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 * [OCR (Optical Character Recognition)](ocr/)
 * [SendGrid](sendgrid/)
 * [Slack](slack/)
+
+## Notes:
+The samples in the `node8` directory are designed for use with Node.js `8.x.x` only. Unless otherwise noted, all other samples are designed for _both_ Node.js `6.x.x` _and_ Node.js `8.x.x`.
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diff --git a/functions/node8/index.js b/functions/node8/index.js
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+/**
+ * Copyright 2018, Google LLC.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+// [START functions_tips_infinite_retries_node8]
+/**
+ * Background Cloud Function that only executes within a certain time
+ * period after the triggering event to avoid infinite retry loops.
+ *
+ * @param {object} event The Cloud Functions event payload.
+ * @param {function} context Information about the event.
+ */
+exports.avoidInfiniteRetries = (data, context) => {
+  const eventAge = Date.now() - Date.parse(context.timestamp);
+  const eventMaxAge = 10000;
+
+  // Ignore events that are too old
+  if (eventAge > eventMaxAge) {
+    console.log(`Dropping event ${context.eventId} with age ${eventAge} ms.`);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Do what the function is supposed to do
+  console.log(`Processing event ${context.eventId} with age ${eventAge} ms.`);
+};
+// [END functions_tips_infinite_retries_node8]
+
+// [START functions_tips_retry_node8]
+/**
+ * Background Cloud Function that demonstrates
+ * how to toggle retries using a promise
+ *
+ * @param {object} data The Cloud Functions event payload.
+ * @param {function} context The Cloud Functions metadata.
+ */
+exports.retryPromise = (data, context) => {
+  const tryAgain = !!data.retry;
+
+  if (tryAgain) {
+    throw new Error(`Retrying...`);
+  } else {
+    return new Error('Not retrying...');
+  }
+};
+// [END functions_tips_retry_node8]
+
+// [START functions_helloworld_background_node8]
+/**
+ * Background Cloud Function.
+ *
+ * @param {object} data Data passed to the Cloud Function.
+ */
+exports.helloBackground = (data) => {
+  return `Hello ${data.name || 'World'}!`;
+};
+// [END functions_helloworld_background_node8]
+
+// [START functions_helloworld_pubsub_node8]
+/**
+ * Background Cloud Function to be triggered by Pub/Sub.
+ * This function is exported by index.js, and executed when
+ * the trigger topic receives a message.
+ *
+ * @param {object} data The Cloud Functions event payload.
+ * @param {object} context The Cloud Functions metadata.
+ */
+exports.helloPubSub = (data) => {
+  const name = data.data ? Buffer.from(data.data, 'base64').toString() : 'World';
+
+  console.log(`Hello, ${name}!`);
+};
+// [END functions_helloworld_pubsub_node8]
+
+// [START functions_helloworld_storage_node8]
+/**
+ * Background Cloud Function to be triggered by Cloud Storage.
+ *
+ * @param {object} data The Cloud Functions event payload.
+ */
+exports.helloGCS = (data) => {
+  if (data.resourceState === 'not_exists') {
+    console.log(`File ${data.name} deleted.`);
+  } else if (data.metageneration === '1') {
+    // metageneration attribute is updated on metadata changes.
+    // on create value is 1
+    console.log(`File ${data.name} uploaded.`);
+  } else {
+    console.log(`File ${data.name} metadata updated.`);
+  }
+};
+// [END functions_helloworld_storage_node8]
+
+// [START functions_helloworld_storage_generic_node8]
+/**
+ * Generic background Cloud Function to be triggered by Cloud Storage.
+ *
+ * @param {object} data The Cloud Functions event payload.
+ * @param {object} context The Cloud Functions event metadata.
+ */
+exports.helloGCSGeneric = (data, context) => {
+  console.log(`  Event ${context.eventId}`);
+  console.log(`  Event Type: ${context.eventType}`);
+  console.log(`  Bucket: ${data.bucket}`);
+  console.log(`  File: ${data.name}`);
+  console.log(`  Metageneration: ${data.metageneration}`);
+  console.log(`  Created: ${data.timeCreated}`);
+  console.log(`  Updated: ${data.updated}`);
+};
+// [END functions_helloworld_storage_generic_node8]
diff --git a/functions/node8/package.json b/functions/node8/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "nodejs-docs-samples-gcf-node8",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "description": "Google Cloud Functions samples for Node.js 8",
+  "scripts": {
+  },
+  "engines": { "node": "^8"},
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/nodejs-docs-samples.git"
+  },
+  "author": "Google LLC",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/nodejs-docs-samples/issues"
+  }
+}