diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 36549ea..c0342a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.8.0 (unreleased)
+
+* Enable the `newClientImplementation` by default. This should improve performance and memory usage.
+* **Potential Breaking Change** The `newClientImplementation` now uses WebSockets to connect to the PowerSync service. These WebSockets connections do not log events to `SyncClientConfiguration->requestLogger`.
+* Add the `soft` flag to `disconnectAndClear()` which keeps an internal copy of synced data in the database, allowing faster re-sync if a compatible token is used in the next connect() call
+* Update PowerSync SQLite core to 0.4.10
+* Update Kotlin SDK to 1.7.0.
+
+
 ## 1.7.0
 
 * Update Kotlin SDK to 1.7.0.
diff --git a/Demo/PowerSyncExample.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved b/Demo/PowerSyncExample.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
index e6ba700..d0281aa 100644
--- a/Demo/PowerSyncExample.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
+++ b/Demo/PowerSyncExample.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcshareddata/swiftpm/Package.resolved
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "originHash" : "2d885a1b46f17f9239b7876e3889168a6de98024718f2d7af03aede290c8a86a",
+  "originHash" : "33297127250b66812faa920958a24bae46bf9e9d1c38ea6b84ca413efaf16afd",
   "pins" : [
     {
       "identity" : "anycodable",
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@
         "version" : "0.6.7"
       }
     },
+    {
+      "identity" : "csqlite",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/powersync-ja/CSQLite.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "branch" : "3.51.1",
+        "revision" : "25f4a02fce2dcd588bad37ea6fc047c2bbe8ef5e"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "identity" : "powersync-sqlite-core-swift",
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
diff --git a/Sources/PowerSync/Protocol/PowerSyncDatabaseProtocol.swift b/Sources/PowerSync/Protocol/PowerSyncDatabaseProtocol.swift
index 0a8bd75..2b45603 100644
--- a/Sources/PowerSync/Protocol/PowerSyncDatabaseProtocol.swift
+++ b/Sources/PowerSync/Protocol/PowerSyncDatabaseProtocol.swift
@@ -90,17 +90,21 @@ public struct ConnectOptions: Sendable {
         self.crudThrottle = crudThrottle
         self.retryDelay = retryDelay
         self.params = params
-        newClientImplementation = false
+        newClientImplementation = true
         self.clientConfiguration = clientConfiguration
     }
 
     /// Initializes a ``ConnectOptions`` instance with optional values, including experimental options.
-    @_spi(PowerSyncExperimental)
+    @available(
+        *,
+        deprecated,
+        message: "Specifying the newClientImplementation flag is no longer needed. It is now enabled by default. The use of the old client is deprecated and will be removed in a future version."
+    )
     public init(
         crudThrottle: TimeInterval = 1,
         retryDelay: TimeInterval = 5,
         params: JsonParam = [:],
-        newClientImplementation: Bool = false,
+        newClientImplementation: Bool = true,
         clientConfiguration: SyncClientConfiguration? = nil
     ) {
         self.crudThrottle = crudThrottle
@@ -311,11 +315,11 @@ public extension PowerSyncDatabaseProtocol {
     func disconnectAndClear() async throws {
         try await disconnectAndClear(clearLocal: true, soft: false)
     }
-    
+
     func disconnectAndClear(clearLocal: Bool) async throws {
         try await disconnectAndClear(clearLocal: clearLocal, soft: false)
     }
-    
+
     func disconnectAndClear(soft: Bool) async throws {
         try await disconnectAndClear(clearLocal: true, soft: soft)
     }
diff --git a/Tests/PowerSyncTests/ConnectTests.swift b/Tests/PowerSyncTests/ConnectTests.swift
index 9473d21..b0167da 100644
--- a/Tests/PowerSyncTests/ConnectTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/PowerSyncTests/ConnectTests.swift
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ final class ConnectTests: XCTestCase {
         try await database.connect(
             connector: TestConnector(url: fakeUrl),
             options: ConnectOptions(
+                /// Note that currently, HTTP logs are only supported with the old client implementation
+                /// which uses HTTP streams.
+                /// The new client implementation uses a WebSocket connection instead.
+                /// Which we don't get logs for currently.
+                newClientImplementation: false,
                 clientConfiguration: SyncClientConfiguration(
                     requestLogger: SyncRequestLoggerConfiguration(
                         requestLevel: .all