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 ## Beta release of 2.0.0
 
-`v2.0.0b8` is available for testing but docs and screenshots are still under development. ETA is about 1-2 weeks for those tests to be complete and the official `2.0.0` to be launched, which will support a full TUI and a range of new options in the config file. To begin testing that release (or [other pre-releases](https://pypi.org/project/smol_k8s_lab/2.0.0b8/#history)) you can do:
+`v2.0.0b8` is available for testing but docs and screenshots are still under development. ETA is about 1-2 weeks for those tests to be complete and the official `2.0.0` to be launched, which will support a full TUI and a range of new options in the config file. (testing was delayed initially because @jessebot got covid for a couple of weeks, but is back on track now) To begin testing the beta release (or [other pre-releases](https://pypi.org/project/smol_k8s_lab/2.0.0b8/#history)) locally you can do:
 
 ```bash
 pip install smol_k8s_lab==2.0.0b8