# Julia v1.7.0-rc1 is now available

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-7-0-rc1-is-now-available/68278>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** release\
**Created:** [September 16, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-7-0-rc1-is-now-available/68278 "2021-09-16T17:24:43Z")\
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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:** [September 16, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-7-0-rc1-is-now-available/68278/1 "2021-09-16T17:24:43Z")

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The Julia developers are pleased to announce that the first release candidate for Julia v1.7.0 is now available. You can download binaries at [https://julialang.org/downloads](https://julialang.org/downloads) in the “upcoming release” section for macOS (x86-64, AArch64), FreeBSD (x86-64), Windows (32-, 64-bit), glibc Linux (i686, x86-64, ARMv7, AArch64, PowerPC), and musl Linux (x86-64). Check out the [NEWS file](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/v1.7.0-rc1/NEWS.md) to see what will be new in 1.7.0.

As a release _candidate_, this should **not** be considered production-ready. Rather, it’s intended to give users, especially package developers, a chance to try our their code with 1.7.0 prior to a full release. Note that 1.7 on Travis, [AppVeyor](https://github.com/JuliaCI/Appveyor.jl), [Cirrus](https://github.com/ararslan/CirrusCI.jl), and [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/julia-actions/setup-julia) now refers to 1.7.0-rc1.

Let us know in the [issue tracker](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues) if you run into any issues. Please note that any bugs you may encounter should be posted there rather than being discussed in this thread to ensure visibility to the developers.

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**Author:** ![vlandau](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vlandau/32/8986_2.png) [@vlandau](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vlandau)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-7-0-rc1-is-now-available/68278/3 "2021-09-16T17:59:16Z")

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IIRC it’ll take somewhere around an hour before 1.7 is available on GitHub Actions. Just a heads up to those itching to start testing it out in their CI.

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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:** [September 16, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-7-0-rc1-is-now-available/68278/4 "2021-09-16T18:06:05Z")

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> [@ImreSamu](#):
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> I see only the beta4

Sorry about that! The website should now be up to date. You may need to refresh the page and/or clear cookies if RC1 still doesn’t show up for you.

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**Author:** ![mtfishman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mtfishman/32/30755_2.png) [@mtfishman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mtfishman)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-7-0-rc1-is-now-available/68278/5 "2021-09-20T12:07:55Z")

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I’m finding that Github Actions CI is not recognizing 1.7 as a version, see: [https://github.com/ITensor/ITensors.jl/pull/744/checks?check\_run\_id=3647406574](https://github.com/ITensor/ITensors.jl/pull/744/checks?check_run_id=3647406574)

Is there something I’m missing?

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**Author:** ![Palli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/palli/32/3380_2.png) [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-7-0-rc1-is-now-available/68278/6 "2021-09-20T22:31:37Z")

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There’s no 1.7 yet, so I guess “1.7.0-rc1” needs to be put instead?

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**Author:** ![dilumaluthge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dilumaluthge/32/29283_2.png) [@dilumaluthge](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dilumaluthge)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-7-0-rc1-is-now-available/68278/7 "2021-09-20T22:39:24Z")

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You should do `'~1.7.0-0'`.

[https://github.com/julia-actions/setup-julia/blob/master/README.md#julia-versions](https://github.com/julia-actions/setup-julia/blob/master/README.md#julia-versions)

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**Author:** ![kristoffer.carlsson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kristoffer.carlsson/32/22_2.png) [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 6:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-7-0-rc1-is-now-available/68278/8 "2021-09-21T06:12:05Z")

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I wish that could just be `1.7`. Any complication like that means fewer people testing the prerelease.

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**Author:** ![dilumaluthge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dilumaluthge/32/29283_2.png) [@dilumaluthge](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dilumaluthge)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 6:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-7-0-rc1-is-now-available/68278/9 "2021-09-21T06:56:54Z")

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> [@kristoffer.carlsson](#):
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> I wish that could just be `1.7` . Any complication like that means fewer people testing the prerelease.

I think your proposal in [Proposal for simplifying testing of pre-releases · Issue #84 · julia-actions/setup-julia · GitHub](https://github.com/julia-actions/setup-julia/issues/84) (or something similar) is going to be the best way forward here.

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**Author:** ![mtfishman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mtfishman/32/30755_2.png) [@mtfishman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mtfishman)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-7-0-rc1-is-now-available/68278/10 "2021-09-21T14:29:45Z")

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Thanks everyone, using `^1.7.0-0` seems to work.

I was initially confused by this line in the original post:

> [@ararslan](#):
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> Note that 1.7 on Travis, [AppVeyor](https://github.com/JuliaCI/Appveyor.jl), [Cirrus](https://github.com/ararslan/CirrusCI.jl), and [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/julia-actions/setup-julia) now refers to 1.7.0-rc1.

which seems to imply that we could just use `'1.7'`, so maybe the original post should be updated with more specific instructions.

Agreed it would be nice to have `'1.7' `“just work”.