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= Staging — Launchpad's sandbox =

If you want to try Launchpad out, you can use the staging environment (at https://staging.launchpad.net/) to experiment with real data and functionality, but without affecting the day-to-day work of other Launchpad users.

However, there are a few things to note about staging:

 * Every 7 days, staging's database is replaced with a fresh snapshot of Launchpad's production database: you will lose anything you do on staging. The update is scheduled to happen on Saturdays.  [[https://staging.launchpad.net/successful-updates.txt|Update logs]]
 * Staging runs the latest bleeding edge code from the Launchpad developers — if things go wrong, please [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+filebug|let us know]].
 * You can't create a new account on staging — instead, create one in Launchpad's production environment and then wait up to 24 hours for your account to be available on staging.
 * Timing interactions with SSO environment syncing and Launchpad environment syncing may mean you need the help of a Launchpad administrator to manually link up your account the first time
 * Staging does not send email.
 * You can upload translations and templates but not export them — uploaded translations/templates will disappear after 24 hours.
 * To push code branches to staging you need use bzr push lp://staging/~your-id/branch-name.

If you don't need particularly up-to-date data, then there is also [[GetInvolved/BetaTesting|the qastaging environment]].