From ac5b7149cc61394b4df7115b1010e351a2482011 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 22:14:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 6.8.3

---
 .github/actions/build-docs/action.yml | 2 +-
 .release-please-manifest.json         | 2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                          | 7 +++++++
 src/LaunchDarkly/LDClient.php         | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/actions/build-docs/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-docs/action.yml
index 15f27c3a..80e63005 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-docs/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-docs/action.yml
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ runs:
           --ignore-tags psalm-return \
           --visibility public \
           --defaultpackagename "LaunchDarkly" \
-          --title "LaunchDarkly PHP SDK 6.8.2" # x-release-please-version
+          --title "LaunchDarkly PHP SDK 6.8.3" # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index c9a82836..885482d8 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "6.8.2"
+  ".": "6.8.3"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6e5a12bc..2bbd9624 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to the LaunchDarkly PHP SDK will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+## [6.8.3](https://github.com/launchdarkly/php-server-sdk/compare/6.8.2...6.8.3) (2026-08-20)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Check the deleted marker before decoding items from a persistent store ([#266](https://github.com/launchdarkly/php-server-sdk/issues/266)) ([a40614b](https://github.com/launchdarkly/php-server-sdk/commit/a40614beae519ef2e225b985e30bab19275b3a35))
+
 ## [6.8.2](https://github.com/launchdarkly/php-server-sdk/compare/6.8.1...6.8.2) (2026-07-21)
 
 
diff --git a/src/LaunchDarkly/LDClient.php b/src/LaunchDarkly/LDClient.php
index a570df12..e54691df 100644
--- a/src/LaunchDarkly/LDClient.php
+++ b/src/LaunchDarkly/LDClient.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class LDClient
      * The current SDK version.
      * @var string
      */
-    const VERSION = '6.8.2'; // x-release-please-version
+    const VERSION = '6.8.3'; // x-release-please-version
 
     protected string $_sdkKey;
     protected string $_baseUri;