play store alpha test and new app status

couldnt find it anywhere - if i publish alpha version of my app and itll be on store for month do i lose my new app status? probably no but couldnt find anything about this.
if it lose new app status it sucks when it comes to marketing later…

New App status starts from the first time you upload a production APK. It seems Alpha doesn’t count toward this status.

From Google support:

To determine new apps that are less than 30 days old, Top New lists use the date of first availability; this includes the first time an app was published, or the first time an app was made available in a location.

Note: The time period when an app is exclusively in Alpha or Beta (without a Production APK) has no effect on its first availability date or its ability to be on a “Top New” list.

https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/1295940?hl=en