# What is the purpose of the “Permanent” filter on the upcoming changes page?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-permanent-filter-on-the-upcoming-changes-page/402433
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** upcoming-changes
**Created:** [May 7, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-permanent-filter-on-the-upcoming-changes-page/402433 "2026-05-07T20:51:20Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2026, 8:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-permanent-filter-on-the-upcoming-changes-page/402433/3 "2026-07-04T08:58:52Z")

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> [@Introducing Upcoming Changes, a system to manage new features and changes to existing functionality in your community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-upcoming-changes-a-system-to-manage-new-features-and-changes-to-existing-functionality-in-your-community/392894/41):
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> When changes become Permanent they show up on `/whats-new` instead,

Based on this information, I’d like to ask again: What is the purpose of the permanent filter on the upcoming changes page? If permanent changes aren’t shown there, why is there a filter?

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