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Prisma has three different release channels:
- Alpha: The
alpha
channel is ideal for contributors and developers who want to try new features as early as possible. Features on thealpha
channel are not fully tested and might see significant changes before they are included in astable
release. - Beta: Features on the
beta
channel are tested and unlikely to change before the final release. Thebeta
channel is a great way to try new features and provide feedback before they are available in astable
release. - Stable: We recommend that you run the
stable
channel on your production servers. Releases on thestable
channel follow a bi-weekly cadence and only include very minor changes compared to thebeta
channel. This ensures that the combination of features in a release has been thoroughly tested on thebeta
channel.
You can learn more about Prisma's release process in this blog post.
Some Prisma features are released in a Preview. The Preview stage is orthogonal to the release channels, meaning a feature that's released in Preview still goes through the "normal" release channels: alpha
, beta
and stable
.
Preview means that the API of the feature is considered stable, but there might be significant internal improvements as long as the feature is in the Preview stage. If a feature is not in Preview, it's considered Final. All features that are not explicitly released in Preview are Final by default.
Prisma 1.24 has the following features in the preview stage:
You can get access to the latest beta release of the Prisma CLI by appending the @beta
-tag when installing it via NPM:
npm install -g prisma@beta
You can find the latest beta Prisma Docker image on Docker Hub. To use the latest version of a Prisma server, you need to configure the image
property in your Docker Compose file accordingly by appending -beta
to the the version number, e.g.:
version: '3'
services:
prisma:
image: prismagraphql/prisma:1.25-beta
restart: always
ports:
- "4466:4466"
environment:
PRISMA_CONFIG: |
managementApiSecret: __YOUR_MANAGEMENT_API_SECRET__
port: __YOUR_PRISMA_SERVER_PORT__
databases:
default:
connector: __YOUR_DATABASE_CONNECTOR__
migrations: __ENABLE_DB_MIGRATIONS__
host: __YOUR_DATABASE_HOST__
port: __YOUR_DATABASE_PORT__
user: __YOUR_DATABASE_USER__
password: __YOUR_DATABASE_PASSWORD__
You can also pull the latest beta version directly using the Docker CLI:
docker pull prismagraphql/prisma:1.25-beta