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 * [中文版](./README_CN.md)
 
-[![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.com/projects/espressif-esp-idf/badge/?version=latest)](https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/?badge=latest)
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 ESP-IDF is the official development framework for the [ESP32](https://espressif.com/en/products/hardware/esp32/overview) chip.
 
 # Developing With ESP-IDF
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 * [Getting Started Guide for the stable ESP-IDF version](https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/stable/get-started/)
 * [Getting Started Guide for the latest (master branch) ESP-IDF version](https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/get-started/)
 
+*Note: ESP-IDF Programmers Guide is in the process of transitioning to a new documentation host. Master branch ("latest") docs will not be updated from 2020-02-05 for approximately two weeks. This note will be removed once the master branch docs are updating again. Other branch & release docs continue to update as normal.*
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 ### Non-GitHub forks
 
 ESP-IDF uses relative locations as its submodules URLs ([.gitmodules](.gitmodules)). So they link to GitHub.