Testing sites

Testing sites are websites used by Roblox Corporation to test potential Roblox updates. All of these sites as of now are either down or off-limits to visitors.
Typically, when Roblox opened a testing site to players, a system-wide announcement was placed on the main Roblox website with a link to the testing site. Unlike the regular site, players' inventories could be reset at any time. Robux and the now-replaced Builders Club could not be used or purchased on the websites and could not be transferred to the main Roblox website.
The Roblox test site located at dev.roblox.com has existed as earliest as November 14, 2006. The original Roblox test sites became defunct in late 2010 but were still accessible until early 2017. Between 2016 and 2017, the sites typically used for public testing were either abandoned or restricted for viewing to Roblox staff and whitelisted members.
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==List of known testing sites==
Test Site 	Description
devforum-staging.robloxlabs.com/	A testing site for the DevForum. This site can be signed up for freely, however no activation email will be sent to the user. A notice stating this is on the site. This version of the DevForum has a few announcement posts, a test post, and is in dark mode.
p1.roblox.com (Archive) 	This site existed on 2011 and 2012.
It was on maintenance until October 2011 (unknown what exact day it opened), and it closed to users at an unknown date.
It was an exact replica of the ROBLOX site, however, upon logging in you would automatically get Builders Club.
This site no longer exists, and just gives an error when attempting to go to it.
dev.roblox.com (Archive) 	This was the first ever Roblox testing site, active from an unknown period in time, although before November 2006, to around 2010. It was used to test the 2007-era home page, among other things. It may have been extant as late as 2016.
test.roblox.com (Archive) 	This testing site was publicly available intermittently between July 31, 2008, and roughly August 19, 2008, and existed as late as 2010. This was the first testing site where testing was encouraged.
gametest.roblox.com (Archive) 	This testing site existed from April 2010 to 2012.
It was used for testing game features and platform compatibility, such as terrain, the in-game recording feature and testing on Mac.
sitetest.roblox.com (Archive) 	This testing site existed from April 2010 to 2012. It was used for testing site features, such as the 2010 ROBLOX 2.0 theme.
sitetest3.roblox.com 	A testing site from 2012 unknown what was tested here.
gametest1.robloxlabs.com 	This testing site displayed the 2016 ROBLOX theme, but if you log in, your character from 2012 will appear. This was a testing version of ROBLOX and was used to test future game updates, such as the Mega Place feature. Note that the www. in front of gametest1.robloxlabs.com is required.
In January 2016 the site was updated to test the new R15 animation. In March or April 2016 (exact time unknown) this site was updated to have no tickets in it.
This site's forum posts were not moderated.
This site's trade system was broken.
This site currently has versions of the Roblox client dating from 9/13/2017 to 12/12/2019
gametest2.robloxlabs.com 	In March or April 2016 (exact time unknown) this site was updated to have no tickets in it.
This site currently has versions of the Roblox client dating from 9/14/2017 to 12/16/2019
gametest3.robloxlabs.com 	This test site is typically for testing new game features. Unlike the other testing sites, this site does not have the forums or commenting enabled. Currency trading was re-enabled.
In March or April 2016 (exact time unknown) this site was updated to have no tickets in it.
gametest4.robloxlabs.com 	This testing site is considered unplayable and is speculated to be a website for tests held by the ROBLOX administrators. Unlike the other test sites, players cannot play games on this website, and an SSL error occurs when one tries to register an account. However, when this game test site came back up, anyone could create an account, however, it could only be done through a Facebook login.
In March 2016, this site was updated to have no tickets in it.
gametest5.robloxlabs.com 	Like gametest4, players cannot play games on this website, however this time, you can create an account on ROBLOX without getting the SSL error. It is speculated that this is also a website used by the ROBLOX administrators. This testing site was partially merged with sitetest3.
In March or April 2016 (exact time unknown), this site was updated to have no tickets in it.
sitetest1.robloxlabs.com 	No specific tests are known to have been performed on this site.
This test server was last active on December 22, 2015. On January 5, 2016, this site became locked.
This site currently has versions of the Roblox client dating from 9/13/2017 and is currently used to test pre-release versions of the Roblox client.
On June 6, 2023, an update to the create.roblox.com header was published to roblox.com website. While this was being transferred from create.sitetest1.robloxlabs.com to create.roblox.com, Roblox forgot to change the header buttons to their correct redirects, resulting in users being redirected to the (closed) create.sitetest1.robloxlabs.com replicas of the buttons.
This was fixed approximately 14 hours later.
sitetest2.robloxlabs.com 	This test site was monitored with Google Alerts, and results indicated that it was opened to users for a few hours.
This test server was last publicly accessible on March 19, 2015, and on that same day, the site was locked.
In June 2020, this site was used by 's mod manager as a branch for modifying Studio to have Future is Bright phase 3 as beta release.
This site currently has versions of the Roblox client dating from 9/20/2017 and is currently used to test pre-release versions of the Roblox client.
A subdomain of this testing site (gamesite.sitetest2.robloxlabs.com) was showcased during the 2019 Hack Week. It is unknown if this subdomain is a separate testing site, or the subdomain is used to host the sitetest2 site.
sitetest3.robloxlabs.com 	This website was used to test the ROBLOX trading system in 2012, and then later used to test paid access and the thumbs up/thumbs down system in 2013. 
This site was accidentally opened to the public for a day on March 10, 2021, as a result of the server software change from IIS to nginx. Despite signing up only being allowed for a little while, authentication tokens were not reset until 21:00 GMT and methods such as the alternate sign-up page allowed players to create accounts for each other up until this time.
To this day, the database has still not been rolled back.
This site currently has versions of the Roblox client dating from 9/19/2017 and is currently used to test pre-release versions of the Roblox client.
sitetest4.robloxlabs.com 	This website was created sometime in July 2017, and nothing has yet been done to this website besides the default Windows IIS (Internet Information Services) homepage.
This site is IP white-listed, and attempting to visit it will give an error.
opstest1.robloxlabs.com 	This test site was used to test the economy of Roblox. For approximately two hours, each user that logged in received 100,000 Robux to spend within the site. Further tests were conducted after this test where users received 1,000,000 Robux.
This test server was last active on April 30, 2015, and later was closed.
==Site Activity==
These sites may open at any time as all of these domains are still owned by Roblox.
Most of these sites are still active, but are closed from the public. 
==Phishing Websites==
Many users create fake Roblox websites claiming to be a test site and/or to give free Robux or Premium. Do not visit any testing site that does not have robloxlabs.com or roblox.com domains, as they are simply trying to steal accounts by tricking you into giving them your password, authentication codes, or your .ROBLOSECURITY Cookie. If the site asks you to download something it is most likely a malicious file.
==Accidental reopening==
On March 9, 2021, one of the testing sites, sitetest3.robloxlabs.com, was open accidentally due to Roblox changing the server software from IIS to nginx. This allowed random users to be able to access the API sites, along with the main site. During this time, an uncertain number of users signed up to the site; some uploaded games and some even played those games prior to closing of the site.
The site was seen to have the new Roblox style, along with items that were not known before.
Before it was shutdown, Maximum_ADHD discovered that this site was still accessible (although shortly after it was closed).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m7sU1JYR-c
===Images ===
Below are some images took when the incident happened. Some of them showcase gameplay of sitetest3. User information has been censored in these images with a blur.
A sitetest game..png|A game on sitetest3.
Studiogames.png|Game templates on sitetest3's studio.
Signedinsitetest.png|A user logged into sitetest3.
Gameinsitetest3.png|Two users in a sitetest3 game.
2gameinsitetest3.png|Another clear shot of the game they are in.
Gamst3pic2.png|The view of the other user on the weird lighting game.
Gamest3.png|Another image from the perspective of the second player in the game.
Gamst3pic3.png|The famous Minecraft game which was banned on Roblox, was uploaded to sitetest3.
St3avatarpic.png|The avatar editor of the Roblox sitetest3 client.
Sitetest3_Homepage.png|Sitetest3 Homepage
Sitetest3_Studio_After_Roblox_Wiped_Our_Cookies.png|Sitetest3 Studio After Roblox Wiped Our Cookies
Sitetest3_WTRB.png|Sitetest3 Welcome To Roblox Building
==References==
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