recently announced Skip Ahead option , which provided early access to early builds of Windows 10 through the Windows Insiders program, is no longer accepting new members.
The option gave Insiders access to new builds of Redstone 4, the codename for the major Windows 10 update expected to be released in mid-2018, following the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, codenamed Redstone 3, which will go live this September.
The Skip Ahead option, as the name suggests, allowed some Insiders from the Fast Ring to access builds beyond the Fall Creators Update, which likely won't have new features added since we're close to the release of the big update.
Last week, however, Microsoft had not made new Redstone 4 updates available to Insiders enrolled in Skip Ahead.
Skip Ahead still exists, of course, but as MSPoweruser pointed out, the program is not accepting new members.
“Skip Ahead is now turned off. Selecting this option will revert the setting to Windows Insider Program,” the new Windows settings say.
As Microsoft recently explained, it has “forked” the Fall Creators Update to the RS3_RELEASE branch, which was previously RS_PRERELEASE.
Those who chose Skip Ahead will now receive updates from the much less stable channel well in advance of the release, while the RS3_RELEASE branch channel will become more stable shortly before its eventual public release.
