# Is this large-scale update finally over? **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/393727 **Category:** General **Created:** [January 17, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/393727 "2026-01-17T13:23:01Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
### 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: [January 17, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/393727/4 "2026-01-17T13:47:45Z")
There’s often a bump in activity at the beginning of the year after short lull towards the end of the year when people often take time off. We’ve got lots of things we want to improve, though, so in general we aim to keep delivering changes more or less continuously. We often turn things on here first, so people who engaged can get a preview of our work in a real community. When you see them on your own site depends on what how frequently you update your site, and what settings you turn on. We’re actively working on two big projects to give admins more control over those things, though: > [@Current Projects - December 2025](https://meta.discourse.org/t/current-projects-december-2025/391041/1): > > ### Upcoming changes admin area > > Our new Upcoming Changes area will let you see what updates are coming to Discourse, opt-in to new experimental features, or temporarily opt-out if you need more time to prepare for these updates. This project will help minimize breakages on heavily customized sites and give admins more clarity on what changes are coming to their community. > > ### Implementing a new versioning system > > Last month we published our first release using the new versioning scheme: v2025.11. Over the coming weeks we’ll continue to improve the processes & documentation for this system, and intend to stamp the first “Extended Support Release” (ESR) in January. [Learn more.](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rfc-a-new-versioning-strategy-for-discourse/383536) --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/393727)._