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Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2026 20:44:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 8.18.1

---
 .release-please-manifest.json |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                  | 10 ++++++++++
 PROVENANCE.md                 |  2 +-
 lib/ldclient-rb/version.rb    |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 48ad3b7a..290c93bb 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "8.18.0"
+  ".": "8.18.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8a09cb8b..5139dcce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 
 All notable changes to the LaunchDarkly Ruby SDK will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+## [8.18.1](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ruby-server-sdk/compare/8.18.0...8.18.1) (2026-10-02)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Prevent close from hanging after a persistent store read fails ([91b7c9c](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ruby-server-sdk/commit/91b7c9caf6bcabd1faa8ab91bed85bd4c787faac))
+* Prevent flags from falling back to defaults when a deleted item has no key ([afb9f3d](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ruby-server-sdk/commit/afb9f3d164eb40e843eca2b2e8084ca31211031d))
+* Prevent flags from falling back to defaults when Consul holds one item ([8891226](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ruby-server-sdk/commit/88912263cdf5d63a2ad533bdc249a20845222cd3))
+* Prevent the store availability poller from outliving the client ([91b7c9c](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ruby-server-sdk/commit/91b7c9caf6bcabd1faa8ab91bed85bd4c787faac))
+
 ## [8.18.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ruby-server-sdk/compare/8.17.0...8.18.0) (2026-09-16)
 
 
diff --git a/PROVENANCE.md b/PROVENANCE.md
index 102cea26..8b7fa1e5 100644
--- a/PROVENANCE.md
+++ b/PROVENANCE.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ To verify build provenance attestations, we recommend using the [GitHub CLI `att
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 ```
 # Set the version of the SDK to verify
-SDK_VERSION=8.18.0
+SDK_VERSION=8.18.1
 ```
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
diff --git a/lib/ldclient-rb/version.rb b/lib/ldclient-rb/version.rb
index c38933b3..cdf0f52f 100644
--- a/lib/ldclient-rb/version.rb
+++ b/lib/ldclient-rb/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module LaunchDarkly
-  VERSION = "8.18.0" # x-release-please-version
+  VERSION = "8.18.1" # x-release-please-version
 end