# Prefect 3.8.5.dev3 — 3.8.5.dev3: Nightly Development Release

- Product: Prefect (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/prefect)
- Vendor: Prefect
- Date: 2026-08-30
- Version: 3.8.5.dev3
- Original notes: https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.5.dev3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/prefect/releases/3.8.5.dev3
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **fixed** — Fix scheduled flow run polling
- **fixed** — Preserve explicit falsy prefect-redis client overrides
- **fixed** — Remove the unbounded flow run count from the dashboard empty-state check

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##### What's Changed
###### Bug Fixes 🐞
* Fix scheduled flow run polling by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/pull/22970
* Preserve explicit falsy prefect-redis client overrides by @qdivan in https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/pull/22974
* Remove the unbounded flow run count from the dashboard empty-state check by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/pull/22920
###### Development & Tidiness 🧹
* Make the test storage_document_id fixture and block data encryption deterministic by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/pull/22966

##### New Contributors
* @qdivan made their first contribution in https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/pull/22974

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/compare/3.8.5.dev2...3.8.5.dev3