# Help testing the upcoming v1.54.x release

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/help-testing-the-upcoming-v1-54-x-release/3607>\
**Category:** User Testing\
**Tags:** desktop\
**Created:** [March 4, 2025, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/help-testing-the-upcoming-v1-54-x-release/3607 "2025-03-04T10:11:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ndh](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/ndh/32/2683_2.png) [@ndh](https://forum.delta.chat/u/ndh)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/help-testing-the-upcoming-v1-54-x-release/3607/1 "2025-03-04T10:11:10Z")

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Please checkout & test the new Desktop Prerelease 1.54.2

Important new features to test:

- save message from any chat to your “saved messages chat” and have a button to jump to the original message from there
- new (basic) full text search on the help page

[Changelog](https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop/releases/tag/v1.54.2)

Download [Index of /desktop/v1.54.2/](https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v1.54.2)

### Where to report bugs?

You can find already known bugs on [GitHub](https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop/issues).

Please report the found bugs either here in this forum topic or even better  
as issue on [GitHub](https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop/issues).

> Important: please backup your current setup (or most important accounts)  
> before upgrading in order to be safe when trying test-releases. You can  
> find this option under _Settings_ \> _Chats and Media_ \> _Backup_.

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**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/help-testing-the-upcoming-v1-54-x-release/3607/2 "2026-02-12T11:03:46Z")

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