I totally agree, this is a serious problem. Because even if you understand that they mean “hey it’s Beta but it’s fine for production”, if you choose to use it and it breaks, all blame will point back to you for making an unwise choice.
There is a terrific explanation of the difference between Alpha, Beta, and Stable in the Istio project [0].
Istio was started by GCP, so while this isn’t officially Google’s definition I imagine it’s peobably the same.
It basically says, Beta is mostly usable in production, but things might change in the future that require work from you to upgrade.
There is a terrific explanation of the difference between Alpha, Beta, and Stable in the Istio project [0].
Istio was started by GCP, so while this isn’t officially Google’s definition I imagine it’s peobably the same.
It basically says, Beta is mostly usable in production, but things might change in the future that require work from you to upgrade.
[0] https://istio.io/about/feature-stages/