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+## 1.8.0 / 2020-10-15
+
+* [CHANGE] API client: Use `time.Time` rather than `string` for timestamps in `RuntimeinfoResult`. #777
+* [FEATURE] Export `MetricVec` to facilitate implementation of vectors of custom `Metric` types. #803
+* [FEATURE API client: Support `/status/tsdb` endpoint. #773
+* [ENHANCEMENT] API client: Enable GET fallback on status code 501. #802
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Remove `Metric` references after reslicing to free up more memory. #784
+
 ## 1.7.1 / 2020-06-23
 
 * [BUGFIX] API client: Actually propagate start/end parameters of `LabelNames` and `LabelValues`. #771
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-1.7.1
+1.8.0