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  [![Apache V2 License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache%20V2-blue.svg)](https://github.com/versity/versitygw/blob/main/LICENSE)  
 
-**Current status:** Beta: Most clients functional, work in progress for more test coverage. Issue reports welcome.
+**Current status:** Ready for general testing, Issue reports welcome.
+
+**News:**<br>
+* New performance analysis article [https://github.com/versity/versitygw/wiki/Performance](https://github.com/versity/versitygw/wiki/Performance)
+
 
 See project [documentation](https://github.com/versity/versitygw/wiki) on the wiki.