# Help deploying older versions of Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-deploying-older-versions-of-discourse/399409
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [March 20, 2026, 8:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-deploying-older-versions-of-discourse/399409 "2026-03-20T08:37:11Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2026, 7:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-deploying-older-versions-of-discourse/399409/11 "2026-03-27T07:45:39Z")

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Interesting. Even before the new versioning strategy, `beta` had been a tag instead of a branch for quite a while: [Upcoming changes to the beta branch of Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upcoming-changes-to-the-beta-branch-of-discourse/262063)

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