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 ## Status
 
-This project is currently in development. It is used internally by Zalando in order to run staging databases on Kubernetes.
+This project is currently in active development. It is however already used internally by Zalando in order to run Postgres databases on Kubernetes in larger numbers for staging environments and a smaller number of production databases. In this environment the operator is deployed to multiple Kubernetes clusters, where users deploy manifests via our CI/CD infrastructure.
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 Please, report any issues discovered to https://github.com/zalando-incubator/postgres-operator/issues.
 
 ## Running and testing the operator