For information about maintenance and support of SDK major versions and their underlying dependencies, see the following in the AWS SDKs and Tools Shared Configuration and Credentials Reference Guide:
Qualifiers for published artifacts
-alpha
indicates:
- The SDK is not meant for production workloads. It is released solely for the purpose of getting feedback.
- The SDK is not yet feature complete. It may contain bugs and performance issues.
- Expect migration issues as APIs/types change.
-beta
indicates:
- The SDK is not meant for production workloads.
- The SDK is feature complete. It may still contain bugs and performance issues.
- The APIs/types are mostly stabilized. It is still possible that future releases may cause migration issues.
NOTE: This corresponds to the "Developer Preview" phase of the maintenance policy linked above.