There is a difference between software that offers both a stable and a beta channel and software that only has a beta (the google style of betas).
However, the good news is that this is solved in 1.9.0-beta14. Thank you @codinghorror for pointing me in the right direction of simply upgrading.I’ll stick to beta now that I understand better how it applies to this software, and for anyone else reading, here’s why in a bit more detail.