---
title: "SurrealDB v1.2.0-beta.1 is live! 🎉"
description: "The 1.2.0-beta.1 release comes with bug fixes, performance improvements, updates to string methods, support for READONLY fields and type support for subfields."
url: https://surrealdb.com/blog/v1-2-0-beta-1-is-live
date: 2024-02-06
authors: "Tobie Morgan Hitchcock"
---

# SurrealDB v1.2.0-beta.1 is live! 🎉

![SurrealDB v1.2.0-beta.1 is live! 🎉](https://cdn.surrealdb.com/cn1jrgegohdc73eqt9ag.auto)

This new release comes with bug fixes, performance improvements, and feature updates to string methods, support for READONLY fields and type support for subfields.

[Learn more here](/releases), and [check out the docs here](/docs/surrealdb).