# Which version are recommended for production 7.1/7.2/7.3? **URL:** \ **Category:** Using FoundationDB\ **Created:** [June 1, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/which-version-are-recommended-for-production-7-1-7-2-7-3/3994 "2023-06-01T14:19:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fuCtor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/foundationdb/user_avatar/forums.foundationdb.org/fuctor/32/1599_2.png) [@fuCtor](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/fuCtor)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/which-version-are-recommended-for-production-7-1-7-2-7-3/3994/1 "2023-06-01T14:19:04Z")
What version do experts recommended for new deployment? 7.1 looks like stable, but documentation available only for 7.2 but not for all features. ---
**Author:** ![jzhou](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/foundationdb/user_avatar/forums.foundationdb.org/jzhou/32/445_2.png) [@jzhou](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/jzhou)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/which-version-are-recommended-for-production-7-1-7-2-7-3/3994/2 "2023-06-07T04:38:32Z")
7.1 is the stable version recommended for production use. 7.2 and 7.2 are pre-releases right now. See [Releases · apple/foundationdb · GitHub](https://github.com/apple/foundationdb/releases) ---
**Author:** ![fuCtor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/foundationdb/user_avatar/forums.foundationdb.org/fuctor/32/1599_2.png) [@fuCtor](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/fuCtor)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/which-version-are-recommended-for-production-7-1-7-2-7-3/3994/3 "2023-06-08T08:42:46Z")
What about Redwood, it’s still experimental? I read in other thread, that Snowflake’s developer are planning in 7.3 remove flag “experimental”. ---
**Author:** ![jzhou](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/foundationdb/user_avatar/forums.foundationdb.org/jzhou/32/445_2.png) [@jzhou](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/jzhou)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/which-version-are-recommended-for-production-7-1-7-2-7-3/3994/4 "2023-06-09T22:40:15Z")
Yes, I’ve heard Snowflake has used Redwood in production. @SteavedHams should know the status and when the flag “experimental" can be removed. ---
**Author:** ![SteavedHams](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/foundationdb/user_avatar/forums.foundationdb.org/steavedhams/32/18_2.png) [@SteavedHams](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/SteavedHams)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/which-version-are-recommended-for-production-7-1-7-2-7-3/3994/5 "2023-06-10T21:00:20Z")
@jzhou is correct, and just to summarize Redwood’s status with some more details: - Redwood is stable for production use starting with FDB 7.1 - Redwood’s canonical name changes in FDB 7.3 and Snowflake’s `snowflake/release-71.3` branch to drop the experimental suffix. - Snowflake has been using Redwood in production continuously since August 2022 starting with FDB 7.1. ---
**Author:** ![ben-at-cisco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/foundationdb/user_avatar/forums.foundationdb.org/ben-at-cisco/32/1624_2.png) [@ben-at-cisco](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/ben-at-cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/which-version-are-recommended-for-production-7-1-7-2-7-3/3994/6 "2023-07-10T16:38:40Z")
Do you have a timeline for considering 7.2 or 7.3 “stable”? ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/foundationdb/user_avatar/forums.foundationdb.org/walter/32/1592_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 2:09am UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/which-version-are-recommended-for-production-7-1-7-2-7-3/3994/7 "2023-07-13T02:09:37Z")
@jzhou I see that 7.1 hasn’t been released in a while, is there any plan to release 7.1.34? ---
**Author:** ![geodude-tech](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/foundationdb/user_avatar/forums.foundationdb.org/geodude-tech/32/1634_2.png) [@geodude-tech](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/geodude-tech)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/which-version-are-recommended-for-production-7-1-7-2-7-3/3994/8 "2024-02-06T22:11:32Z")
Looking at that link now, is it correct to say 7.3.27 is the latest stable version? [Release Release 7.3.27 · apple/foundationdb · GitHub](https://github.com/apple/foundationdb/releases/tag/7.3.27) However, looking at the release notes here, [Release Notes — FoundationDB 7.2](https://apple.github.io/foundationdb/release-notes/release-notes-720.html), 7.2.0 appears to be the latest stable version.