# Julia v1.3.0-rc1 is now available

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-3-0-rc1-is-now-available/27673>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** release\
**Created:** [August 18, 2019, 7:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-3-0-rc1-is-now-available/27673 "2019-08-18T07:04:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![ararslan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ararslan/32/3825_2.png) [@ararslan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ararslan)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-3-0-rc1-is-now-available/27673/10 "2019-08-18T17:19:13Z")

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FYI folks I jumped the gun a bit with this release candidate; please consider this more of a beta. We’ll continue to iterate with RC versions but this was a bit premature, so the _next_ release candidate will be more like a true RC. My apologies!

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