# How does the Discourse project work?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-the-discourse-project-work/19059
**Category:** Site feedback
**Created:** [August 19, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-the-discourse-project-work/19059 "2014-08-19T18:51:07Z")
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### Author: ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-the-discourse-project-work/19059/40 "2014-09-19T00:56:59Z")

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Also this just seems wrong to me:

> [@cpradio](#):
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> tests-passed is assumed stable

tests-passed should be stable in that your site will continue to function, but its about as bleeding edge as it gets. If you want stable, _be on stable_.

From least to most stable:

- master  
not for deployment
- tests-passed  
safe to deploy, but stuff’ll be changing quickly. this is where experiments can be done “in the wild” to get real user feedback
- beta  
less volatile than tests-passed, more frequent updates than stable
- stable  
changes that have run the gauntlet of the other branches and survived the complaints for a number of weeks

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