# Nightly 8.1 Changelogs - 2021

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**Created:** [January 19, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/nightly-8-1-changelogs-2021/42410 "2021-01-19T19:32:07Z")\
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Nightly Changelog: 8.1.5-b20210326

## Platform - tags

**1937: No way to escape curly-brace in OPC Item Path on UDT**  
Added ability to escape curly braces in OPC item paths.

## Platform - alarms

**1602: Alarms may not be journaled in some Alarm Journals when Remote Alarm Journal disallows storage**  
Added a ‘Query Only’ setting to alarm journals, to allow journals to opt out of being used for storage. When set to true, all alarm events will be discarded by the given journal.

## Perspective

**2025: Animated gauge component stuck**  
Gauge Component - Setting prop.animate to true will no longer result in the incorrect value being displayed on load.

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