# Suggestion: Keep release thread open

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestion-keep-release-thread-open/139332>\
**Category:** Meta Discussion\
**Tags:** announcement, release, community\
**Created:** [September 10, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestion-keep-release-thread-open/139332 "2026-09-10T13:05:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![langestefan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/langestefan/32/207923_2.png) [@langestefan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/langestefan)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestion-keep-release-thread-open/139332/13 "2026-09-11T15:57:05Z")

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Yeah I don’t agree with that either. Especially this part makes no sense:

> [@Julia v1.7.3 has been released](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-7-3-has-been-released/81683/30):
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> Announcements are meant to be low volume so that people can subscribe to the category and only get infrequent, important notifications, and all the chatter in the category is really undermining that.

Since when do you get notifications from comments in an announcement thread?

edit: seems like only the top level would do that:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/6/b/6b07dd87afb16e2334ab01076a81361c7915cc40.png)

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