On April 29, 2021, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Committee on Continuing Certification approved the American Board of Family Medicine’s (ABFM’s) proposal to make the Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment (FMCLA) a permanent alternative to the 1-day examination for summative assessment of cognitive expertise in family medicine. We anticipate that the ABMS Board of Directors will formally approve this in June. This editorial lays out what we have learned about FMCLA and what our next steps will be.