Is R38.26 (HF1) a staged release?

leishirsute

R38.26 showed as an available update with no announcement in the Quicken community release notices.  Is it staged, for all users?

Is R36.57 still the latest release available for all users?

Please provide consistency in release update announcements.

Please notify if the release is staged, paused, or available for all users to eliminate confusion.

Sherlock

According to the Quicken release announcements, R36 is available to all users and R37 and R38 are still staged releases.

Chris_QPW

Yes, it is in staged release/paused mode.  This announcement is one patch release behind, but all of R38.XX is in staged release/paused mode.
https://community.quicken.com/discussion/7907221/windows-r38-xx-release-us

Note that the official patch web page is up to date with the release notes.

https://www.quicken.com/support/update-and-patch-20182019-release-quicken-windows-subscription-product

Sherlock

According to the Quicken release announcements, R36 is available to all users and R37 and R38 are still staged releases.

Chris_QPW

I find it strange that they are now spread out over 3 major release branches.

Ps56k2

Chris_QPW said:

I find it strange that they are now spread out over 3 major release branches.

yeah - like does the R38.xx branch have all the changes within the R36.xx and R37.xx releases

If not - then... what ?

Ps56k2

leishirsute said:

R38.26 showed as an available update with no announcement in the Quicken community release notices.

hmmm - the latest releases on the Support page are:

R38.25.... no R38.26
R37.67
R36.57

https://www.quicken.com/support/update-and-patch-20182019-release-quicken-windows-subscription-product

Sherlock

Chris_QPW said:

I find it strange that they are now spread out over 3 major release branches.

I do, too.  I thought it may be do to a lack of communication between the moderators that maintain the announcements and the administrators of the releases but, to date, the moderators have ignored my query regarding  this apparent change in policy.  I wonder if they decided R37 was just too bad to maintain.

Chris_QPW

Ps56k2 said:

leishirsute said:

R38.26 showed as an available update with no announcement in the Quicken community release notices.

hmmm - the latest releases on the Support page are:

R38.25.... no R38.26
R37.67
R36.57

https://www.quicken.com/support/update-and-patch-20182019-release-quicken-windows-subscription-product

Look again.  Even though the moderators are behind, the patch release page isn't:

Ps56k2

What URL is that - as I'm still only seeing R38.25 -

https://www.quicken.com/support/update-and-patch-20182019-release-quicken-windows-subscription-product

Rocket J Squirrel

Ps56k2 said:

What URL is that - as I'm still only seeing R38.25

So am I, but I was able to download the R38.26 mondo patch manually. I cleared browser cache and reloaded the release page, and still can't see .26. I wonder why @Chris_QPW is so special.

Remember there has been a very recent management change on the development team, so things may be a little unsettled right now.

Chris_QPW

Ps56k2 said:

What URL is that - as I'm still only seeing R38.25 -

https://www.quicken.com/support/update-and-patch-20182019-release-quicken-windows-subscription-product

Strange since it is the same link:
https://www.quicken.com/support/update-and-patch-20182019-release-quicken-windows-subscription-product

Chris_QPW

Here is the direct link to the patch.
https://assistant.quicken.com/patch/QW27.1.38.26MPatch.EXE?_ics=1643749940509&irclickid=~hFU28damuz0.PHGCysnkif~6XYNONDynhgf-81VQH

I will try clearing my cache and such and try again (already tried reload), maybe I caught it where they put it in and before they removed it.  Note I'm using MS Edge.

Chris_QPW

After clearing the cache, I still have R38.26 showing.

After installing it, here is what Help -> Release notes shows (I notice R38.25 is missing):

BK

Yeah, I don't see R38.26 either.

Rocket J Squirrel

I did CTRL-F5 in Firefox and R38.26 appeared. I guess it's a little shy.

BK

I had three different browsers, neither showing it.  Just did a reload and all three are showing it now.  It was matter of timing.

Chris_QPW

BK said:

I had three different browsers, neither showing it.  Just did a reload and all three are showing it now.  It was matter of timing.

More likely there are multiple servers, and they are getting updated over time.  The reason I say that is that as you can see from my comment, it has been well over 2 hours since I first saw it.

Ps56k2

ok - here we are -

leishirsute

Chris_QPW said:

I find it strange that they are now spread out over 3 major release branches.

It was one of my concerns with a subscription model i.e. more frequent versions of "beta" releases due to a captured testing population.  It would be okay if staged, paused and validated releases were announced more clearly.