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-NATS Streaming is an open-source, high-performance, cloud native messaging streaming system.
+DEPRECATED; An open-source, high-performance, cloud native messaging streaming system.
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+The NATS Streaming Server is being deprecated. Critical bug fixes and security fixes will be applied until June of 2023. NATS enabled applications requiring persistence should use [JetStream](https://docs.nats.io/jetstream/jetstream).