beta-updates.mdx

title	Beta updates
description	Get each new version before it reaches everyone, and go back to stable releases

Every new minor version ships as one or more betas before its stable release, such as 0.82.0-beta.1 ahead of 0.82.0. Patch releases skip the beta and go straight to stable.

Getting betas

Open **Settings > General** and, under Software Update, select **Get beta updates**. Click **Check for Updates…**, or wait for the next daily check. The newest release wins, beta or stable.

TablePro > About TablePro shows the version you run, with -beta.N in it while you are on a beta.

Going back to stable

Deselect Get beta updates. The beta stays installed, because an update never moves to a lower version. The first stable release above it replaces it: on 0.82.0-beta.2, that is 0.82.0.

To leave sooner, download the current stable from Installation and install it over the beta. A beta never writes connections or settings that the stable release before it cannot read.

Reporting a problem

Open an issue on GitHub with the full version from TablePro > About TablePro. A beta with an open regression does not become the stable release.

For administrators

The setting is the com.TablePro.updates.receivesBetaUpdates key, which a configuration profile can pin for a fleet. See Managed updates.