diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 67937f8..510de92 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,14 +4,23 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. Dates are d
 
 Generated by [`auto-changelog`](https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog).
 
+#### [1.0.8](https://github.com/rdkcentral/rdkNativeScript/compare/1.0.7...1.0.8)
+
+- RDKEMW-8952 : Switching between Xumo Fast Channels and Vipa activated… [`#71`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/rdkNativeScript/pull/71)
+- RDKEMW-8952 : Switching between Xumo Fast Channels and Vipa activated Channels [`505914d`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/rdkNativeScript/commit/505914dbfa6dbe842c7ec46e169ccca47ca6032b)
+- Merge tag '1.0.7' into develop [`d367c14`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/rdkNativeScript/commit/d367c14f8efa22be9632ba692ed658321402a0e3)
+
 #### [1.0.7](https://github.com/rdkcentral/rdkNativeScript/compare/1.0.6...1.0.7)
 
-- Switching between Xumo Fast Channels and Vipa activated… [`#68`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/rdkNativeScript/pull/68)
+> 30 September 2025
+
+- RDKEMW-8952 : Switching between Xumo Fast Channels and Vipa activated… [`#68`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/rdkNativeScript/pull/68)
 - RDKEMW-5610 : L1 test cases for jsruntime [`#66`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/rdkNativeScript/pull/66)
 - Deploy fossid_integration_stateless_diffscan_target_repo action [`#67`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/rdkNativeScript/pull/67)
 - Deploy cla action [`#40`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/rdkNativeScript/pull/40)
 - Update CODEOWNERS [`#63`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/rdkNativeScript/pull/63)
-- Switching between Xumo Fast Channels and Vipa activated Channels [`228cf8b`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/rdkNativeScript/commit/228cf8bfdde6d7f7d991805193038b392bc0e89b)
+- 1.0.7 release changelog updates [`0f3be4f`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/rdkNativeScript/commit/0f3be4fecad9213a4d86c828e978c29199e5d190)
+- RDKEMW-8952 : Switching between Xumo Fast Channels and Vipa activated Channels [`228cf8b`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/rdkNativeScript/commit/228cf8bfdde6d7f7d991805193038b392bc0e89b)
 - Merge tag '1.0.6' into develop [`afdf341`](https://github.com/rdkcentral/rdkNativeScript/commit/afdf341c4f81e7019d76f207c7b428dbd0ffc00d)
 
 #### [1.0.6](https://github.com/rdkcentral/rdkNativeScript/compare/1.0.5...1.0.6)
diff --git a/src/jsc/JavaScriptContext.cpp b/src/jsc/JavaScriptContext.cpp
index b5ce3e6..a0af753 100644
--- a/src/jsc/JavaScriptContext.cpp
+++ b/src/jsc/JavaScriptContext.cpp
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ static AAMPJSBindings* gAAMPJSBindings = nullptr;
 //BIG CHANGE
 extern void functionLoadModule(JSGlobalContextRef ref, JSObjectRef globalObjectRef, char* buffer, int len, char* name);
 
-static const char* envValue = std::getenv("NATIVEJS_DUMP_NETWORKMETRIC");
-
 JSContextGroupRef globalContextGroup()
 {
     static JSContextGroupRef gGroupRef = JSContextGroupCreate();
@@ -134,13 +132,17 @@ void JavaScriptContext::loadAAMPJSBindingsLib()
     if (nullptr == gAAMPJSBindings->PlayerLibHandle)
     {
         static const char *aampJSBindingsLib = "libaampjsbindings.so";
+	// This is required for NativeJS Plugin 
+	#if 0
 	static const char *jscLib = "libJavaScriptCore.so";
 	jscLibHandle = dlopen(jscLib, RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
 	if (!jscLibHandle)
 	{
 	    std::cout<<"dlopen error for jsc library " << dlerror() << std::endl;
 	}
-        void *aampJSBindingsLibHandle = dlopen(aampJSBindingsLib, RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
+	#endif
+        
+	void *aampJSBindingsLibHandle = dlopen(aampJSBindingsLib, RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
         if (aampJSBindingsLibHandle)
         {
             gAAMPJSBindings->PlayerLibHandle = aampJSBindingsLibHandle;
@@ -165,7 +167,7 @@ void JavaScriptContext::unloadAAMPJSBindingsLib()
     if (nullptr != gAAMPJSBindings->PlayerLibHandle)
     {
         dlclose(gAAMPJSBindings->PlayerLibHandle);
-	dlclose(jscLibHandle);
+	//dlclose(jscLibHandle);
 
     }
 }
@@ -481,9 +483,7 @@ void JavaScriptContext::onMetricsData (NetworkMetrics *net)
     rtString key = net->url;
     mNetworkMetricsData->set(key, rtValue((void *)net));
 
-    if (envValue) {
-        dumpNetworkMetricData(net, this->getUrl());
-    }
+    dumpNetworkMetricData(net, this->getUrl());
 }
 
 void JavaScriptContext::dumpNetworkMetricData(NetworkMetrics *metrics, std::string appUrl)
diff --git a/src/jsc/JavaScriptEngine.cpp b/src/jsc/JavaScriptEngine.cpp
index 24069d1..bafd1d7 100644
--- a/src/jsc/JavaScriptEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/jsc/JavaScriptEngine.cpp
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ void JavaScriptEngine::collectGarbage()
 {
   if (gTopLevelContext)
   {
-    JSSynchronousGarbageCollectForDebugging(gTopLevelContext);
+    //JSSynchronousGarbageCollectForDebugging(gTopLevelContext);
+    JSGarbageCollect(gTopLevelContext);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/jsc/JavaScriptUtils.cpp b/src/jsc/JavaScriptUtils.cpp
index 6ac3397..60dc124 100644
--- a/src/jsc/JavaScriptUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/jsc/JavaScriptUtils.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ std::thread::id gMainThreadId;
 
 static std::list<std::function<void ()>> gPendingFun;
 static std::mutex gDispatchMutex;
+static const char* envValue = std::getenv("NATIVEJS_DUMP_NETWORKMETRIC");
 
 struct TimeoutInfo
 {
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ class rtHttpRequestEx : public rtHttpRequest
       resp->setHeaders(downloadRequest->headerData(), downloadRequest->headerDataSize());
       resp->setDownloadedData(downloadRequest->downloadedData(), downloadRequest->downloadedDataSize());
 
-      if (mMetricsListener)
+      if (mMetricsListener && envValue)
       {
  	rtLogWarn("metriclistener");
         NetworkMetrics *metrics = new NetworkMetrics();