Clarion 12 was "delivered", Softvelocity asks for money now

Was the Clarion 12 Delivered already a Gold Release? Can this be used for production?
I’m still using Clarion 11.1.13855. Although most of my applications run well under Clarion 12, I’m still having problems with some applications that communicates with devices (smart card reader, mobile POS). I’m using the updated templates from Capesoft.