Preview Versions
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CloudNativePG candidate releases are pre-release versions made available
for testing before the community issues a new generally available (GA)
release. These versions are feature-frozen, meaning no new features are
added, and are intended for public testing prior to the final release.

..  Note::
   CloudNativePG release candidates are not intended for use in production systems. 　

Purpose of Release Candidates
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Release candidates are provided to the community for extensive testing
before the official release. While a release candidate aims to be
identical to the initial release of a new minor version of
CloudNativePG, additional changes may be implemented before the GA
release.

Community Involvement
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The stability of each CloudNativePG minor release significantly depends
on the community’s efforts to test the upcoming version with their
workloads and tools. Identifying bugs and regressions through user
testing is crucial in determining when we can finalize the release.

Usage Advisory
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The CloudNativePG Community strongly advises against using preview
versions of CloudNativePG in production environments or active
development projects. Although CloudNativePG undergoes extensive
automated and manual testing, beta releases may contain serious bugs.
Features in preview versions may change in ways that are not backwards
compatible and could be removed entirely.

Current Preview Version
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There are currently no preview versions available.

<!– The current preview version is **1.29.0-rc1**.

For more information on the current preview version and how to test,
please view the links below:

- `Announcement <https://cloudnative-pg.io/releases/cloudnative-pg-1-29.0-rc1-released/>`_ 

- `Documentation <https://cloudnative-pg.io/documentation/preview/>`_ 

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