diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4643cb013..56a4ab2b6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -33,9 +33,12 @@
 - TW-271 Parser still looks for task id even when -- is used (thanks to Jim B).
 - TW-277 Complex filters can skip infix term expansion.
 - TW-278 Cygwin throws warnings building mk_wcwidth() in wcwidth6.c.
+- TW-279 ".monthly" unexpectedly appended to task annotation (thanks to Florian
+         Hollerweger).
 - TW-285 DUETODAY doesn't give any output (thanks to Jostein Berntsen).
 - TW-306 Wrong date format in burndown view (thanks to Michele Santullo).
 - TW-752 task ID no longer defaults to info (thanks to Christopher Roberts).
+- TW-1243 Automatically insert ( ) around user-supplied filter, if any.
 - TW-1254 Calc command can segfault on negative numbers (thanks to Renato
           Alves).
 - TW-1255 New testing framework (thanks to Renato Alves).
diff --git a/test/bug.1063.t b/test/bug.1063.t
index d53fb1b41..36633e812 100755
--- a/test/bug.1063.t
+++ b/test/bug.1063.t
@@ -69,12 +69,11 @@ $output = qx{../src/task rc:$rc bar rc.report.bar.sort=foo+ 2>&1};
 like ($output, qr/1.+2.+3.+4/ms, "$ut: Default ascending sort correct");
 
 ## Cleanup.
-unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data synch.key), $rc;
+unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data), $rc;
 ok (! -r 'pending.data'   &&
     ! -r 'completed.data' &&
     ! -r 'undo.data'      &&
     ! -r 'backlog.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'synch.key'      &&
     ! -r $rc, "$ut: Cleanup");
 
 exit 0;
diff --git a/test/bug.1110.t b/test/bug.1110.t
index 443241e98..2999b27d1 100755
--- a/test/bug.1110.t
+++ b/test/bug.1110.t
@@ -52,12 +52,11 @@ $output = qx{../src/task all status:completed rc:bug.rc 2>&1};
 like ($output, qr/ToBeCompleted/, 'status:completed returns completed tasks');
 
 # Cleanup.
-unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data synch.key bug.rc);
+unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data bug.rc);
 ok (! -r 'pending.data'   &&
     ! -r 'completed.data' &&
     ! -r 'undo.data'      &&
     ! -r 'backlog.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'synch.key'      &&
     ! -r 'bug.rc', 'Cleanup');
 
 exit 0;
diff --git a/test/color.uda.t b/test/color.uda.t
index 76ee0075b..6ecd676dc 100755
--- a/test/color.uda.t
+++ b/test/color.uda.t
@@ -54,12 +54,11 @@ unlike ($output, qr/ \033\[32m .* one .* \033\[0m /x, 'No color.uda');
 like   ($output, qr/ \033\[31m .* two .* \033\[0m /x, 'Found color.uda');
 
 # Cleanup.
-unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data synch.key color.rc);
+unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data color.rc);
 ok (! -r 'pending.data'   &&
     ! -r 'completed.data' &&
     ! -r 'undo.data'      &&
     ! -r 'backlog.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'synch.key'      &&
     ! -r 'color.rc', 'Cleanup');
 
 exit 0;
diff --git a/test/feature.1061.t b/test/feature.1061.t
index d05920060..b44c307c1 100755
--- a/test/feature.1061.t
+++ b/test/feature.1061.t
@@ -55,12 +55,11 @@ unlike ($output, qr/uuid/,        'columns - did not find \'escr\' in uuid');
 unlike ($output, qr/project/,     'columns - did not find \'escr\' in project');
 
 # Cleanup.
-unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data synch.key bug.rc);
+unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data bug.rc);
 ok (! -r 'pending.data'   &&
     ! -r 'completed.data' &&
     ! -r 'undo.data'      &&
     ! -r 'backlog.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'synch.key'      &&
     ! -r 'bug.rc', 'Cleanup');
 
 exit 0;
diff --git a/test/feature.print.empty.columns.t b/test/feature.print.empty.columns.t
index 642dc9a38..19ce2c9e8 100755
--- a/test/feature.print.empty.columns.t
+++ b/test/feature.print.empty.columns.t
@@ -59,12 +59,11 @@ $output = qx{../src/task test rc.print.empty.columns:yes rc:bug.rc 2>&1};
 like ($output, qr/Project/, 'non-empty \'project\' column is printed if rc.print.empty.columns:yes');
 
 # Cleanup.
-unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data synch.key bug.rc);
+unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data bug.rc);
 ok (! -r 'pending.data'   &&
     ! -r 'completed.data' &&
     ! -r 'undo.data'      &&
     ! -r 'backlog.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'synch.key'      &&
     ! -r 'bug.rc', 'Cleanup');
 
 exit 0;
diff --git a/test/hyphenate.t b/test/hyphenate.t
index 7b24a7686..9d7144e02 100755
--- a/test/hyphenate.t
+++ b/test/hyphenate.t
@@ -51,12 +51,11 @@ my $output = qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc show report.next.columns 2>&1};
 unlike ($output, qr/-/, 'split on comma for comma-separated lists');
 
 # Cleanup.
-unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data synch.key bug.rc);
+unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data bug.rc);
 ok (! -r 'pending.data'   &&
     ! -r 'completed.data' &&
     ! -r 'undo.data'      &&
     ! -r 'backlog.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'synch.key'      &&
     ! -r 'bug.rc', 'Cleanup');
 
 exit 0;
diff --git a/test/template.t b/test/template.t
index 85464b963..c01a42a16 100755
--- a/test/template.t
+++ b/test/template.t
@@ -57,12 +57,11 @@ my $output = qx{../src/task rc:$rc ls 2>&1};
 like ($output, qr/sample/ms, "$ut: sample task found");
 
 ## Cleanup.
-unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data synch.key), $rc;
+unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data), $rc;
 ok (! -r 'pending.data'   &&
     ! -r 'completed.data' &&
     ! -r 'undo.data'      &&
     ! -r 'backlog.data'   &&
-    ! -r 'synch.key'      &&
     ! -r $rc, "$ut: Cleanup");
 
 exit 0;