprehensible version of the contents of the release from the point of view of users of Refinery.
 
+## Version 2.8.2
+
+This is a bug fix release.
+It fixes a bug in the `UseClusterMode` feature of throughput samplers that prevented it from working properly.
+It also enables the new `SendKey` feature to be configured from the environment or the command line.
+
 ## Version 2.8.0
 
 This release has a several significant changes that makes Refinery easier to operate at scale.