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# Connector/C 3.3.8 Release Notes

Release notes for MariaDB Connector/C 3.3.8, a Stable (GA) release published 29 November 2023.

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**Release date:** 29 Nov 2023

This is a [***Stable (GA)***](/docs/release-notes/community-server/about/release-criteria.md) release of MariaDB Connector/C, formerly known as MariaDB Client Library for C.

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## Issues fixed:

* [CONC-666](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-666): Fix memory allocation issue with prepared statement reexecution
* [CONC-668](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-668): Build fix for Win32
* [CONC-669](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-669): Cache bcrypt algorithm providers (Windows)
* [CONC-670](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-670): Initialize time struct in pvio\_socket\_set\_timeout
* [CONC-672](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-672): Avoid false positive gcc warning
* [CONC-645](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-645) : fix build with clang (v16), clang-cl(v16), and mingw-gcc(v12)
* [MDEV-19511](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-19511) Remove WORDS\_BIGENDIAN

## Changelog

For a list of changes made in this release, with links to detailed information on each push, see the [changelog](/docs/release-notes/connectors/c/changelogs/3.3/3.3.8.md).

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