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title: Manage Application Releases
slug: edgemanager/lem-user-ui/product-features/marketplace-catalogs-and-applications/application-releases/manage-application-releases
description: A Docker application release is always in one of two states, RELEASED (submitted) or DRAFT. 
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createdAt: 2022-11-30T15:29:34.000Z
---

A Docker application release is always in one of two states, `RELEASED` (submitted) or `DRAFT`. When a Docker application release is in `RELEASED` state, it cannot be further modified. When it is in `DRAFT`, it can be modified.

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**Important: **When a docker application release is in `DRAFT` state it can't be deployed to a Litmus Edge instance.
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See the following on how to manage Docker application releases. The following user interface is identical for *Containers*, *Containers Advanced*, and *Compose*.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/SSUUxKZUk9bFTEPNn_6Zo/aet8lY4FRC5TADGHWpqZ7_2023-07-2111-15-43.png "Containers/Containers Advanced/Compose")

| **Action**                                    | **Details**                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| --------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| \[1] **Clone release**                        |  Search by *Name*, *Image*.                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| \[2] **Show release details **           | Modifications cannot be made when viewing a submitted release.                                                                                                                                                       |
| \[3]  **Remove release **                | - Removing a release cannot be undone.                                                                                                                                                                               |
| \[4] **View more details about this release** | See [Set Up Variables for an Application Release](docId\:HF5YyWh3bwhFi6m2jKxHt) and [Set Up Docker Container Configurations for an Application Release](docId\:mebpl6tcgzj9NS2Cmk5cQ) for details.                   |
| \[5] **Edit release &#x20;**                  | Once a release has been submitted, you can no longer modify it. You can clone the submitted release, and then modify the clone (while it is still in the Draft status).<br />- **Edit Release**
- **Submit Release** |

# Next Steps

After a Draft Application Release has been submitted (`RELEASED`), it can then be deployed to Litmus Edge instances. See [Deploy an Application to Edge Devices](docId\:DruoOcegNxCGi-D_5azZw) for details.