# Is Discourse always in "beta"?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-always-in-beta/198215
**Category:** 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: ![kwinz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kwinz/32/232429_2.png) [@kwinz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kwinz)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2023, 7:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-always-in-beta/198215/23 "2023-01-26T07:52:53Z")

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> third party plugins and/or theme components many of them don’t support `stable` and they are usually maintained against `tests-passed` .

So what you’re saying is that beta versions could be better tested and more stable than `stable`?  
I don’t want so sound rude, but who came up with this, honestly?

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