# Switch from beta to stable releases
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-from-beta-to-stable-releases/127735
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 5, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-from-beta-to-stable-releases/127735 "2019-09-05T20:44:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@joa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joa)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-from-beta-to-stable-releases/127735/1 "2019-09-05T20:44:00Z")
When I initially installed Discourse I got Discourse 2.4.0 beta 2, I think. Then beta 3.
I’d like to get to the stable releases instead of the beta versions.
I‘m aware that it’s probably not a good idea to go from a 2.4.0 beta „back“ to a stable 2.3.0 version and I assume there is no stable 2.4.0 yet. But once 2.4.0 (stable) is out, how can I switch to it and make sure I’m not prompted to update to a beta but only install stable releases?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-from-beta-to-stable-releases/127735/2 "2019-09-05T20:55:26Z")
You can search and get some information (like [When should I switch from beta release to stable release? - #6 by gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-with-switching-to-stable-version/95669/6)), but you might not really want `stable`, and if you do, you’ll need to wait until `stable` catches up with the version you have running now.
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### Author:  [@joa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joa)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-from-beta-to-stable-releases/127735/3 "2019-09-05T21:27:12Z")
> [@pfaffman](#):
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> you might not really want `stable` ,
Is the expectation that most people will run beta? I’d have expected to want to run stable by default to decrease my risk of running into undiscovered bugs.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-from-beta-to-stable-releases/127735/4 "2019-09-05T21:35:41Z")
The expectation is that most people will run `tests-passed`, as that is the default. The solution to virtually every bug is to upgrade, and if you’re on `beta` or `stable` then it’ll be weeks or months before you can upgrade to the new version. It’s safest to run `tests-passed` as you’re doing now.
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### Author:  [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-from-beta-to-stable-releases/127735/5 "2019-09-05T21:45:21Z")
> [@pfaffman](#):
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> The solution to virtually every bug is to upgrade, and if you’re on `beta` or `stable` then it’ll be weeks or months before you can upgrade to the new version.
That’s incorrect - bugs are fixed on `stable` as well: [Commits · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commits/stable)
And because there are (almost) no new features, there are virtually no new bugs being introduced.
But the question wasn’t _if_, it was _how_:
> [@joa](#):
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> But once 2.4.0 (stable) is out, how can I switch to it
Wait until 2.4.0 is out and then find the line `#version: tests-passed` in your app.yml , change it to `version: stable` , and rebuild.
(don’t forget to remove the `#` as well)
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-from-beta-to-stable-releases/127735/6 "2019-10-05T21:45:24Z")
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