**Request Status:** New Request
**Request Type:** project support request
**Related OKRs:**
**Request Title:** Upgrade Codex to Beta version
**Requirements for Codex beta.1 release:**
[ ] A strategy and process for end-to-end QA of Codex components is in place (doesn't have to be fully automated, but should provide full coverage)
[x] The first version of "contributor guidelines" is complete and users have clear pathways collaborate with, ] The first version of "contribution guidelines" is complete and users have clear pathways collaborate withute to, contribute to, and utilize the design system (see: [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Design_Systems_Team#Contribution_Guidelines | Contributor Guidelines ]]
[ ] There is a published "code of conduct" for interacting with the Design Systems Team and acting as a contributor to Codex
[ ] [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Design_Systems_Team#Features | Design tokens identified for FY2021-22 ]] are complete in Figma and codified in Codex, which open a pathway for designers to fully contribute to the design system
**Important! **
The release of Codex Beta is not tied to the deprecation of a UI library; this work should be considered as separate targets/milestones for the Design Systems Team and partnering teams.