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 <h2>News</h2>
 <ul class="timeline">
 
+  <li class="timeline-inverted">
+    <div class="timeline-badge"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-thumbs-up"></i></div>
+    <div class="timeline-panel">
+      <div class="timeline-heading">
+	<h4 class="timeline-title">2024.08.3 released, 2024.08.x series EOL</h4>
+	<p><small class="text-muted"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-time"></i>8 December 2024</small></p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="timeline-body">
+	<p>The 2024.08.3 bugfix release is out, fixing a number of important /
+	  security related issues discovered since the 2024.08.2 release. See the
+	  <a href="https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/blob/2024.08.3/CHANGES">CHANGES</a>
+	  file for more details, read the
+	  <a href="https://lore.kernel.org/buildroot/874j3e17ek.fsf@dell.be.48ers.dk/T/#u">announcement</a>
+	  and go to the <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a> to pick up the
+	  <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2024.08.3.tar.xz">2024.08.3 release</a>.</p>
+
+	  <p>Notice that the 2024.08.x series is now end of life. Please migrate to
+	  the 2024.11.x series instead.</p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </li>
+
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