diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ae1dc4fd..015e87f8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 <!-- <START NEW CHANGELOG ENTRY> -->
 
-## 3.0.0beta7
+## 3.0.0beta8
 
 ([Full Changelog](https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyter-collaboration/compare/@jupyter/collaboration-extension@3.0.0-beta.6...60e55eab4613135b995c8a96f51fac68784edb29))
 
@@ -27,6 +27,27 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 <!-- <END NEW CHANGELOG ENTRY> -->
 
+## 3.0.0beta7
+
+([Full Changelog](https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyter-collaboration/compare/@jupyter/collaboration-extension@3.0.0-beta.6...60e55eab4613135b995c8a96f51fac68784edb29))
+
+### Bugs fixed
+
+- Initialize and update the ydoc path property [#342](https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyter-collaboration/pull/342) ([@brichet](https://github.com/brichet))
+
+### Maintenance and upkeep improvements
+
+- Ignore github.com in check-links [#360](https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyter-collaboration/pull/360) ([@davidbrochart](https://github.com/davidbrochart))
+- Fix ignoring AnyIO warnings in tests [#359](https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyter-collaboration/pull/359) ([@davidbrochart](https://github.com/davidbrochart))
+- Fix mypy [#358](https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyter-collaboration/pull/358) ([@brichet](https://github.com/brichet))
+- Extract out ICollaborativeDrive to `@jupyter/collaborative-drive` [#353](https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyter-collaboration/pull/353) ([@davidbrochart](https://github.com/davidbrochart))
+
+### Contributors to this release
+
+([GitHub contributors page for this release](https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyter-collaboration/graphs/contributors?from=2024-09-18&to=2024-10-11&type=c))
+
+[@brichet](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Ajupyterlab%2Fjupyter-collaboration+involves%3Abrichet+updated%3A2024-09-18..2024-10-11&type=Issues) | [@davidbrochart](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Ajupyterlab%2Fjupyter-collaboration+involves%3Adavidbrochart+updated%3A2024-09-18..2024-10-11&type=Issues) | [@github-actions](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Ajupyterlab%2Fjupyter-collaboration+involves%3Agithub-actions+updated%3A2024-09-18..2024-10-11&type=Issues) | [@jtpio](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Ajupyterlab%2Fjupyter-collaboration+involves%3Ajtpio+updated%3A2024-09-18..2024-10-11&type=Issues) | [@krassowski](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Ajupyterlab%2Fjupyter-collaboration+involves%3Akrassowski+updated%3A2024-09-18..2024-10-11&type=Issues)
+
 ## 3.0.0beta6
 
 ([Full Changelog](https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyter-collaboration/compare/@jupyter/collaboration-extension@3.0.0-beta.5...7eac099ae0a2e75c73e78fe636bb9012933440d1))
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 195564b1..8a179a56 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "3.0.0-beta.7",
+  "version": "3.0.0-beta.8",
   "npmClient": "yarn",
   "useWorkspaces": true
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9a64f497..2d6225a5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@jupyter/real-time-collaboration",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "3.0.0-beta.7",
+  "version": "3.0.0-beta.8",
   "description": "JupyterLab Extension enabling Real-Time Collaboration",
   "keywords": [
     "jupyter",
diff --git a/packages/collaboration-extension/package.json b/packages/collaboration-extension/package.json
index 50e63c39..951415b9 100644
--- a/packages/collaboration-extension/package.json
+++ b/packages/collaboration-extension/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@jupyter/collaboration-extension",
-  "version": "3.0.0-beta.7",
+  "version": "3.0.0-beta.8",
   "description": "JupyterLab - Real-Time Collaboration Extension",
   "keywords": [
     "jupyter",
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@
     "watch:labextension": "jupyter labextension watch ."
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@jupyter/collaboration": "^3.0.0-beta.7",
-    "@jupyter/collaborative-drive": "^3.0.0-beta.7",
-    "@jupyter/docprovider": "^3.0.0-beta.7",
+    "@jupyter/collaboration": "^3.0.0-beta.8",
+    "@jupyter/collaborative-drive": "^3.0.0-beta.8",
+    "@jupyter/docprovider": "^3.0.0-beta.8",
     "@jupyter/ydoc": "^2.0.0 || ^3.0.0-a3",
     "@jupyterlab/application": "^4.2.0",
     "@jupyterlab/apputils": "^4.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/collaboration/package.json b/packages/collaboration/package.json
index 92ecbd70..3358ddd5 100644
--- a/packages/collaboration/package.json
+++ b/packages/collaboration/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@jupyter/collaboration",
-  "version": "3.0.0-beta.7",
+  "version": "3.0.0-beta.8",
   "description": "JupyterLab - Real-Time Collaboration Widgets",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyter-collaboration",
   "bugs": {
diff --git a/packages/collaborative-drive/package.json b/packages/collaborative-drive/package.json
index 4a8bc011..5e27366c 100644
--- a/packages/collaborative-drive/package.json
+++ b/packages/collaborative-drive/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@jupyter/collaborative-drive",
-  "version": "3.0.0-beta.7",
+  "version": "3.0.0-beta.8",
   "description": "JupyterLab - Collaborative Drive",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyter-collaboration",
   "bugs": {
diff --git a/packages/docprovider-extension/package.json b/packages/docprovider-extension/package.json
index 32a94f80..263bb74e 100644
--- a/packages/docprovider-extension/package.json
+++ b/packages/docprovider-extension/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@jupyter/docprovider-extension",
-  "version": "3.0.0-beta.7",
+  "version": "3.0.0-beta.8",
   "description": "JupyterLab - Collaborative Shared Models",
   "keywords": [
     "jupyter",
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
     "watch:labextension": "jupyter labextension watch ."
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@jupyter/collaborative-drive": "^3.0.0-beta.7",
-    "@jupyter/docprovider": "^3.0.0-beta.7",
+    "@jupyter/collaborative-drive": "^3.0.0-beta.8",
+    "@jupyter/docprovider": "^3.0.0-beta.8",
     "@jupyter/ydoc": "^2.0.0 || ^3.0.0-a3",
     "@jupyterlab/application": "^4.2.0",
     "@jupyterlab/apputils": "^4.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/docprovider/package.json b/packages/docprovider/package.json
index efc7c6b0..6d2b1c2a 100644
--- a/packages/docprovider/package.json
+++ b/packages/docprovider/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@jupyter/docprovider",
-  "version": "3.0.0-beta.7",
+  "version": "3.0.0-beta.8",
   "description": "JupyterLab - Document Provider",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyter-collaboration",
   "bugs": {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "watch": "tsc -b --watch"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@jupyter/collaborative-drive": "^3.0.0-beta.7",
+    "@jupyter/collaborative-drive": "^3.0.0-beta.8",
     "@jupyter/ydoc": "^2.0.0 || ^3.0.0-a3",
     "@jupyterlab/apputils": "^4.2.0",
     "@jupyterlab/cells": "^4.2.0",
diff --git a/projects/jupyter-collaboration-ui/jupyter_collaboration_ui/_version.py b/projects/jupyter-collaboration-ui/jupyter_collaboration_ui/_version.py
index e3342417..00c75050 100644
--- a/projects/jupyter-collaboration-ui/jupyter_collaboration_ui/_version.py
+++ b/projects/jupyter-collaboration-ui/jupyter_collaboration_ui/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.0.0b7"
+__version__ = "1.0.0b8"
diff --git a/projects/jupyter-collaboration/jupyter_collaboration/_version.py b/projects/jupyter-collaboration/jupyter_collaboration/_version.py
index 2b55077d..19de8bca 100644
--- a/projects/jupyter-collaboration/jupyter_collaboration/_version.py
+++ b/projects/jupyter-collaboration/jupyter_collaboration/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "3.0.0b7"
+__version__ = "3.0.0b8"
diff --git a/projects/jupyter-collaboration/pyproject.toml b/projects/jupyter-collaboration/pyproject.toml
index 2cc946b0..aa6ef424 100644
--- a/projects/jupyter-collaboration/pyproject.toml
+++ b/projects/jupyter-collaboration/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) Jupyter Development Team.
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
-dependencies = ["jupyter_collaboration>=3.0.0b7", "jupyter_collaboration_ui>=1.0.0b7", "jupyter_docprovider>=1.0.0b7", "jupyter_server_ydoc>=1.0.0b7"]
+dependencies = ["jupyter_collaboration>=3.0.0b8", "jupyter_collaboration_ui>=1.0.0b8", "jupyter_docprovider>=1.0.0b8", "jupyter_server_ydoc>=1.0.0b8"]
 
 [build-system]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
diff --git a/projects/jupyter-docprovider/jupyter_docprovider/_version.py b/projects/jupyter-docprovider/jupyter_docprovider/_version.py
index e3342417..00c75050 100644
--- a/projects/jupyter-docprovider/jupyter_docprovider/_version.py
+++ b/projects/jupyter-docprovider/jupyter_docprovider/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.0.0b7"
+__version__ = "1.0.0b8"
diff --git a/projects/jupyter-server-ydoc/jupyter_server_ydoc/_version.py b/projects/jupyter-server-ydoc/jupyter_server_ydoc/_version.py
index e3342417..00c75050 100644
--- a/projects/jupyter-server-ydoc/jupyter_server_ydoc/_version.py
+++ b/projects/jupyter-server-ydoc/jupyter_server_ydoc/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.0.0b7"
+__version__ = "1.0.0b8"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 95c4fbf7..3dbd53b3 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2075,9 +2075,9 @@ __metadata:
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@jupyter/collaboration-extension@workspace:packages/collaboration-extension"
   dependencies:
-    "@jupyter/collaboration": ^3.0.0-beta.7
-    "@jupyter/collaborative-drive": ^3.0.0-beta.7
-    "@jupyter/docprovider": ^3.0.0-beta.7
+    "@jupyter/collaboration": ^3.0.0-beta.8
+    "@jupyter/collaborative-drive": ^3.0.0-beta.8
+    "@jupyter/docprovider": ^3.0.0-beta.8
     "@jupyter/ydoc": ^2.0.0 || ^3.0.0-a3
     "@jupyterlab/application": ^4.2.0
     "@jupyterlab/apputils": ^4.2.0
@@ -2099,7 +2099,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
-"@jupyter/collaboration@^3.0.0-beta.7, @jupyter/collaboration@workspace:packages/collaboration":
+"@jupyter/collaboration@^3.0.0-beta.8, @jupyter/collaboration@workspace:packages/collaboration":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@jupyter/collaboration@workspace:packages/collaboration"
   dependencies:
@@ -2123,7 +2123,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
-"@jupyter/collaborative-drive@^3.0.0-beta.7, @jupyter/collaborative-drive@workspace:packages/collaborative-drive":
+"@jupyter/collaborative-drive@^3.0.0-beta.8, @jupyter/collaborative-drive@workspace:packages/collaborative-drive":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@jupyter/collaborative-drive@workspace:packages/collaborative-drive"
   dependencies:
@@ -2140,8 +2140,8 @@ __metadata:
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@jupyter/docprovider-extension@workspace:packages/docprovider-extension"
   dependencies:
-    "@jupyter/collaborative-drive": ^3.0.0-beta.7
-    "@jupyter/docprovider": ^3.0.0-beta.7
+    "@jupyter/collaborative-drive": ^3.0.0-beta.8
+    "@jupyter/docprovider": ^3.0.0-beta.8
     "@jupyter/ydoc": ^2.0.0 || ^3.0.0-a3
     "@jupyterlab/application": ^4.2.0
     "@jupyterlab/apputils": ^4.2.0
@@ -2164,11 +2164,11 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
-"@jupyter/docprovider@^3.0.0-beta.7, @jupyter/docprovider@workspace:packages/docprovider":
+"@jupyter/docprovider@^3.0.0-beta.8, @jupyter/docprovider@workspace:packages/docprovider":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@jupyter/docprovider@workspace:packages/docprovider"
   dependencies:
-    "@jupyter/collaborative-drive": ^3.0.0-beta.7
+    "@jupyter/collaborative-drive": ^3.0.0-beta.8
     "@jupyter/ydoc": ^2.0.0 || ^3.0.0-a3
     "@jupyterlab/apputils": ^4.2.0
     "@jupyterlab/cells": ^4.2.0