For new features, improvements, and bug fixes released in 8.1.0 for pd, see TiDB 8.1.0 release notes. See the difference from the issue perspective:

- tikv/pd#7928

• tikv/pd#7933

• tikv/pd#7849

• tikv/pd#7957

• tikv/pd#7959

• tikv/pd#7908

• tikv/pd#7849

• tikv/pd#7974

• tikv/pd#7978

• tikv/pd#7980

• tikv/pd#7917

• tikv/pd#7726

• tikv/pd#7992

• tikv/pd#8022

• tikv/pd#8018

• tikv/pd#7919, ref tikv/tikv#16717

• tikv/pd#7954

• tikv/pd#7922

• tikv/pd#7631, close tikv/pd#7712

• tikv/pd#7810

• tikv/pd#7711

• tikv/pd#6627, close tikv/pd#7702

• tikv/pd#7881

• tikv/pd#8036

• tikv/pd#8049

• tikv/pd#8079

• tikv/pd#8125

• tikv/pd#8055, ref tikv/pd#8076

• tikv/pd#8115

• tikv/pd#8117

• tikv/pd#8095