diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-pr-description.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-pr-description.yml
index 0d9cb8a..0c1519c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-pr-description.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-pr-description.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ jobs:
             const now = new Date().toISOString().slice(0,16).replace('T',' ');
             const body = process.env.PR_BODY;
             const base = context.payload.pull_request.base.ref;
-            const head = context.payload.pull_request.head.ref;
             const update = {
               owner: context.repo.owner,
               repo: context.repo.repo,
@@ -51,13 +50,8 @@ jobs:
               body,
             };
 
-            // Branch roles come from `.releaserc.cjs`:
-            // - base `release`: stable releases
-            // - base `main`: prereleases ("rc")
             if (base === 'release') {
               update.title = `Release! PR for ${now}`;
-            } else if (base === 'main') {
-              update.title = `PR for ${now}`;
             }
 
             await github.rest.pulls.update(update);
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint_and_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint_and_test.yaml
index 59b3862..5e769cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint_and_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint_and_test.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,3 @@ jobs:
         run: make all
         env:
           UV_PYTHON: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-
-      - name: Check if code was reformatted
-        if: always()
-        run: git diff --exit-code
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 172ff2f..a58085e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## [1.0.1-rc.1](https://github.com/disafronov/python-logging-objects-with-schema/compare/v1.0.0...v1.0.1-rc.1) (2026-05-22)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* respect logger filters for validation errors ([d34e5b6](https://github.com/disafronov/python-logging-objects-with-schema/commit/d34e5b63f7326febee051a540dee197d9e02ff44))
+
 ## [1.0.0](https://github.com/disafronov/python-logging-objects-with-schema/compare/v0.4.1...v1.0.0) (2026-05-05)
 
 ### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5ff3661..880aa4d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PYTEST_CMD = uv run python -m pytest -v
 COVERAGE_OPTS = --cov --cov-report=term-missing --cov-report=html
 
 # Phony targets
-.PHONY: all clean dead-code format help install lint test test-coverage
+.PHONY: all clean dead-code format help install lint test
 
 # Default target
 help: ## Show this help message
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ format: ## Format code
 
 lint: ## Run linting tools
 	@echo "Running linting tools..."
-	uv run black --check . && uv run isort --check-only . && uv run flake8 . && uv run mypy . && uv run bandit -r -c pyproject.toml .
+	uv run black --check . && uv run isort --check-only . && uv run flake8 . && uv run mypy && uv run bandit -c pyproject.toml -r src/
 
 dead-code: ## Check for dead code using vulture
 	@echo "Checking for dead code..."
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1f9f7e7..bc109c0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "uv_build"
 
 [project]
 name = "logging-objects-with-schema"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.1rc1"
 description = "Proxy logging wrapper that validates extra fields against a JSON schema."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
@@ -54,47 +54,21 @@ dev = [
 
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"
-line_length = 88
-multi_line_output = 3
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 88
 include = "\\.pyi?$"
-extend-exclude = """
-/(
-  \\.eggs
-  | \\.git
-  | \\.hg
-  | \\.mypy_cache
-  | \\.tox
-  | \\.venv
-  | build
-  | dist
-)/
-"""
 
 [tool.flake8]
 max-line-length = 88
 extend-ignore = [ "E203", "W503" ]
-exclude = [ ".venv", "__pycache__", ".git", "htmlcov" ]
+exclude = [ ".venv" ]
 
 [tool.mypy]
-exclude = "tests/"
-warn_return_any = true
+files = [ "src" ]
+strict = true
 warn_unused_configs = true
-disallow_untyped_defs = true
-disallow_incomplete_defs = true
-check_untyped_defs = true
-disallow_untyped_decorators = true
-no_implicit_optional = true
-warn_redundant_casts = true
-warn_unused_ignores = true
-warn_no_return = true
 warn_unreachable = true
-strict_equality = true
-
-[tool.bandit]
-exclude_dirs = [ ".venv", "__pycache__", ".git", "htmlcov", "tests" ]
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
 source = [ "src" ]
@@ -103,11 +77,8 @@ branch = true
 [tool.coverage.report]
 fail_under = 100
 exclude_lines = [
-  "def __repr__",
-  "if self\\.debug",
   "raise AssertionError",
   "raise NotImplementedError",
-  "if 0:",
   "if __name__ == .__main__.:",
   "@(abc\\.)?abstractmethod"
 ]
@@ -119,6 +90,5 @@ directory = "htmlcov"
 
 [tool.vulture]
 min_confidence = 80
-exclude = [ "__pycache__" ]
 ignore_names = [ "cls" ]
-paths = [ "src", "tests" ]
+paths = [ "src" ]
diff --git a/src/logging_objects_with_schema/schema_logger.py b/src/logging_objects_with_schema/schema_logger.py
index 3b4fbf8..1af1387 100644
--- a/src/logging_objects_with_schema/schema_logger.py
+++ b/src/logging_objects_with_schema/schema_logger.py
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ def _log(
                 sinfo,  # sinfo - stack info from caller
             )
             try:
-                self.callHandlers(error_record)
+                self.handle(error_record)
             except Exception:
-                # If handler failed, log error to stderr (standard logging behavior)
                 sys.stderr.write(f"Error in logging handler: {error_record}\n")
diff --git a/tests/private/test_schema_logger.py b/tests/private/test_schema_logger.py
index f189285..d6ad39e 100644
--- a/tests/private/test_schema_logger.py
+++ b/tests/private/test_schema_logger.py
@@ -434,11 +434,11 @@ def mock_dumps(*args, **kwargs):
     assert "validation_errors" in output
 
 
-def test_schema_logger_log_handles_callhandlers_exception(
+def test_schema_logger_log_handles_validation_error_handler_exception(
     tmp_path: Path,
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
 ) -> None:
-    """SchemaLogger._log should handle callHandlers exception gracefully."""
+    """SchemaLogger._log should handle validation error handler exceptions."""
     monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
     _write_schema(
         tmp_path,
diff --git a/tests/test_logging_compatibility.py b/tests/test_logging_compatibility.py
index 556e0be..5a30cd2 100644
--- a/tests/test_logging_compatibility.py
+++ b/tests/test_logging_compatibility.py
@@ -126,3 +126,35 @@ def test_schema_logger_accepts_extra_fields_without_error(
 
     output = stream.getvalue()
     assert "msg" in output
+
+
+def test_schema_logger_validation_errors_respect_logger_filters(
+    tmp_path: Path,
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    """Validation error records should pass through logger filters."""
+
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    _write_schema(
+        tmp_path,
+        {
+            "ServicePayload": {
+                "RequestID": {"type": "str", "source": "request_id"},
+            },
+        },
+    )
+
+    stream = StringIO()
+    handler = logging.StreamHandler(stream)
+    handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter("%(levelname)s:%(message)s"))
+
+    logger = SchemaLogger("test-filtered-validation-errors")
+    logger.addHandler(handler)
+    logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+    logger.addFilter(lambda record: not record.getMessage().startswith("{"))
+
+    logger.info("msg", extra={"request_id": 42})
+
+    output = stream.getvalue()
+    assert "INFO:msg" in output
+    assert "validation_errors" not in output
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index e9c413c..2fe1843 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ version = "0.10.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "logging-objects-with-schema"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.1rc1"
 
   [package.source]
   editable = "."