<i>&gt; Yes, but Testing isn&#x27;t a full rolling release AFAIK. It undergoes a lengthy freeze before a new Stable is released</i><p>Not more than unstable really. The only difference, testing is more polished overall. Other than that, they are both semi-rolling. Debian tried to reduce freeze period for a while already, and the last one was shorter than one before that.<p><i>&gt; and I believe manual intervention is needed to continue staying on Testing.</i><p>What kind? Normally it should just roll forward.