# Journalbeat experimental?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-experimental/190397>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [July 14, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-experimental/190397 "2019-07-14T20:45:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![i333](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@i333](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/i333)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-experimental/190397/1 "2019-07-14T20:45:04Z")

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What does it mean that journalbeat is experimental? Should it not be used in production?

Is there a roadmap or timeline of what needs to happen before it is no longer experimental, just like all the other types of beats?

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**Author:** ![Michal\_Pristas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/michal_pristas/32/46639_2.png) [@Michal\_Pristas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michal_Pristas)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-experimental/190397/2 "2019-07-15T12:13:38Z")

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Experimental means that the functionality may be changed or removed completely in a future release. Elastic will take a best effort approach to fix any issues, but experimental features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journalbeat-experimental/190397/3 "2019-08-12T14:13:48Z")

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