QC Update Laboratory
Test Joomla core and extension updates in a private production-derived laboratory, review evidence, and push the exact tested package to production—free.
Membership Overview
QC Update Laboratory includes its complete update-testing workflow free, with no license key, subscription, paid activation, trial, or paid tier. Create one isolated private laboratory from the current production files and database, capture the exact Joomla core or extension update package, verify its SHA-256 checksum, and install it only in the laboratory first.
Review the private frontend and administrator area alongside automated evidence such as version results, route checks, installer messages, file and database changes, logs, and visible issues. After approval, QCUL can push the exact tested package to production with preflight checks and either your existing recovery method or a temporary QCUL rollback checkpoint. Undo tools are available for the latest laboratory update and, during the protected window, the production push.
What's Included
- Free — all features includedThe complete QC Update Laboratory feature set is included at no charge.
- No license key requiredQCUL does not require an in-extension QuantaCade license key.
- No paid activation requiredNo paid activation or trial conversion is required.
- No subscription requiredQCUL is not gated behind a paid subscription.
- No expirationThe free QCUL plan does not expire.
- 1 Private laboratoryCreate one active private production-derived laboratory at a time.
- Production-derived laboratoryBuild the laboratory from the current Joomla production files and database.
- Private isolated environmentKeep laboratory access isolated and private for controlled review.
- Extension update testingTest Joomla extension updates in the laboratory before changing production.
- Joomla core update testingTest Joomla core updates in the laboratory before changing production.
- Exact update package captureCapture the exact update package used by the laboratory run.
- SHA-256 package verificationVerify exact update package identity with SHA-256 before controlled use.
Renewal note
This membership does not expire and does not require renewal. It remains active until cancelled or removed administratively.