Roblox has rapidly increased the rate at which it has been pushing out beta features this year, particularly with regards to studio. As a developer I prioritize stability, and I prefer only to make use of features that are known to be fully stable and not likely to change in functionality, reducing my maintenance burden.
The increasing rate of beta feature announcements makes it harder to stay informed through official channels due to the inability to filter between announcements regarding fully-released features, and features that are marked as a work in progress.
Itās reasonable for developers to expect clear communication for which feature is safe to use in production or not, as the only current metric regarding beta features is if the relevant topic has been locked from inactivity signifying work on the feature has been stopped, which is far from intuitive.
While studio beta features already have a dedicated drop-down menu in studio itself, this clear separation is not present in the DevForum itself - I propose adding a āBetaā category to Announcements, enabling developers to pursue the use of the platforms latest features under their own tolerances for stability.
This would also help foster positive engagement by acknowledging growing developer concerns and providing them with a clear method for evaluating a featureās stability, and how deeply it could be integrated into their workflow.