Very annoying updates

[Dmitry Zhakov]

What is the reason for these constant MT5 updates? It feels like every week there is another forced update.

This is becoming extremely annoying and disruptive. Many of us use MT5 in a professional environment: running EAs, VPS setups, multi-terminal infrastructures, automated testing pipelines, and live trading accounts. Every update introduces uncertainty. Even if nothing “major” changes, we still have to:

• Re-verify strategy behavior

• Re-test custom indicators and EAs

• Check compatibility with external DLLs and APIs

• Restart terminals and VPS environments

• Monitor for unexpected behavior

For traders running serious systems, stability is far more important than cosmetic tweaks or minor feature additions.

Why is there no option for:

• A long-term stable (LTS) version?

• The ability to postpone updates?

• A clearly documented, technical changelog explaining what actually changed at the engine level?

Frequent forced updates undermine confidence in platform stability. If the core engine is stable, it should not require constant patching. If it is not stable — that is an even bigger concern.

MT5 is used for live capital, not casual experimentation. Stability and predictability should be the absolute priority.

Could the development team please clarify the necessity of such frequent updates and whether a more stability-oriented update policy is being considered?

[Sergey Golubev]

Dmitry Zhakov:
Could the development team please clarify the necessity of such frequent updates and whether a more stability-oriented update policy is being considered?

Yes, you can wait for the development team to reply to your thread.

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What is the reason for these constant MT5 updates?

Constant updates?

• If you connect your MT5 to Metaquotes-Demo server/account so it means that you are beta tester, and the beta testers need constant updates. 
• If your Metatrader is connected to your trading accunt only (with the broker) so thee is not any constant updates.

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As to me so I can provide the information about stable builds:

All about MT5 updates. - summary thread about official/stable builds to download 

All about MT5 updates — Discussion topic