--- title: 1.98.1 pre-release testing | daily.dev description: The Rust 1.98.1 pre-release is available for community testing ahead of its scheduled September 3 release. Testers can install it locally via rustup by... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/1-98-1-pre-release-testing-jzpqgj3aa twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 1.98.1 pre-release testing | daily.dev og:description: The Rust 1.98.1 pre-release is available for community testing ahead of its scheduled September 3 release. Testers can install it locally via rustup by... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/1-98-1-pre-release-testing-jzpqgj3aa og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/jZPQgj3AA.png og:image:alt: 1.98.1 pre-release testing og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 1.98.1 pre-release testing **[Inside Rust Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/insiderustblog)** · 1 min read · 6 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Rust 1.98.1 pre-release is available for community testing ahead of its scheduled September 3 release. Testers can install it locally via rustup by pointing RUSTUP_DIST_SERVER to the dev-static distribution server, and feedback can be submitted through the internals forum thread or a GitHub issue tracking the pre-release process itself. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I test the Rust 1.98.1 pre-release before it ships? Run rustup update stable with the environment variable RUSTUP_DIST_SERVER set to https://dev-static.rust-lang.org, which points rustup at the pre-release distribution index instead of the normal production server. The 1.98.1 pre-release was scheduled to become the official stable release on September 3. 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