# When should I switch from beta release to stable release?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-should-i-switch-from-beta-release-to-stable-release/95669>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [26 באוגוסט,‏ 2018,‏ 12:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-should-i-switch-from-beta-release-to-stable-release/95669 "2018-08-26T12:22:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [27 באוגוסט,‏ 2018,‏ 4:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-should-i-switch-from-beta-release-to-stable-release/95669/8 "2018-08-27T16:09:19Z")

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> [@Sevosik](#):
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> Perhaps one commit or two can make some difference, but in the end for a larger forum (over 100k posts) a stable version is safer, even if it means you don’t have any new features that have been implemented to beta.

You’d think so, but since [discourse.org](http://discourse.org) uses tests-passed for their own hosting, in some ways it is “safer.”

The issue with 1 or 2 commits is that if one of those commits affects the database schema, you can’t downgrade.

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