> **Dep/s**: [Telemere](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/telemere/versions/1.0.0-beta8) and [Telemere SLF4J provider](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/slf4j-telemere/versions/1.0.0-beta8) are on Clojars.
This is a **pre-release** intended for **early adopters** and those who'd like to give feedback. New betas will be released frequently, while I continue to tweak and add to Telemere.
Please **report any unexpected problems** on [GitHub](https://github.com/taoensso/telemere/issues) or the [Slack channel](https://www.taoensso.com/telemere/slack), thank you! 🙏
- \[mod] [OpenTelemetry handler](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere.open-telemetry#handler:open-telemetry-logger) is **no longer auto added** (beta1)
- \[mod] Various API improvements to [included handlers](https://github.com/taoensso/telemere/wiki/4-Handlers#included-handlers) and [utils](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere.utils)
- \[mod] Middleware must now be a **single fn**, use [`comp-middleware`](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere#comp-middleware) to create one fn from many (beta7)
- \[mod] [User-level kvs](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere#help:signal-options) are no longer included by default in handler output. `:incl-kvs?` option has been added to [`format-signal-fn`](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere.utils#format-signal-fn) and [`pr-signal-fn`](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere.utils#pr-signal-fn) (beta7)
- \[new] (Advanced) Handler fns can now include `:dispatch-opts` metadata, handy for handler authors that want to set defaults for use by [`add-handler!`](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere#add-handler!)
- \[new] Ongoing [API](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere) and [wiki](https://github.com/taoensso/telemere/wiki) doc improvements
- \[new] Clj [signal content](https://cljdoc.org/d/com.taoensso/telemere/CURRENT/api/taoensso.telemere#help:signal-content) now includes `:thread {:keys [group name id]}` key (beta7)
- \[new] Handlers now block to try drain their signal queues on shutdown (beta3)
> **Dep/s**: [Telemere](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/telemere/versions/1.0.0-beta1) and [Telemere SLF4J provider](https://clojars.org/com.taoensso/slf4j-telemere/versions/1.0.0-beta1) are on Clojars.
While no significant changes are expected before the [planned v1.0 final release](https://www.taoensso.com/roadmap), you **probably don't want to use this in production** just yet.
**Please report any unexpected problems** and let me know if anything is unclear, inconvenient, etc. Now's the ideal time to get any last-minute changes in. Thank you! 🙏