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[beam] 01/01: Add guidance on container versioning

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commit 3a8ea9dcf341e693bfe66cd786e1e76ab9daf8b8
Author: Danny McCormick <da...@google.com>
AuthorDate: Thu Aug 31 14:30:48 2023 -0400

    Add guidance on container versioning
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 website/www/site/content/en/documentation/runtime/environments.md | 5 +++++
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diff --git a/website/www/site/content/en/documentation/runtime/environments.md b/website/www/site/content/en/documentation/runtime/environments.md
index 554d471da98..4b027fba36c 100644
--- a/website/www/site/content/en/documentation/runtime/environments.md
+++ b/website/www/site/content/en/documentation/runtime/environments.md
@@ -298,6 +298,11 @@ python -m apache_beam.examples.wordcount \
 
 {{< /runner >}}
 
+You should always specify a versioned container sha or tag, not `latest` or
+another mutable tag. This will ensure that pipelines can be easily reproduced. For
+distributed runners that spin up workers during pipeline execution, this will also
+ensure that pipelines do not switch container images in the middle of execution.
+
 
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