Tesla pushes back FSD Beta 10.4

FSD Beta testers were anticipating the release of the FSD Beta 10.4 tonight, however it looks like Tesla needs a little more time with this one.

Update: Tesla has fixed the issue and started rolling out beta 10.4 to public testers.

After releasing the beta internally, it looks like Tesla has found an issue that they’ll need to release a patch for. Elon has said that Tesla is issuing a patch around 3 AM. Tesla will then continue testing the beta Saturday, and hopefully send it out to beta testers on Sunday.

Tesla is obviously working around the clock on these betas and doing their best to meet these ambitious timelines.

New Gradual Releases

Tesla has changed up how they will release FSD Betas after they had an issue with the previous FSD Beta. A major issue was found in Beta 10.3 after it was released publicly. The beta was causing false Forward Collision Warnings, which could lead to accidental emergency braking.

Tesla ended up issuing public builds to all beta testers and remotely disabling FCWs and Emergency Braking for anyone who stayed on FSD Beta 10.3.

The new process that Tesla is adopting for FSD Beta releases will have Tesla release the beta internally first for about a day. Only once it has passed their QA team and no major issues were found during their internal testing will Tesla then start releasing to public testers.

Once Tesla starts the public rollout, they will do so gradually. Tesla will add about 1,000 testers per hour to reduce the impact the beta may have if any major issues are found.

New Testers With 98 Safety Scores

The FSD Beta program will be expanded during this release. Beta 10.4 will be released to new beta testers with a Safety Score of 98 or higher. There are reportedly about 11,000 beta testers currently. With the release of this beta the amount of testers should drastically increase.

If you’re hoping to get into the beta program, I’d recommend using our Safety Score Calculator to find out your exact Safety Score or find out how many miles you’d need to drive to reach a score of 98.

Tesla has been slowly adding more testers into the program once they reach Tesla's target Safety Score. So if you don’t reach a Safety Score of 98 by tomorrow, you can be added at a later date.

Some late-breaking issues with 10.4. We’re deploying a patch to internal beta vehicles around 3am tomorrow.

If that goes well, we may be able to release 10.4 to external beta vehicles on Sunday. Many good improvements.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 6, 2021