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 ## Project Status
 
-The container project is currently under active development. Its stability, both for consuming the project as a Swift package and the `container` tool, is only guaranteed within patch versions, such as between 0.1.1 and 0.1.2. Minor version releases may include breaking changes until we reach a 1.0.0 release.
+The container project is under active development and has reached a 1.x release. It is considered production-quality: both the tool and its Swift package APIs are suitable for production use on supported systems. 
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+Within a major release, compatibility is maintained at the XPC API level, so older clients can communicate with a newer `container-apiserver`, and vice versa. Minor versions correspond to regular releases (currently monthly), while patch versions are reserved for fixes and hotfixes. See the [releases page](https://github.com/apple/container/releases) for details of recent updates.
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