diff --git a/.changes/1.10.3.md b/.changes/1.10.3.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..29844ce2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.10.3.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+## dbt-adapters 1.10.3 - October 29, 2024
diff --git a/.changes/1.7.2.md b/.changes/1.7.2.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b17bf217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.7.2.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+## dbt-adapters 1.7.2 - October 21, 2024
+
+### Breaking Changes
+
+- Drop support for Python 3.8 ([#332](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/issues/332))
+
+### Features
+
+- Allows unique_key for snapshots to take a list ([#181](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/issues/181))
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Always validate an incremental model's `incremental_strategy` ([#330](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/issues/330))
+
+### Contributors
+- [@agpapa](https://github.com/agpapa) ([#181](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/issues/181))
diff --git a/.changes/1.8.0.md b/.changes/1.8.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f73a0300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.8.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+## dbt-adapters 1.8.0 - October 29, 2024
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Always make behavior flags available for evaluation ([#338](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/issues/338))
+
+### Under the Hood
+
+- Add adapter telemetry. ([#301](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/issues/301))
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Breaking Changes-20241016-180629.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Breaking Changes-20241016-180629.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 40f103c0..00000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Breaking Changes-20241016-180629.yaml	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Breaking Changes
-body: Drop support for Python 3.8
-time: 2024-10-16T18:06:29.535761-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: mikealfare
-  Issue: "332"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240422-081302.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240422-081302.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index c58e471e..00000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240422-081302.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Features
-body: Allows unique_key for snapshots to take a list
-time: 2024-04-22T08:13:02.937534-04:00
-custom:
-  Author: agpapa
-  Issue: "181"
diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20241016-160412.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20241016-160412.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 00a1982c..00000000
--- a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20241016-160412.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-kind: Fixes
-body: Always validate an incremental model's `incremental_strategy`
-time: 2024-10-16T16:04:12.58581-05:00
-custom:
-  Author: QMalcolm
-  Issue: "330"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8e9f64fc..9971e5ff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html),
 and is generated by [Changie](https://github.com/miniscruff/changie).
 
+## dbt-adapters 1.10.3 - October 29, 2024
+
+
+
 ## dbt-adapters 1.10.2 - October 01, 2024
 
 ### Under the Hood
@@ -15,13 +19,38 @@ and is generated by [Changie](https://github.com/miniscruff/changie).
 
 ## dbt-adapters 1.10.0 - September 12, 2024
 
-## dbt-adapters 1.7.1 - October 15, 2024
+## dbt-adapters 1.8.0 - October 29, 2024
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Always make behavior flags available for evaluation ([#338](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/issues/338))
+
+### Under the Hood
+
+- Add adapter telemetry. ([#301](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/issues/301))
+
+## dbt-adapters 1.7.2 - October 21, 2024
+
+### Breaking Changes
+
+- Drop support for Python 3.8 ([#332](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/issues/332))
 
 ### Features
 
-- Enable setting current value of dbt_valid_to ([#320](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/issues/320))
+- Allows unique_key for snapshots to take a list ([#181](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/issues/181))
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Always validate an incremental model's `incremental_strategy` ([#330](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/issues/330))
 
+### Contributors
+- [@agpapa](https://github.com/agpapa) ([#181](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/issues/181))
 
+## dbt-adapters 1.7.1 - October 15, 2024
+
+### Features
+
+- Enable setting current value of dbt_valid_to ([#320](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters/issues/320))
 
 ## dbt-adapters 1.7.0 - September 19, 2024
 
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/__about__.py b/dbt/adapters/__about__.py
index 116d5667..6aaa73b8 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/__about__.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/__about__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "1.7.1"
+version = "1.8.0"
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/base/__init__.py b/dbt/adapters/base/__init__.py
index ade1af3d..c30dd01f 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/base/__init__.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/base/__init__.py
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@
     BaseRelation,
     RelationType,
     SchemaSearchMap,
+    AdapterTrackingRelationInfo,
 )
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/base/impl.py b/dbt/adapters/base/impl.py
index 28d50d08..e0c633b2 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/base/impl.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/base/impl.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from datetime import datetime
 from enum import Enum
+from importlib import import_module
 from multiprocessing.context import SpawnContext
 from typing import (
     Any,
@@ -60,12 +61,14 @@
     ComponentName,
     InformationSchema,
     SchemaSearchMap,
+    AdapterTrackingRelationInfo,
 )
 from dbt.adapters.cache import RelationsCache, _make_ref_key_dict
 from dbt.adapters.capability import Capability, CapabilityDict
 from dbt.adapters.contracts.connection import Credentials
 from dbt.adapters.contracts.macros import MacroResolverProtocol
 from dbt.adapters.contracts.relation import RelationConfig
+
 from dbt.adapters.events.types import (
     CacheMiss,
     CatalogGenerationError,
@@ -299,12 +302,13 @@ def behavior(self) -> Behavior:
     @behavior.setter  # type: ignore
     def behavior(self, flags: List[BehaviorFlag]) -> None:
         flags.extend(self._behavior_flags)
-        try:
-            # we don't always get project flags, for example during `dbt debug`
-            self._behavior = Behavior(flags, self.config.flags)
-        except AttributeError:
-            # in that case, don't load any behavior to avoid unexpected defaults
-            self._behavior = Behavior([], {})
+
+        # we don't always get project flags, for example, the project file is not loaded during `dbt debug`
+        # in that case, load the default values for behavior flags to avoid compilation errors
+        # this mimics not loading a project file, or not specifying flags in a project file
+        user_overrides = getattr(self.config, "flags", {})
+
+        self._behavior = Behavior(flags, user_overrides)
 
     @property
     def _behavior_flags(self) -> List[BehaviorFlag]:
@@ -1748,6 +1752,30 @@ def capabilities(cls) -> CapabilityDict:
     def supports(cls, capability: Capability) -> bool:
         return bool(cls.capabilities()[capability])
 
+    @classmethod
+    def get_adapter_run_info(cls, config: RelationConfig) -> AdapterTrackingRelationInfo:
+        adapter_class_name, *_ = cls.__name__.split("Adapter")
+        adapter_name = adapter_class_name.lower()
+
+        if adapter_name == "base":
+            adapter_version = ""
+        else:
+            adapter_version = import_module(f"dbt.adapters.{adapter_name}.__version__").version
+
+        return AdapterTrackingRelationInfo(
+            adapter_name=adapter_name,
+            base_adapter_version=import_module("dbt.adapters.__about__").version,
+            adapter_version=adapter_version,
+            model_adapter_details=cls._get_adapter_specific_run_info(config),
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _get_adapter_specific_run_info(cls, config) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Adapter maintainers should overwrite this method to return any run metadata that should be captured during a run.
+        """
+        return {}
+
 
 COLUMNS_EQUAL_SQL = """
 with diff_count as (
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/base/relation.py b/dbt/adapters/base/relation.py
index ecd87345..7d4888e4 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/base/relation.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/base/relation.py
@@ -542,3 +542,11 @@ def flatten(self, allow_multiple_databases: bool = False) -> "SchemaSearchMap":
             )
 
         return new
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False, repr=False)
+class AdapterTrackingRelationInfo(FakeAPIObject, Hashable):
+    adapter_name: str
+    base_adapter_version: str
+    adapter_version: str
+    model_adapter_details: Any
diff --git a/tests/unit/behavior_flag_tests/__init__.py b/tests/unit/behavior_flag_tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_behavior_flags.py b/tests/unit/behavior_flag_tests/test_behavior_flags.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/unit/test_behavior_flags.py
rename to tests/unit/behavior_flag_tests/test_behavior_flags.py
diff --git a/tests/unit/behavior_flag_tests/test_empty_project.py b/tests/unit/behavior_flag_tests/test_empty_project.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9fd7a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/behavior_flag_tests/test_empty_project.py
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+from typing import Any, Dict, List
+
+from dbt_common.behavior_flags import BehaviorFlag
+from dbt_common.exceptions import DbtBaseException
+import pytest
+
+from dbt.adapters.contracts.connection import AdapterRequiredConfig, QueryComment
+
+from tests.unit.fixtures.credentials import CredentialsStub
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def flags() -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    return {
+        "unregistered_flag": True,
+        "default_false_user_false_flag": False,
+        "default_false_user_true_flag": True,
+        "default_true_user_false_flag": False,
+        "default_true_user_true_flag": True,
+    }
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def config(flags) -> AdapterRequiredConfig:
+    raw_config = {
+        "credentials": CredentialsStub("test_database", "test_schema"),
+        "profile_name": "test_profile",
+        "target_name": "test_target",
+        "threads": 4,
+        "project_name": "test_project",
+        "query_comment": QueryComment(),
+        "cli_vars": {},
+        "target_path": "path/to/nowhere",
+        "log_cache_events": False,
+    }
+    return SimpleNamespace(**raw_config)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def behavior_flags() -> List[BehaviorFlag]:
+    return [
+        {
+            "name": "default_false_user_false_flag",
+            "default": False,
+            "docs_url": "https://docs.com",
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "default_false_user_true_flag",
+            "default": False,
+            "description": "This is a false flag.",
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "default_false_user_skip_flag",
+            "default": False,
+            "description": "This is a true flag.",
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "default_true_user_false_flag",
+            "default": True,
+            "description": "This is fake news.",
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "default_true_user_true_flag",
+            "default": True,
+            "docs_url": "https://moar.docs.com",
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "default_true_user_skip_flag",
+            "default": True,
+            "description": "This is a true flag.",
+        },
+    ]
+
+
+def test_register_behavior_flags(adapter):
+    # make sure that users cannot add arbitrary flags to this collection
+    with pytest.raises(DbtBaseException):
+        assert adapter.behavior.unregistered_flag
+
+    # check the values of the valid behavior flags
+    assert not adapter.behavior.default_false_user_false_flag
+    assert not adapter.behavior.default_false_user_true_flag
+    assert not adapter.behavior.default_false_user_skip_flag
+    assert adapter.behavior.default_true_user_false_flag
+    assert adapter.behavior.default_true_user_true_flag
+    assert adapter.behavior.default_true_user_skip_flag
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_adapter_telemetry.py b/tests/unit/test_adapter_telemetry.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d5c4911
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_adapter_telemetry.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import dbt.adapters.__about__
+
+from dbt.adapters.base.impl import BaseAdapter
+from dbt.adapters.base.relation import AdapterTrackingRelationInfo
+
+
+def test_telemetry_returns():
+    res = BaseAdapter.get_adapter_run_info({})
+
+    assert res.adapter_name == "base"
+    assert res.base_adapter_version == dbt.adapters.__about__.version
+    assert res.adapter_version == ""
+    assert res.model_adapter_details == {}
+
+    assert type(res) is AdapterTrackingRelationInfo