# Status: beta

**Stage:** beta
**Maintenance horizon:** actively maintained through 2026-12-31, status reviewed quarterly
**Maintainer wanted:** no

## Stage rationale

ai-browserguard is a Chrome MV3 extension currently at v0.4.0, published in the Chrome Web Store. Core agent-detection surface (Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium, Anthropic Computer Use, OpenAI Operator) is mature, but the version is still pre-1.0 and the detection rule set continues to evolve with new AI browser-control tools.

## Stage definitions

- **stable**: production-ready, semver honored, breaking changes documented, security patches triaged within 24 hours.
- **beta**: feature-complete or near, breaking changes possible with notice, actively developed.
- **experimental**: early stage, breaking changes expected, use at your own risk.
- **reference-only**: spec or reference implementation, not intended for production use.

## Status changes

| Date | Stage | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-24 | beta | initial STATUS.md (org lifecycle introduction). v0.4.0 in Chrome Web Store. |
