diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index ac8bd8b40..39f39650e 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ Overview
 
 The ``openedx-core`` project holds Django apps which represent core teaching & learning platform concepts.
 
-Each app exposes stable, public API of Python functions and Django models. Some apps additionally provides REST APIs. These APIs are suitable for use in ``openedx-platform`` as well as in community-developed Open edX plugins.
+Each app exposes a public API of Python functions and Django models; some apps also provide REST APIs. These APIs are suitable for use in openedx-platform and in community-developed Open edX plugins.
+
+APIs marked "UNSTABLE" are subject to change at any time. All other APIs are considered stable, and any breaking changes will be announced through the community DEPR (deprecation and removal) process.
+
 
 Motivation
 ----------
@@ -44,10 +47,10 @@ We have a few different identifier types in the schema, and we try to avoid ``_i
 See Also
 ~~~~~~~~
 
-The structure of this repo follows [OEP-0049](https://open-edx-proposals.readthedocs.io/en/latest/architectural-decisions/oep-0049-django-app-patterns.html) where possible, and also borrows inspiration from:
+The structure of this repo follows `OEP-0049 <https://open-edx-proposals.readthedocs.io/en/latest/architectural-decisions/oep-0049-django-app-patterns.html>`_ where possible, and also borrows inspiration from:
 
-* [Scaling Django to 500 apps](https://2021.djangocon.us/talks/scaling-django-to-500-apps/) (Dan Palmer, DjangoCon US 2021)
-* [Django structure for scale and longevity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG3ZdxBb1oo) (Radoslav Georgiev, EuroPython 2018)
+* `Scaling Django to 500 apps <https://2021.djangocon.us/talks/scaling-django-to-500-apps/>`_ (Dan Palmer, DjangoCon US 2021)
+* `Django structure for scale and longevity <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG3ZdxBb1oo>`_ (Radoslav Georgiev, EuroPython 2018)
 
 Code Overview
 -------------
@@ -64,11 +67,6 @@ The code in this repository is licensed under the AGPL 3.0 unless otherwise note
 
 Please see `LICENSE.txt <LICENSE.txt>`_ for details.
 
-How To Contribute
------------------
-
-This repo is in a very experimental state. Discussion using GitHub Issues is welcome, but you probably don't want to make contributions as everything can shift around drastically with little notice.
-
 Reporting Security Issues
 -------------------------
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d451c1d6a..94e328c82 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def is_requirement(line):
     zip_safe=False,
     keywords='Python edx',
     classifiers=[
-        'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
+        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
         'Framework :: Django',
         'Framework :: Django :: 5.2',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
diff --git a/src/openedx_content/applets/collections/api.py b/src/openedx_content/applets/collections/api.py
index 6abe5e2b7..0f47df482 100644
--- a/src/openedx_content/applets/collections/api.py
+++ b/src/openedx_content/applets/collections/api.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-Collections API (warning: UNSTABLE, in progress API)
+Collections API
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
diff --git a/src/openedx_content/applets/components/api.py b/src/openedx_content/applets/components/api.py
index 4c9f136a1..7b93e3a38 100644
--- a/src/openedx_content/applets/components/api.py
+++ b/src/openedx_content/applets/components/api.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-Components API (warning: UNSTABLE, in progress API)
+Components API
 
 These functions are often going to be simple-looking write operations, but there
 is bookkeeping logic needed across multiple models to keep state consistent. You
diff --git a/src/openedx_content/applets/containers/api.py b/src/openedx_content/applets/containers/api.py
index 9f0756a58..ec41e73f7 100644
--- a/src/openedx_content/applets/containers/api.py
+++ b/src/openedx_content/applets/containers/api.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-Containers API (warning: UNSTABLE, in progress API)
+Containers API
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@
 # start with an underscore AND it is not in __all__, that function is considered
 # to be callable only by other apps in the authoring package.
 __all__ = [
-    # 🛑 UNSTABLE: All APIs related to containers are unstable until we've figured
-    #              out our approach to dynamic content (randomized, A/B tests, etc.)
     "ContainerSubclass",
     "ContainerImplementationMissingError",
     "create_container",
@@ -76,7 +74,7 @@
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class ContainerEntityListEntry:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Data about a single entity in a container, e.g. a component in a unit.
     """
 
@@ -145,7 +143,7 @@ def create_container(
     can_stand_alone: bool = True,
 ) -> ContainerModel:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Create a new container.
 
     Args:
@@ -185,7 +183,7 @@ def create_container(
 
 def create_entity_list() -> EntityList:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Create a new entity list. This is an structure that holds a list of entities
     that will be referenced by the container.
 
@@ -201,7 +199,7 @@ def create_entity_list_with_rows(
     learning_package_id: LearningPackage.ID | None,
 ) -> EntityList:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Create new entity list rows for an entity list.
 
     Args:
@@ -307,7 +305,7 @@ def create_container_version(
     created_by: int | None,
 ) -> ContainerVersion:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Create a new container version.
 
     Args:
@@ -357,7 +355,7 @@ def create_container_and_version(
     can_stand_alone: bool = True,
 ) -> tuple[ContainerModel, ContainerVersionModel]:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ] Create a new container and its initial version.
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ] Create a new container and its initial version.
 
     Args:
         learning_package_id: The learning package ID.
@@ -472,7 +470,7 @@ def create_next_container_version(
     force_version_num: int | None = None,
 ) -> ContainerVersion:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Create the next version of a container. A new version of the container is created
     only when its metadata changes:
 
@@ -545,7 +543,7 @@ def create_next_container_version(
 
 def get_container(pk: Container.ID) -> Container:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Get a container by its primary key.
 
     This returns the Container, not any specific version. It may not be published, or may have been soft deleted.
@@ -561,7 +559,7 @@ def get_container(pk: Container.ID) -> Container:
 
 def get_container_version(container_version_pk: int) -> ContainerVersion:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Get a container version by its primary key.
 
     Args:
@@ -575,7 +573,7 @@ def get_container_version(container_version_pk: int) -> ContainerVersion:
 
 def get_container_by_code(learning_package_id: LearningPackage.ID, /, container_code: str) -> Container:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Get a container by its learning package and container code.
 
     Args:
@@ -641,7 +639,7 @@ def get_containers(
     include_deleted: bool | None = False,
 ) -> QuerySet[Container]:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Get all containers in the given learning package.
 
     Args:
@@ -669,7 +667,7 @@ def get_entities_in_container(
     select_related_version: str | None = None,
 ) -> list[ContainerEntityListEntry]:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Get the list of entities and their versions in the current draft or
     published version of the given container.
 
@@ -728,7 +726,7 @@ def get_entities_in_container_as_of(
     publish_log_id: int,
 ) -> tuple[ContainerVersion | None, list[ContainerEntityListEntry]]:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Get the list of entities and their versions in the published version of the
     given container as of the given PublishLog version (which is essentially a
     version for the entire learning package).
@@ -762,7 +760,7 @@ def get_entities_in_container_as_of(
 
 def contains_unpublished_changes(container_or_pk: Container | Container.ID, /) -> bool:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Check recursively if a container has any unpublished changes.
 
     Note: I've preserved the API signature for now, but we probably eventually
@@ -815,7 +813,7 @@ def get_containers_with_entity(
     published=False,
 ) -> QuerySet[Container]:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Find all draft containers that directly contain the given entity.
 
     They will always be from the same learning package; cross-package containers
@@ -856,7 +854,7 @@ def get_container_children_count(
     published: bool,
 ):
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Get the count of entities in the current draft or published version of the given container.
 
     Args:
@@ -894,7 +892,7 @@ def get_container_children_entity_refs(container_version: ContainerVersion) -> l
 
 def get_descendant_component_entity_ids(container: Container) -> list[int]:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Return the entity IDs of all leaf (non-Container) descendants of ``container``.
 
     Intermediate containers (e.g. Subsections, Units) are never included in the
diff --git a/src/openedx_content/applets/media/api.py b/src/openedx_content/applets/media/api.py
index 90d0ff801..f36c71a25 100644
--- a/src/openedx_content/applets/media/api.py
+++ b/src/openedx_content/applets/media/api.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-Low Level media.api (warning: UNSTABLE, in progress API)
+Low Level media.api
 
 Please look at the models.py file for more information about the kinds of data
 are stored in this app.
diff --git a/src/openedx_content/applets/publishing/api.py b/src/openedx_content/applets/publishing/api.py
index 8889c1f19..5fda59772 100644
--- a/src/openedx_content/applets/publishing/api.py
+++ b/src/openedx_content/applets/publishing/api.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-Publishing API (warning: UNSTABLE, in progress API)
+Publishing API
 
 Please look at the models.py file for more information about the kinds of data
 are stored in this app.
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ def get_entity_draft_history(
     publishable_entity_or_id: PublishableEntity | int, /
 ) -> QuerySet[DraftChangeLogRecord]:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Return DraftChangeLogRecords for a PublishableEntity since its last publication,
     ordered from most recent to oldest.
 
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ def get_entity_publish_history(
     publishable_entity_or_id: PublishableEntity | int, /
 ) -> QuerySet[PublishLogRecord]:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Return all PublishLogRecords for a PublishableEntity, ordered most recent first.
 
     Edge cases:
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ def get_entity_publish_history_entries(
     publish_log_uuid: str,
 ) -> QuerySet[DraftChangeLogRecord]:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Return the DraftChangeLogRecords associated with a specific PublishLog.
 
     Finds the PublishLogRecord for the given entity and publish_log_uuid, then
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ def get_entity_version_contributors(
     new_version_num: int | None,
 ) -> QuerySet:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Return distinct User queryset of contributors (changed_by) for
     DraftChangeLogRecords of a PublishableEntity after old_version_num.
 
diff --git a/src/openedx_content/applets/sections/api.py b/src/openedx_content/applets/sections/api.py
index 5449235eb..91c6aa058 100644
--- a/src/openedx_content/applets/sections/api.py
+++ b/src/openedx_content/applets/sections/api.py
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 from ..subsections.models import Subsection, SubsectionVersion
 from .models import Section, SectionVersion
 
-# 🛑 UNSTABLE: All APIs related to containers are unstable until we've figured
-#              out our approach to dynamic content (randomized, A/B tests, etc.)
 __all__ = [
     "get_section",
     "create_section_and_version",
@@ -93,7 +91,7 @@ def create_next_section_version(
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class SectionListEntry:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Data about a single subsection in a section.
     """
 
@@ -111,7 +109,7 @@ def get_subsections_in_section(
     published: bool,
 ) -> list[SectionListEntry]:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Get the list of entities and their versions in the draft or published
     version of the given Section.
 
diff --git a/src/openedx_content/applets/subsections/api.py b/src/openedx_content/applets/subsections/api.py
index 1d9544990..2bbcd02cf 100644
--- a/src/openedx_content/applets/subsections/api.py
+++ b/src/openedx_content/applets/subsections/api.py
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 from ..units.models import Unit, UnitVersion
 from .models import Subsection, SubsectionVersion
 
-# 🛑 UNSTABLE: All APIs related to containers are unstable until we've figured
-#              out our approach to dynamic content (randomized, A/B tests, etc.)
 __all__ = [
     "get_subsection",
     "create_subsection_and_version",
@@ -93,7 +91,7 @@ def create_next_subsection_version(
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class SubsectionListEntry:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Data about a single unit in a subsection.
     """
 
@@ -111,7 +109,7 @@ def get_units_in_subsection(
     published: bool,
 ) -> list[SubsectionListEntry]:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Get the list of entities and their versions in the draft or published
     version of the given Subsection.
 
diff --git a/src/openedx_content/applets/units/api.py b/src/openedx_content/applets/units/api.py
index 415ebf291..41bcbd20c 100644
--- a/src/openedx_content/applets/units/api.py
+++ b/src/openedx_content/applets/units/api.py
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 from ..publishing.models import LearningPackage
 from .models import Unit, UnitVersion
 
-# 🛑 UNSTABLE: All APIs related to containers are unstable until we've figured
-#              out our approach to dynamic content (randomized, A/B tests, etc.)
 __all__ = [
     "get_unit",
     "create_unit_and_version",
@@ -93,7 +91,7 @@ def create_next_unit_version(
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class UnitListEntry:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Data about a single entity in a container, e.g. a component in a unit.
     """
 
@@ -111,7 +109,7 @@ def get_components_in_unit(
     published: bool,
 ) -> list[UnitListEntry]:
     """
-    [ 🛑 UNSTABLE ]
+    [ ❓TODO: STABLE or UNSTABLE? ]
     Get the list of entities and their versions in the draft or published
     version of the given Unit.
 
diff --git a/src/openedx_content/migrations/0008_rename_collection_key_to_collection_code.py b/src/openedx_content/migrations/0008_rename_collection_key_to_collection_code.py
index 9bdab4915..66db2a3bb 100644
--- a/src/openedx_content/migrations/0008_rename_collection_key_to_collection_code.py
+++ b/src/openedx_content/migrations/0008_rename_collection_key_to_collection_code.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
 
     dependencies = [
         ('openedx_content', '0007_publishlogrecord_direct'),
-        migrations.swappable_dependency(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
     ]
 
     operations = [
diff --git a/src/openedx_content/migrations/0013_unicode_container_component_codes.py b/src/openedx_content/migrations/0013_unicode_container_component_codes.py
index e944ce2fd..ad211d909 100644
--- a/src/openedx_content/migrations/0013_unicode_container_component_codes.py
+++ b/src/openedx_content/migrations/0013_unicode_container_component_codes.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
 
     dependencies = [
         ('openedx_content', '0012_rename_componentversionmedia_key_to_path'),
-        migrations.swappable_dependency(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
     ]
 
     operations = [
diff --git a/src/openedx_core/__init__.py b/src/openedx_core/__init__.py
index 100ec7520..e9bef3c71 100644
--- a/src/openedx_core/__init__.py
+++ b/src/openedx_core/__init__.py
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 """
 
 # The version for the entire repository
-__version__ = "0.44.0"
+__version__ = "1.0.0"