# A Staging Environment for Glide Apps
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/a-staging-environment-for-glide-apps/42228
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [May 21, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/a-staging-environment-for-glide-apps/42228 "2022-05-21T13:17:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@XWB](https://community.glideapps.com/u/XWB)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/a-staging-environment-for-glide-apps/42228/1 "2022-05-21T13:17:30Z")
It would be great to have this feature as requested by many since 2020!
This will allow new features to be added to an app while it is being used in ‘production’.
Thanks!
> [@Making Edits to Published App](https://community.glideapps.com/t/making-edits-to-published-app/13869/1):
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> Hi!
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> I had a question about editing, is there a way to make edits or changes to your app to see how it works and looks, before you re-publish it for users to see?
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> I also noticed sometimes when I create new columns in my sheet, they get added to the bottom of my components for a certain tab. When does this happen?
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> Thanks!
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### Author:  [@SantiagoPerez](https://community.glideapps.com/u/SantiagoPerez)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/a-staging-environment-for-glide-apps/42228/2 "2022-05-21T13:27:44Z")
We have it already.
> **[Use Publishing Control to Manage Updates](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/topics/tips/use-publishing-control-to-manage-updates)**
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> Jul 19, 2021