diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ee493a372b6079ac88a9a32441275f2be137fa76..3f43ee1560b112836d9a876a01b37f7d195573f1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [v1.0.0] - 2025-03-11
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Wait for authentication to complete for fast polling rates
+
+### Changed
+
+- Add hyphen to regex for schema version to enable issue branches
+
 ## [v0.1.0] - 2023-03-24
 
 ### Added
@@ -26,5 +36,6 @@ Create a soar protocol instance
 - implement retreive schema version by tag/branch/commitref
 - override methods to handle soar message structure
 
+[unreleased]: https://git.noc.ac.uk/communications-backbone-system/backbone-adapter-javascript/compare/v1.0.0...dev
+[v1.0.0]: https://git.noc.ac.uk/communications-backbone-system/backbone-adapter-javascript/compare/v0.1.0...v1.0.0
 [v0.1.0]: https://git.noc.ac.uk/communications-backbone-system/backbone-adapter-javascript/compare/a8eef21a...v0.1.0
-[unreleased]: https://git.noc.ac.uk/communications-backbone-system/backbone-adapter-javascript/compare/v0.1.0...dev
diff --git a/dist/adapter.esm.js b/dist/adapter.esm.js
index 862552155c8e296fb791c512cac2c438de251a06..22e9c0a2d1551c9d5a2cb53676a059c634123b3d 100644
--- a/dist/adapter.esm.js
+++ b/dist/adapter.esm.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ class Adapter {
     this.protocol = protocol;
     this.config = config;
     this.axios = axios;
+    this.authenticating = false;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -44,6 +45,10 @@ class Adapter {
    * @returns {object}
    */
   getAuthorizationHeader() {
+    if (this.authenticating) {
+      // return an pseudo response with an ignored status
+      return Promise.reject({ response: { status: 405 } });
+    }
     if (!this.tokenValid())
       return this.auth().then((response) => {
         return {
@@ -62,6 +67,7 @@ class Adapter {
    * @returns {object}
    */
   auth() {
+    this.authenticating = true;
     let adapterConfig = this.config;
     return this.axios
       .get(`${adapterConfig.api}/token`, {
@@ -72,9 +78,11 @@ class Adapter {
       })
       .then((response) => {
         this.credentials = response.data;
+        this.authenticating = false;
         return response;
       })
       .catch((error) => {
+        this.authenticating = false;
         return Promise.reject(error);
       });
   }
@@ -116,6 +124,7 @@ class Adapter {
               retry = true;
             }
             break;
+          // ignore 405 from auth in progress
           case 503: {
             retry = true;
           }
diff --git a/dist/adapter.js b/dist/adapter.js
index c1f0e28e2fa62fdf78acd646cc8f3f4a54c08c85..868a47cf41591f29c0ced47e26788559d1d1d6c3 100644
--- a/dist/adapter.js
+++ b/dist/adapter.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class Adapter {
     this.protocol = protocol;
     this.config = config;
     this.axios = axios;
+    this.authenticating = false;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -46,6 +47,10 @@ class Adapter {
    * @returns {object}
    */
   getAuthorizationHeader() {
+    if (this.authenticating) {
+      // return an pseudo response with an ignored status
+      return Promise.reject({ response: { status: 405 } });
+    }
     if (!this.tokenValid())
       return this.auth().then((response) => {
         return {
@@ -64,6 +69,7 @@ class Adapter {
    * @returns {object}
    */
   auth() {
+    this.authenticating = true;
     let adapterConfig = this.config;
     return this.axios
       .get(`${adapterConfig.api}/token`, {
@@ -74,9 +80,11 @@ class Adapter {
       })
       .then((response) => {
         this.credentials = response.data;
+        this.authenticating = false;
         return response;
       })
       .catch((error) => {
+        this.authenticating = false;
         return Promise.reject(error);
       });
   }
@@ -118,6 +126,7 @@ class Adapter {
               retry = true;
             }
             break;
+          // ignore 405 from auth in progress
           case 503: {
             retry = true;
           }
diff --git a/dist/protocol.esm.js b/dist/protocol.esm.js
index 71a3d8207ba98ca435045d6e697b14d62d9d14c4..848a523837beb9c960d0f2a0593dab9f671d7a0c 100644
--- a/dist/protocol.esm.js
+++ b/dist/protocol.esm.js
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class GenericSoarProtocol extends GenericProtocol {
    * @returns {object}
    */
   createValidator(schema) {
-    if (typeof schema === 'string' && schema.match(/^[\w.]+$/)) {
+    if (typeof schema === 'string' && schema.match(/^[\w.-]+$/)) {
       this.loadSchema(schema).then((schema) => {
         this.validator = new Validator(schema);
       });
diff --git a/dist/protocol.js b/dist/protocol.js
index e2c74bd15eb889140af9fa6fd70ff7241679e7f3..b8fd616adf1d601fdbabcbbb0545c6623d00afbf 100644
--- a/dist/protocol.js
+++ b/dist/protocol.js
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class GenericSoarProtocol extends GenericProtocol {
    * @returns {object}
    */
   createValidator(schema) {
-    if (typeof schema === 'string' && schema.match(/^[\w.]+$/)) {
+    if (typeof schema === 'string' && schema.match(/^[\w.-]+$/)) {
       this.loadSchema(schema).then((schema) => {
         this.validator = new Validator(schema);
       });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1795dd64b50996bc2a32fc0ed3a387fd586081d5..6583da0d3dd7d4c937289f66982e66fbd2ed9c1d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@noc-comms-backbone/backbone-adapter-javascript",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "private": true,
   "contributors": [
     {
diff --git a/src/adapter/index.js b/src/adapter/index.js
index ef71cc39fbd2d8adfb931f29db5a08adfe2f45c7..fba52314a4b40f2633f5d6909cc1384417d747c8 100644
--- a/src/adapter/index.js
+++ b/src/adapter/index.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export class Adapter {
     this.protocol = protocol;
     this.config = config;
     this.axios = axios;
+    this.authenticating = false;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -44,6 +45,10 @@ export class Adapter {
    * @returns {object}
    */
   getAuthorizationHeader() {
+    if (this.authenticating) {
+      // return an pseudo response with an ignored status
+      return Promise.reject({ response: { status: 405 } });
+    }
     if (!this.tokenValid())
       return this.auth().then((response) => {
         return {
@@ -62,6 +67,7 @@ export class Adapter {
    * @returns {object}
    */
   auth() {
+    this.authenticating = true;
     let adapterConfig = this.config;
     return this.axios
       .get(`${adapterConfig.api}/token`, {
@@ -72,9 +78,11 @@ export class Adapter {
       })
       .then((response) => {
         this.credentials = response.data;
+        this.authenticating = false;
         return response;
       })
       .catch((error) => {
+        this.authenticating = false;
         return Promise.reject(error);
       });
   }
@@ -116,6 +124,7 @@ export class Adapter {
               retry = true;
             }
             break;
+          // ignore 405 from auth in progress
           case 503: {
             retry = true;
           }
diff --git a/src/protocol/index.js b/src/protocol/index.js
index e1f35d334f0a3b3b42c42e23f09c87d7cd991f48..0dc039b5c96b90b4d5e919be4ea1e44cd541f232 100644
--- a/src/protocol/index.js
+++ b/src/protocol/index.js
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export class GenericSoarProtocol extends GenericProtocol {
    * @returns {object}
    */
   createValidator(schema) {
-    if (typeof schema === 'string' && schema.match(/^[\w.]+$/)) {
+    if (typeof schema === 'string' && schema.match(/^[\w.-]+$/)) {
       this.loadSchema(schema).then((schema) => {
         this.validator = new Validator(schema);
       });