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 ### When should you use a startup probe?
 
-{{< feature-state for_k8s_version="v1.16" state="alpha" >}}
+{{< feature-state for_k8s_version="v1.18" state="beta" >}}
 
 Startup probes are useful for Pods that have containers that take a long time to
 come into service. Rather than set a long liveness interval, you can configure