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[WIP] Add guidelines for using nightly versions in documentation
docs(public-docsite-v9): add Nightly Releases concept page
Apr 21, 2026
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Fluent UI v9 publishes nightly releases on a workday cadence, but the mechanism, version scheme, and recommended consumption pattern are undocumented. This adds a single concept page covering both, so partners can wire nightlies into CI and catch regressions before they reach a stable release.
Investigation (grounding for the doc, not invented)
azure-pipelines.release-vnext-nightly.yml, cron0 4 * * 1-5frommaster.workspace-plugin:version-bump --bumpType nightly --prereleaseTag "nightly-<YYYYMMDD>-<HHMM>"→0.0.0-nightly-<YYYYMMDD>-<HHMM>.<N>.beachball ... --tag nightly→ npm dist-tagnightly.Changes
apps/public-docsite-v9/src/Concepts/NightlyReleases.mdx— uses the standard<Meta title="Concepts/..." />convention and is auto-picked up by the../src/**/*.mdxglob in.storybook/main.js. Sections:npm viewsnippet.@fluentui/react-components@nightlyon top of a stableyarn install, runs against the app's existing tests, and usescontinue-on-error: trueso it acts as an early-warning signal rather than blocking CI.0.0.0-prefix (keeps nightlies below any^range) and that nightlies are not semver-stable.type: nonefor@fluentui/public-docsite-v9.CI recipe (excerpt)
Notes for reviewers
@microsoft/cxe-prg; PM sign-off likely wanted on the CI recipe wording.@nightly(vNext packages) with@latest(e.g.@fluentui/react-icons, which is not part of the nightly pipeline); called out inline in the doc.