I suggest if you think it's to buggy or running not stable as A8 go to preferences and opt in for Alpha8 to continue where you was until your issue/s are fixed.
I don't that this latest update was tested very well. I would suggest a rollback until you can work out the crashing bugs, etc. We are testing this game, that is true, but I don't think any unit testing took place at all. There are obvious things like, when salvaging and accessing the wreck inventory, the inventory is swapped with your inventory. Very obvious and should have been caught in unit testing. Also the constant crashing and inability to connect with servers.
I am a software developer, and have been for 20+ years. I don't mind testing your product, but these kinds of problems should have been caught in unit testing.