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## What does 1.0 mean for you?
If you have been using Prometheus for a while, you may have noticed that the rate and impact of breaking changes significantly decreased over the past year.
In the same spirit, reaching 1.0 means that subsequent 1.x releases will remain API stable. Upgrades won’t break programs built atop the Prometheus API, and updates won’t require storage re-initialization or deployment changes. Custom dashboards and alerts will remain intact across 1.x version updates as well.
In the same spirit, reaching 1.0 means that subsequent 1.x releases will remain API stable. Upgrades won’t break programs built atop the Prometheus API, and updates won’t require storage re-initialization or deployment changes. Custom dashboards and alerts will remain intact across 1.x version updates as well.
We’re confident Prometheus 1.0 is a solid monitoring solution. Now that the Prometheus server has reached a stable API state, other modules will follow it to their own stable version 1.0 releases over time.
### Fine print
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So what does API stability mean? Prometheus has a large surface area and some parts are certainly more mature than others.
There are two simple categories, _stable_ and _unstable_:
* Stable as of v1.0 and throughout the 1.x series:
