# Is Discourse always in "beta"?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-always-in-beta/198215>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [July 26, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-always-in-beta/198215 "2021-07-26T15:11:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dannii/32/129087_2.png) [@Dannii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dannii)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-always-in-beta/198215/18 "2022-04-23T12:58:37Z")

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Maybe a helpful metaphor is that the “stable” branch is like the disc based Microsoft Office, whereas the “tests-passed” branch is like the cloud based Office 365. Both are viable options, and both get updates eventually, but for a product that’s fundamentally online already and which has a small support team, it’s more productive to be able to instruct people to update their installations to the current code, so that bugs can be tested and fixed promptly. As a forum admin it’s great to be able to report a bug and update to a version that fixes it within a few days, sometimes even the next day. I haven’t used any other web apps that are as responsive as that. (Not that every bug is fixed instantly, but many are.)

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