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April 3, 2026
AO3 is finally out of beta after 17 years
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TL;DR
- Archive of Our Own (AO3) has officially exited beta after 17 years since its launch in 2009.
- The change is primarily cosmetic and does not signify that development has stopped.
- Volunteers and community contributors will continue to work on improving and adding features to AO3.
- Key features like the tagging system and fanworks downloads will remain.
- Updates on AO3's development can be tracked on its Jira projects.
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