# Why are some release candidates (rcs) not announced?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-are-some-release-candidates-rcs-not-announced/85559>\
**Category:** Meta Discussion\
**Tags:** question, release\
**Created:** [August 9, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-are-some-release-candidates-rcs-not-announced/85559 "2022-08-09T22:40:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![nsajko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nsajko/32/221187_2.png) [@nsajko](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nsajko)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-are-some-release-candidates-rcs-not-announced/85559/1 "2022-08-09T22:40:49Z")

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For example: currently 1.8-rc4 is available both for [download](https://julialang.org/downloads/#upcoming_release) and on [docs.julialang.org](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1.8.0-rc4/), but there was no announcement?

Is there something different between announced and unannounced rcs?

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**Author:** ![gbaraldi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gbaraldi/32/22101_2.png) [@gbaraldi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gbaraldi)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-are-some-release-candidates-rcs-not-announced/85559/2 "2022-08-09T22:43:20Z")

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The announcement wasn’t made yet probably

edit: Now it has 🙂