# Which branch of Discourse is used internally?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-branch-of-discourse-is-used-internally/75181
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [December 1, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-branch-of-discourse-is-used-internally/75181 "2017-12-01T17:48:11Z")
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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-branch-of-discourse-is-used-internally/75181/2 "2017-12-01T18:12:40Z")

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> [@david](#):
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> but what about your customers?

Our customers follow **tests-passed** , but unlike Meta/try do not update automatically as soon as we commit. We update customers _regularly,_ but not on a specific schedule. We deploy customers “as needed”. For example, if we got significant reports about a bug, or the bug is just really bad, we’ll generally deploy sites as soon as we know the bug is fixed. We’ll also do a deploy after we finish a new feature. Sometimes we’ll do a deploy due to a plugin update, which also causes Discourse to be updated. We’ll also deploy if we haven’t deployed in a while, to ensure we keep everyone up to date.

> [@david](#):
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> Or is the beta branch a good representation of what gets deployed?

The **beta** branch is _not_ a good representation of what our customers run.

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Why **tests-passed** and not **beta**?

Most site admins update their sites when they receive the new beta notification. This notification is sent to all sites on **tests-passed** and **beta**. When they update they receive the most recent **tests-passed** commit, but generally will not update again until the next **beta** email. However, should they need to update between betas they can. If instead they tracked **beta** , they would not be able to update their site until we release another **beta.**

Does that help explain things @david?

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