chore(release): 8.0.0-alpha.1 [skip ci]

# [8.0.0-alpha.1](7.4.0-alpha.7...8.0.0-alpha.1) (2025-01-11)

### Features

* Increase required minimum Node versions to `18.20.4`, `20.18.0`, `22.12.0` ([#9521](#9521)) ([4e151cd](4e151cd))

### BREAKING CHANGES

* This releases increases the required minimum Node versions to 18.20.4, 20.18.0, 22.12.0 and removes unofficial support for Node 19. ([4e151cd](4e151cd))

changelogs/CHANGELOG_alpha.md

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+# [8.0.0-alpha.1](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/compare/7.4.0-alpha.7...8.0.0-alpha.1) (2025-01-11)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Increase required minimum Node versions to `18.20.4`, `20.18.0`, `22.12.0` ([#9521](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/9521)) ([4e151cd](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/4e151cd0a52191809452f197b2f29c3a12525b67))
+
+
+### BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* This releases increases the required minimum Node versions to 18.20.4, 20.18.0, 22.12.0 and removes unofficial support for Node 19. ([4e151cd](4e151cd))
+
 # [7.4.0-alpha.7](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/compare/7.4.0-alpha.6...7.4.0-alpha.7) (2024-12-16)
 
 

package.json

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 {
   "name": "parse-server",
-  "version": "7.4.0-beta.1",
+  "version": "8.0.0-alpha.1",
   "description": "An express module providing a Parse-compatible API server",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "repository": {