# Loading Older Workspaces

In principle, if not otherwise stated in the release notes, a Workspace from an older version of Deep Learning can be loaded in a newer version.

Thereby, the following rules generally apply:

- a Training- or Runtime-Workspace can be loaded in a newer version of Cognex Deep Learning Studio or Deep Learning Runtime Library respectively and the tools will give the same quantitative results; the processing time, however, may change
- the tools in a Training-Workspace loaded in a newer version of Deep Learning can be updated in order to profit from various improvements and optimizations; in that case, however, the tools need to be retrained and are likely not to give the same quantitative results
- a Training-Workspace updated in a newer version will no longer be loadable by an older version of Deep Learning

While certain older versions of workspaces may no longer be supported by a newer version, this is guaranteed not to happen between consecutive or identical minor versions. Thus, such an older workspace can be migrated to the newer version by loading and saving them using intermediate releases. This, however, is not guaranteed between major versions.