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[GitHub] [beam] lukecwik commented on a change in pull request #15894: [Go SDK] Go SDK Exits Experimental
lukecwik commented on a change in pull request #15894:
URL: https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/15894#discussion_r743825565
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+---
+title: "Go SDK Exits Experimental in Apache Beam 2.33.0"
+date: 2021-11-04 00:00:01 -0800
+categories:
+ - blog
+authors:
+ - lostluck
+---
+<!--
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+Apache Beam’s latest release, version [2.33.0](/get-started/downloads/), is the first official release of the long experimental Go SDK.
+Built with the [Go Programming Language](https://golang.org/), the Go SDK joins the Java and Python SDKs as the third implementation of the Beam programming model.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+## Using the new Go SDK.
+
+New users of the Go SDK can start using it in their Go programs by importing the main beam package:
+
+```
+import "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam"
+```
+
+The next run of `go mod tidy` will fetch the latest stable version of the module.
+Alternatively executing `go get github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam` will download it to the local module cache immeadiately, and add it to your `go.mod` file.
+
+Existing users of the experimental Go SDK need to update to new `v2` import paths to start using the latest versions of the SDK.
+This is can be done by adding `v2` to the import paths, changing `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/go/`... to `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/`... where applicable, and then running `go mod tidy`.
+
+Further documentation on using the SDK is available in the [Beam Programming Guide](/documentation/programming-guide/), and in the package Go Doc at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam.
Review comment:
```suggestion
Further documentation on using the SDK is available in the [Beam Programming Guide](/documentation/programming-guide/), and in the package [Go Doc](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam).
```
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+---
+title: "Go SDK Exits Experimental in Apache Beam 2.33.0"
+date: 2021-11-04 00:00:01 -0800
+categories:
+ - blog
+authors:
+ - lostluck
+---
+<!--
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+Apache Beam’s latest release, version [2.33.0](/get-started/downloads/), is the first official release of the long experimental Go SDK.
+Built with the [Go Programming Language](https://golang.org/), the Go SDK joins the Java and Python SDKs as the third implementation of the Beam programming model.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+## Using the new Go SDK.
+
+New users of the Go SDK can start using it in their Go programs by importing the main beam package:
+
+```
+import "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam"
+```
+
+The next run of `go mod tidy` will fetch the latest stable version of the module.
+Alternatively executing `go get github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam` will download it to the local module cache immeadiately, and add it to your `go.mod` file.
+
+Existing users of the experimental Go SDK need to update to new `v2` import paths to start using the latest versions of the SDK.
+This is can be done by adding `v2` to the import paths, changing `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/go/`... to `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/`... where applicable, and then running `go mod tidy`.
+
+Further documentation on using the SDK is available in the [Beam Programming Guide](/documentation/programming-guide/), and in the package Go Doc at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam.
+
+## Feature Support
+
+At time of writing, the Go SDK is currently "Batteries Not Included".
+This means that there are gaps or edge cases in supported IOs and transforms.
+That said, the core of the SDK enables a great deal of the Beam Model for
+custom user use, supporting following features:
+
+* PTransforms
+ * Impulse
+ * Create
+ * ParDo w/User DoFns
+ * Iterable Side Inputs
+ * Multiple Output emitters
+ * Receive and Return Key Value pairs
+ * EventTime
+ * SplittableDoFns
+ * GroupByKey and CoGroupByKey
+ * CombineFns for use with Combine and CombinePerKey
+ * Windowing
+ * Global, Fixed intervals, Sliding windows, and Session
Review comment:
```suggestion
* Global, Fixed Intervals, Sliding, and Session windows
```
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File path: website/www/site/content/en/blog/go-sdk-release.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+---
+title: "Go SDK Exits Experimental in Apache Beam 2.33.0"
+date: 2021-11-04 00:00:01 -0800
+categories:
+ - blog
+authors:
+ - lostluck
+---
+<!--
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+Apache Beam’s latest release, version [2.33.0](/get-started/downloads/), is the first official release of the long experimental Go SDK.
+Built with the [Go Programming Language](https://golang.org/), the Go SDK joins the Java and Python SDKs as the third implementation of the Beam programming model.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+## Using the new Go SDK.
+
+New users of the Go SDK can start using it in their Go programs by importing the main beam package:
+
+```
+import "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam"
+```
+
+The next run of `go mod tidy` will fetch the latest stable version of the module.
+Alternatively executing `go get github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam` will download it to the local module cache immeadiately, and add it to your `go.mod` file.
+
+Existing users of the experimental Go SDK need to update to new `v2` import paths to start using the latest versions of the SDK.
+This is can be done by adding `v2` to the import paths, changing `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/go/`... to `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/`... where applicable, and then running `go mod tidy`.
+
+Further documentation on using the SDK is available in the [Beam Programming Guide](/documentation/programming-guide/), and in the package Go Doc at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam.
+
+## Feature Support
+
+At time of writing, the Go SDK is currently "Batteries Not Included".
+This means that there are gaps or edge cases in supported IOs and transforms.
+That said, the core of the SDK enables a great deal of the Beam Model for
+custom user use, supporting following features:
+
+* PTransforms
+ * Impulse
+ * Create
+ * ParDo w/User DoFns
+ * Iterable Side Inputs
+ * Multiple Output emitters
+ * Receive and Return Key Value pairs
+ * EventTime
+ * SplittableDoFns
+ * GroupByKey and CoGroupByKey
+ * CombineFns for use with Combine and CombinePerKey
+ * Windowing
+ * Global, Fixed intervals, Sliding windows, and Session
+ * Aggregating over windowed PCollections w/GBKs or Combines.
+ * Flatten
+ * Partition
+ * Composites
+ * Cross Language Transforms
+* Coders
+ * Primitive Go types (ints, string, []bytes, and more)
+ * Beam Schemas for Go Struct types (including struct, slice, and map fields)
+ * Registering custom coders
+* Metrics
+ * PCollection metrics (ElementCount, Size Estimates)
+ * Custom User Metrics
+ * Post job user metrics querying (coming in 2.34.0)
+ * DoFn profiling metrics (coming in 2.35.0)
+* Provided Built Transforms
+ * Sum, Count, Min, Max, Top, Filter
+ * Scalable TextIO Reading
+
+Upcoming features support roadmap, and known issues are discussed below.
+In particular, we plan to support a much richer set of IO connectors via Beam's cross-language capabilities.
+
+## Releases
+
+With this release, the Go SDK now uses [Go Modules](https://golang.org/ref/mod) for dependency management.
+This makes it so users, SDK Devs, and the testing infrastructure can all rely on the same versions of dependencies, making builds reproducible.
+This also makes [validating Go SDK Release Candidates simple](/blog/validate-beam-release/#configuring-a-go-build-to-validate-a-beam-release-candidate).
+
+Versioned SDK worker containers are now built and [published](https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/beam_go_sdk/tags?page=1&ordering=last_updated), with the SDK using matched tagged versions.
+For released versions, user jobs no longer need to specify a container to use, except when using custom containers.
+
+## Compatibility
+
+The Go SDK will largely follow suit with the Go notion of compatibility.
+Some concessions are made to keep all SDKs together on the same release cycle.
+
+### Language Compatibility
+
+The SDK will be tested at a minimum [Go Programming Language version of 1.16](https://golang.org/doc/devel/release), and use available language features and standard library packages accordingly.
+To maintain a broad compatibility, the Go SDK will not require the latest major version of Go.
+We expect to follow the 2nd newest supported release of the language, with a possible exception when Go 1.18 is released, in order to begin experimenting with [Go Generics](https://go.dev/blog/generics-proposal) in the SDK.
+Release notes will call out when the minimum version of the language changes.
+
+### Package Compatibility
+
+The primary user packages will avoid changing in backwards incompatible ways for core features.
+This is to be inline with Go's notion of the [`import compatibility rule`](https://research.swtch.com/vgo-import).
+
+> If an old package and a new package have the same import path,
+> the new package must be backwards compatible with the old package.
+
+Exceptions to this policy are around newer, experimental, or in development features.
+These are subject to change.
+Such features will have a doc comment noting the experimental status, or be mentioned the change notes for a release.
+For example, using `beam.WindowInto` with Triggers is currently experimental and may have the api changed in a future release.
+
+Primary user packages include:
+* The main beam package `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam`
+* Sub packages under `.../transforms`, `.../io`, `.../runners`, and `.../testing`.
+
+Generally, packages in the module other than the primary user packages are for framework use.
+They are at risk of changing, though at this point, large breaking changes are unlikely.
+
+### Known Issues
+
+#### Batteries not included.
+* Current native transforms are undertested.
+* IOs may not be written to scale.
+* Go Direct Runner is incomplete and is not portable, prefer using the Python Portable runner, or Flink.
+ * Doesn't support side input windowing. [BEAM-13075](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-13075)
+ * Doesn't serialize data, making it unlikely to catch coder issues [BEAM-6372](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-6372)
+ * Can use other general improvements, and become portable [BEAM-11076](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-11076)
+* Current Trigger API is under iteration and subject to change [BEAM-3304](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-3304).
+ * API has a possible breaking change between 2.33.0 and 2.34.0, and may change again.
+* Support of the SDK on services, like Google Cloud Dataflow, remains at the service owner's discretion.
+* Need something?
+ * File a ticket in the [Beam JIRA](https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20BEAM%20AND%20component%20%3D%20sdk-go) and,
+ * Email the dev@beam.apache.org list!
Review comment:
Can you make the e-mail address a mail link?
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File path: website/www/site/content/en/blog/go-sdk-release.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+---
+title: "Go SDK Exits Experimental in Apache Beam 2.33.0"
+date: 2021-11-04 00:00:01 -0800
+categories:
+ - blog
+authors:
+ - lostluck
+---
+<!--
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+Apache Beam’s latest release, version [2.33.0](/get-started/downloads/), is the first official release of the long experimental Go SDK.
+Built with the [Go Programming Language](https://golang.org/), the Go SDK joins the Java and Python SDKs as the third implementation of the Beam programming model.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+## Using the new Go SDK.
+
+New users of the Go SDK can start using it in their Go programs by importing the main beam package:
+
+```
+import "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam"
+```
+
+The next run of `go mod tidy` will fetch the latest stable version of the module.
+Alternatively executing `go get github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam` will download it to the local module cache immeadiately, and add it to your `go.mod` file.
+
+Existing users of the experimental Go SDK need to update to new `v2` import paths to start using the latest versions of the SDK.
+This is can be done by adding `v2` to the import paths, changing `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/go/`... to `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/`... where applicable, and then running `go mod tidy`.
+
+Further documentation on using the SDK is available in the [Beam Programming Guide](/documentation/programming-guide/), and in the package Go Doc at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam.
+
+## Feature Support
+
+At time of writing, the Go SDK is currently "Batteries Not Included".
+This means that there are gaps or edge cases in supported IOs and transforms.
+That said, the core of the SDK enables a great deal of the Beam Model for
+custom user use, supporting following features:
+
+* PTransforms
+ * Impulse
+ * Create
+ * ParDo w/User DoFns
+ * Iterable Side Inputs
+ * Multiple Output emitters
+ * Receive and Return Key Value pairs
+ * EventTime
Review comment:
Is there something special about event time being listed under ParDo or would this make more sense under Windowing?
##########
File path: website/www/site/content/en/blog/go-sdk-release.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+---
+title: "Go SDK Exits Experimental in Apache Beam 2.33.0"
+date: 2021-11-04 00:00:01 -0800
+categories:
+ - blog
+authors:
+ - lostluck
+---
+<!--
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+Apache Beam’s latest release, version [2.33.0](/get-started/downloads/), is the first official release of the long experimental Go SDK.
+Built with the [Go Programming Language](https://golang.org/), the Go SDK joins the Java and Python SDKs as the third implementation of the Beam programming model.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+## Using the new Go SDK.
+
+New users of the Go SDK can start using it in their Go programs by importing the main beam package:
+
+```
+import "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam"
+```
+
+The next run of `go mod tidy` will fetch the latest stable version of the module.
+Alternatively executing `go get github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam` will download it to the local module cache immeadiately, and add it to your `go.mod` file.
+
+Existing users of the experimental Go SDK need to update to new `v2` import paths to start using the latest versions of the SDK.
+This is can be done by adding `v2` to the import paths, changing `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/go/`... to `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/`... where applicable, and then running `go mod tidy`.
+
+Further documentation on using the SDK is available in the [Beam Programming Guide](/documentation/programming-guide/), and in the package Go Doc at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam.
+
+## Feature Support
+
+At time of writing, the Go SDK is currently "Batteries Not Included".
+This means that there are gaps or edge cases in supported IOs and transforms.
+That said, the core of the SDK enables a great deal of the Beam Model for
+custom user use, supporting following features:
+
+* PTransforms
+ * Impulse
+ * Create
+ * ParDo w/User DoFns
+ * Iterable Side Inputs
+ * Multiple Output emitters
+ * Receive and Return Key Value pairs
+ * EventTime
+ * SplittableDoFns
+ * GroupByKey and CoGroupByKey
+ * CombineFns for use with Combine and CombinePerKey
+ * Windowing
+ * Global, Fixed intervals, Sliding windows, and Session
+ * Aggregating over windowed PCollections w/GBKs or Combines.
+ * Flatten
+ * Partition
+ * Composites
+ * Cross Language Transforms
+* Coders
+ * Primitive Go types (ints, string, []bytes, and more)
+ * Beam Schemas for Go Struct types (including struct, slice, and map fields)
+ * Registering custom coders
+* Metrics
+ * PCollection metrics (ElementCount, Size Estimates)
+ * Custom User Metrics
+ * Post job user metrics querying (coming in 2.34.0)
+ * DoFn profiling metrics (coming in 2.35.0)
+* Provided Built Transforms
+ * Sum, Count, Min, Max, Top, Filter
+ * Scalable TextIO Reading
+
+Upcoming features support roadmap, and known issues are discussed below.
+In particular, we plan to support a much richer set of IO connectors via Beam's cross-language capabilities.
+
+## Releases
+
+With this release, the Go SDK now uses [Go Modules](https://golang.org/ref/mod) for dependency management.
+This makes it so users, SDK Devs, and the testing infrastructure can all rely on the same versions of dependencies, making builds reproducible.
+This also makes [validating Go SDK Release Candidates simple](/blog/validate-beam-release/#configuring-a-go-build-to-validate-a-beam-release-candidate).
+
+Versioned SDK worker containers are now built and [published](https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/beam_go_sdk/tags?page=1&ordering=last_updated), with the SDK using matched tagged versions.
+For released versions, user jobs no longer need to specify a container to use, except when using custom containers.
+
+## Compatibility
+
+The Go SDK will largely follow suit with the Go notion of compatibility.
+Some concessions are made to keep all SDKs together on the same release cycle.
+
+### Language Compatibility
+
+The SDK will be tested at a minimum [Go Programming Language version of 1.16](https://golang.org/doc/devel/release), and use available language features and standard library packages accordingly.
+To maintain a broad compatibility, the Go SDK will not require the latest major version of Go.
+We expect to follow the 2nd newest supported release of the language, with a possible exception when Go 1.18 is released, in order to begin experimenting with [Go Generics](https://go.dev/blog/generics-proposal) in the SDK.
+Release notes will call out when the minimum version of the language changes.
+
+### Package Compatibility
+
+The primary user packages will avoid changing in backwards incompatible ways for core features.
+This is to be inline with Go's notion of the [`import compatibility rule`](https://research.swtch.com/vgo-import).
+
+> If an old package and a new package have the same import path,
+> the new package must be backwards compatible with the old package.
+
+Exceptions to this policy are around newer, experimental, or in development features.
+These are subject to change.
+Such features will have a doc comment noting the experimental status, or be mentioned the change notes for a release.
+For example, using `beam.WindowInto` with Triggers is currently experimental and may have the api changed in a future release.
+
+Primary user packages include:
+* The main beam package `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam`
+* Sub packages under `.../transforms`, `.../io`, `.../runners`, and `.../testing`.
+
+Generally, packages in the module other than the primary user packages are for framework use.
+They are at risk of changing, though at this point, large breaking changes are unlikely.
+
+### Known Issues
+
+#### Batteries not included.
+* Current native transforms are undertested.
+* IOs may not be written to scale.
+* Go Direct Runner is incomplete and is not portable, prefer using the Python Portable runner, or Flink.
+ * Doesn't support side input windowing. [BEAM-13075](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-13075)
+ * Doesn't serialize data, making it unlikely to catch coder issues [BEAM-6372](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-6372)
+ * Can use other general improvements, and become portable [BEAM-11076](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-11076)
+* Current Trigger API is under iteration and subject to change [BEAM-3304](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-3304).
+ * API has a possible breaking change between 2.33.0 and 2.34.0, and may change again.
+* Support of the SDK on services, like Google Cloud Dataflow, remains at the service owner's discretion.
+* Need something?
+ * File a ticket in the [Beam JIRA](https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20BEAM%20AND%20component%20%3D%20sdk-go) and,
+ * Email the dev@beam.apache.org list!
+
+#### Fixed in 2.34.0
+ * `top.SmallestPerKey` was broken [BEAM-12946](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-12946)
+ * `beam.TryCrossLanguage` API didn't match non-Try version [BEAM-9918](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-9918)
+ * This is a breaking change if one was calling `beam.TryCrossLanguage`
+
+#### Fixed in 2.35.0
+ * Non-Global Window Side Inputs don't match (correctness bug) [BEAM-11087](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-11087)
+ * Until 2.35.0 it's not recommended to use SideInputs that are not using the Global Window.
Review comment:
```suggestion
* Until 2.35.0 it's not recommended to use Side Inputs that are not using the Global Window.
```
##########
File path: website/www/site/content/en/blog/go-sdk-release.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+---
+title: "Go SDK Exits Experimental in Apache Beam 2.33.0"
+date: 2021-11-04 00:00:01 -0800
+categories:
+ - blog
+authors:
+ - lostluck
+---
+<!--
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+Apache Beam’s latest release, version [2.33.0](/get-started/downloads/), is the first official release of the long experimental Go SDK.
+Built with the [Go Programming Language](https://golang.org/), the Go SDK joins the Java and Python SDKs as the third implementation of the Beam programming model.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+## Using the new Go SDK.
+
+New users of the Go SDK can start using it in their Go programs by importing the main beam package:
+
+```
+import "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam"
+```
+
+The next run of `go mod tidy` will fetch the latest stable version of the module.
+Alternatively executing `go get github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam` will download it to the local module cache immeadiately, and add it to your `go.mod` file.
+
+Existing users of the experimental Go SDK need to update to new `v2` import paths to start using the latest versions of the SDK.
+This is can be done by adding `v2` to the import paths, changing `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/go/`... to `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/`... where applicable, and then running `go mod tidy`.
+
+Further documentation on using the SDK is available in the [Beam Programming Guide](/documentation/programming-guide/), and in the package Go Doc at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam.
+
+## Feature Support
+
+At time of writing, the Go SDK is currently "Batteries Not Included".
+This means that there are gaps or edge cases in supported IOs and transforms.
+That said, the core of the SDK enables a great deal of the Beam Model for
+custom user use, supporting following features:
+
+* PTransforms
+ * Impulse
+ * Create
+ * ParDo w/User DoFns
+ * Iterable Side Inputs
+ * Multiple Output emitters
+ * Receive and Return Key Value pairs
+ * EventTime
+ * SplittableDoFns
+ * GroupByKey and CoGroupByKey
+ * CombineFns for use with Combine and CombinePerKey
+ * Windowing
Review comment:
Should windowing be at the same level as PTransforms (unindent Windowing)?
##########
File path: website/www/site/content/en/blog/go-sdk-release.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+---
+title: "Go SDK Exits Experimental in Apache Beam 2.33.0"
+date: 2021-11-04 00:00:01 -0800
+categories:
+ - blog
+authors:
+ - lostluck
+---
+<!--
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+Apache Beam’s latest release, version [2.33.0](/get-started/downloads/), is the first official release of the long experimental Go SDK.
+Built with the [Go Programming Language](https://golang.org/), the Go SDK joins the Java and Python SDKs as the third implementation of the Beam programming model.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+## Using the new Go SDK.
+
+New users of the Go SDK can start using it in their Go programs by importing the main beam package:
+
+```
+import "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam"
+```
+
+The next run of `go mod tidy` will fetch the latest stable version of the module.
+Alternatively executing `go get github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam` will download it to the local module cache immeadiately, and add it to your `go.mod` file.
+
+Existing users of the experimental Go SDK need to update to new `v2` import paths to start using the latest versions of the SDK.
+This is can be done by adding `v2` to the import paths, changing `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/go/`... to `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/`... where applicable, and then running `go mod tidy`.
+
+Further documentation on using the SDK is available in the [Beam Programming Guide](/documentation/programming-guide/), and in the package Go Doc at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam.
+
+## Feature Support
+
+At time of writing, the Go SDK is currently "Batteries Not Included".
+This means that there are gaps or edge cases in supported IOs and transforms.
+That said, the core of the SDK enables a great deal of the Beam Model for
+custom user use, supporting following features:
+
+* PTransforms
+ * Impulse
+ * Create
+ * ParDo w/User DoFns
+ * Iterable Side Inputs
+ * Multiple Output emitters
+ * Receive and Return Key Value pairs
+ * EventTime
+ * SplittableDoFns
+ * GroupByKey and CoGroupByKey
+ * CombineFns for use with Combine and CombinePerKey
+ * Windowing
+ * Global, Fixed intervals, Sliding windows, and Session
+ * Aggregating over windowed PCollections w/GBKs or Combines.
+ * Flatten
+ * Partition
+ * Composites
+ * Cross Language Transforms
+* Coders
+ * Primitive Go types (ints, string, []bytes, and more)
+ * Beam Schemas for Go Struct types (including struct, slice, and map fields)
+ * Registering custom coders
+* Metrics
+ * PCollection metrics (ElementCount, Size Estimates)
+ * Custom User Metrics
+ * Post job user metrics querying (coming in 2.34.0)
+ * DoFn profiling metrics (coming in 2.35.0)
+* Provided Built Transforms
+ * Sum, Count, Min, Max, Top, Filter
+ * Scalable TextIO Reading
Review comment:
```suggestion
* Provided Transforms
* Sum, Count, Min, Max, Top, Filter
* Scalable TextIO Reading
```
Or we could go with `Built-in transforms`
##########
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##########
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+---
+title: "Go SDK Exits Experimental in Apache Beam 2.33.0"
+date: 2021-11-04 00:00:01 -0800
+categories:
+ - blog
+authors:
+ - lostluck
+---
+<!--
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+Apache Beam’s latest release, version [2.33.0](/get-started/downloads/), is the first official release of the long experimental Go SDK.
+Built with the [Go Programming Language](https://golang.org/), the Go SDK joins the Java and Python SDKs as the third implementation of the Beam programming model.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+## Using the new Go SDK.
+
+New users of the Go SDK can start using it in their Go programs by importing the main beam package:
+
+```
+import "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam"
+```
+
+The next run of `go mod tidy` will fetch the latest stable version of the module.
+Alternatively executing `go get github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam` will download it to the local module cache immeadiately, and add it to your `go.mod` file.
+
+Existing users of the experimental Go SDK need to update to new `v2` import paths to start using the latest versions of the SDK.
+This is can be done by adding `v2` to the import paths, changing `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/go/`... to `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/`... where applicable, and then running `go mod tidy`.
+
+Further documentation on using the SDK is available in the [Beam Programming Guide](/documentation/programming-guide/), and in the package Go Doc at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam.
+
+## Feature Support
+
+At time of writing, the Go SDK is currently "Batteries Not Included".
+This means that there are gaps or edge cases in supported IOs and transforms.
+That said, the core of the SDK enables a great deal of the Beam Model for
+custom user use, supporting following features:
+
+* PTransforms
+ * Impulse
+ * Create
+ * ParDo w/User DoFns
+ * Iterable Side Inputs
+ * Multiple Output emitters
+ * Receive and Return Key Value pairs
+ * EventTime
+ * SplittableDoFns
+ * GroupByKey and CoGroupByKey
+ * CombineFns for use with Combine and CombinePerKey
+ * Windowing
+ * Global, Fixed intervals, Sliding windows, and Session
+ * Aggregating over windowed PCollections w/GBKs or Combines.
+ * Flatten
+ * Partition
+ * Composites
+ * Cross Language Transforms
+* Coders
+ * Primitive Go types (ints, string, []bytes, and more)
+ * Beam Schemas for Go Struct types (including struct, slice, and map fields)
+ * Registering custom coders
+* Metrics
+ * PCollection metrics (ElementCount, Size Estimates)
+ * Custom User Metrics
+ * Post job user metrics querying (coming in 2.34.0)
+ * DoFn profiling metrics (coming in 2.35.0)
+* Provided Built Transforms
+ * Sum, Count, Min, Max, Top, Filter
+ * Scalable TextIO Reading
+
+Upcoming features support roadmap, and known issues are discussed below.
+In particular, we plan to support a much richer set of IO connectors via Beam's cross-language capabilities.
+
+## Releases
+
+With this release, the Go SDK now uses [Go Modules](https://golang.org/ref/mod) for dependency management.
+This makes it so users, SDK Devs, and the testing infrastructure can all rely on the same versions of dependencies, making builds reproducible.
+This also makes [validating Go SDK Release Candidates simple](/blog/validate-beam-release/#configuring-a-go-build-to-validate-a-beam-release-candidate).
+
+Versioned SDK worker containers are now built and [published](https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/beam_go_sdk/tags?page=1&ordering=last_updated), with the SDK using matched tagged versions.
+For released versions, user jobs no longer need to specify a container to use, except when using custom containers.
+
+## Compatibility
+
+The Go SDK will largely follow suit with the Go notion of compatibility.
+Some concessions are made to keep all SDKs together on the same release cycle.
+
+### Language Compatibility
+
+The SDK will be tested at a minimum [Go Programming Language version of 1.16](https://golang.org/doc/devel/release), and use available language features and standard library packages accordingly.
+To maintain a broad compatibility, the Go SDK will not require the latest major version of Go.
+We expect to follow the 2nd newest supported release of the language, with a possible exception when Go 1.18 is released, in order to begin experimenting with [Go Generics](https://go.dev/blog/generics-proposal) in the SDK.
+Release notes will call out when the minimum version of the language changes.
+
+### Package Compatibility
+
+The primary user packages will avoid changing in backwards incompatible ways for core features.
+This is to be inline with Go's notion of the [`import compatibility rule`](https://research.swtch.com/vgo-import).
+
+> If an old package and a new package have the same import path,
+> the new package must be backwards compatible with the old package.
+
+Exceptions to this policy are around newer, experimental, or in development features.
+These are subject to change.
+Such features will have a doc comment noting the experimental status, or be mentioned the change notes for a release.
+For example, using `beam.WindowInto` with Triggers is currently experimental and may have the api changed in a future release.
+
+Primary user packages include:
+* The main beam package `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam`
+* Sub packages under `.../transforms`, `.../io`, `.../runners`, and `.../testing`.
+
+Generally, packages in the module other than the primary user packages are for framework use.
+They are at risk of changing, though at this point, large breaking changes are unlikely.
+
+### Known Issues
+
+#### Batteries not included.
+* Current native transforms are undertested.
+* IOs may not be written to scale.
+* Go Direct Runner is incomplete and is not portable, prefer using the Python Portable runner, or Flink.
+ * Doesn't support side input windowing. [BEAM-13075](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-13075)
+ * Doesn't serialize data, making it unlikely to catch coder issues [BEAM-6372](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-6372)
+ * Can use other general improvements, and become portable [BEAM-11076](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-11076)
+* Current Trigger API is under iteration and subject to change [BEAM-3304](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-3304).
+ * API has a possible breaking change between 2.33.0 and 2.34.0, and may change again.
+* Support of the SDK on services, like Google Cloud Dataflow, remains at the service owner's discretion.
+* Need something?
+ * File a ticket in the [Beam JIRA](https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20BEAM%20AND%20component%20%3D%20sdk-go) and,
+ * Email the dev@beam.apache.org list!
+
+#### Fixed in 2.34.0
+ * `top.SmallestPerKey` was broken [BEAM-12946](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-12946)
+ * `beam.TryCrossLanguage` API didn't match non-Try version [BEAM-9918](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-9918)
+ * This is a breaking change if one was calling `beam.TryCrossLanguage`
+
+#### Fixed in 2.35.0
+ * Non-Global Window Side Inputs don't match (correctness bug) [BEAM-11087](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-11087)
+ * Until 2.35.0 it's not recommended to use SideInputs that are not using the Global Window.
+ * Side Inputs using DoFns accumulate memory over bundles, causing OOMs [BEAM-13130](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-13130)
+
+## Roadmap
+
+The [SDK roadmap](/roadmap/go-sdk/) has been updated.
+Ongoing focus is to bolster more streaming focused features, and improve existing connectors, and make connectors easier to implement.
+
+In the nearer term this comes in the form of improvements to Side Inputs, and providing wrappers and improving ease-of-use for Cross Language Transforms from Java.
+
+## Conclusion
+
+We hope you find the SDK useful, and it's still early days.
+If you make something using it, consider [sharing it with us](/community/contact-us/).
Review comment:
awkward?
```suggestion
If you make something useful, consider [sharing it with us](/community/contact-us/).
```
##########
File path: website/www/site/content/en/blog/go-sdk-release.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+---
+title: "Go SDK Exits Experimental in Apache Beam 2.33.0"
+date: 2021-11-04 00:00:01 -0800
+categories:
+ - blog
+authors:
+ - lostluck
+---
+<!--
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+Apache Beam’s latest release, version [2.33.0](/get-started/downloads/), is the first official release of the long experimental Go SDK.
+Built with the [Go Programming Language](https://golang.org/), the Go SDK joins the Java and Python SDKs as the third implementation of the Beam programming model.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+## Using the new Go SDK.
+
+New users of the Go SDK can start using it in their Go programs by importing the main beam package:
+
+```
+import "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam"
+```
+
+The next run of `go mod tidy` will fetch the latest stable version of the module.
+Alternatively executing `go get github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam` will download it to the local module cache immeadiately, and add it to your `go.mod` file.
+
+Existing users of the experimental Go SDK need to update to new `v2` import paths to start using the latest versions of the SDK.
+This is can be done by adding `v2` to the import paths, changing `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/go/`... to `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/`... where applicable, and then running `go mod tidy`.
+
+Further documentation on using the SDK is available in the [Beam Programming Guide](/documentation/programming-guide/), and in the package Go Doc at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam.
+
+## Feature Support
+
+At time of writing, the Go SDK is currently "Batteries Not Included".
+This means that there are gaps or edge cases in supported IOs and transforms.
+That said, the core of the SDK enables a great deal of the Beam Model for
+custom user use, supporting following features:
+
+* PTransforms
+ * Impulse
+ * Create
+ * ParDo w/User DoFns
+ * Iterable Side Inputs
+ * Multiple Output emitters
+ * Receive and Return Key Value pairs
+ * EventTime
+ * SplittableDoFns
+ * GroupByKey and CoGroupByKey
+ * CombineFns for use with Combine and CombinePerKey
+ * Windowing
+ * Global, Fixed intervals, Sliding windows, and Session
+ * Aggregating over windowed PCollections w/GBKs or Combines.
+ * Flatten
+ * Partition
+ * Composites
+ * Cross Language Transforms
+* Coders
+ * Primitive Go types (ints, string, []bytes, and more)
+ * Beam Schemas for Go Struct types (including struct, slice, and map fields)
+ * Registering custom coders
+* Metrics
+ * PCollection metrics (ElementCount, Size Estimates)
+ * Custom User Metrics
+ * Post job user metrics querying (coming in 2.34.0)
+ * DoFn profiling metrics (coming in 2.35.0)
+* Provided Built Transforms
+ * Sum, Count, Min, Max, Top, Filter
+ * Scalable TextIO Reading
+
+Upcoming features support roadmap, and known issues are discussed below.
+In particular, we plan to support a much richer set of IO connectors via Beam's cross-language capabilities.
+
+## Releases
+
+With this release, the Go SDK now uses [Go Modules](https://golang.org/ref/mod) for dependency management.
+This makes it so users, SDK Devs, and the testing infrastructure can all rely on the same versions of dependencies, making builds reproducible.
+This also makes [validating Go SDK Release Candidates simple](/blog/validate-beam-release/#configuring-a-go-build-to-validate-a-beam-release-candidate).
+
+Versioned SDK worker containers are now built and [published](https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/beam_go_sdk/tags?page=1&ordering=last_updated), with the SDK using matched tagged versions.
+For released versions, user jobs no longer need to specify a container to use, except when using custom containers.
+
+## Compatibility
+
+The Go SDK will largely follow suit with the Go notion of compatibility.
+Some concessions are made to keep all SDKs together on the same release cycle.
+
+### Language Compatibility
+
+The SDK will be tested at a minimum [Go Programming Language version of 1.16](https://golang.org/doc/devel/release), and use available language features and standard library packages accordingly.
+To maintain a broad compatibility, the Go SDK will not require the latest major version of Go.
+We expect to follow the 2nd newest supported release of the language, with a possible exception when Go 1.18 is released, in order to begin experimenting with [Go Generics](https://go.dev/blog/generics-proposal) in the SDK.
+Release notes will call out when the minimum version of the language changes.
+
+### Package Compatibility
+
+The primary user packages will avoid changing in backwards incompatible ways for core features.
+This is to be inline with Go's notion of the [`import compatibility rule`](https://research.swtch.com/vgo-import).
+
+> If an old package and a new package have the same import path,
+> the new package must be backwards compatible with the old package.
+
+Exceptions to this policy are around newer, experimental, or in development features.
+These are subject to change.
+Such features will have a doc comment noting the experimental status, or be mentioned the change notes for a release.
+For example, using `beam.WindowInto` with Triggers is currently experimental and may have the api changed in a future release.
+
+Primary user packages include:
+* The main beam package `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam`
+* Sub packages under `.../transforms`, `.../io`, `.../runners`, and `.../testing`.
+
+Generally, packages in the module other than the primary user packages are for framework use.
+They are at risk of changing, though at this point, large breaking changes are unlikely.
+
+### Known Issues
+
+#### Batteries not included.
+* Current native transforms are undertested.
+* IOs may not be written to scale.
+* Go Direct Runner is incomplete and is not portable, prefer using the Python Portable runner, or Flink.
+ * Doesn't support side input windowing. [BEAM-13075](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-13075)
+ * Doesn't serialize data, making it unlikely to catch coder issues [BEAM-6372](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-6372)
+ * Can use other general improvements, and become portable [BEAM-11076](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-11076)
+* Current Trigger API is under iteration and subject to change [BEAM-3304](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-3304).
+ * API has a possible breaking change between 2.33.0 and 2.34.0, and may change again.
+* Support of the SDK on services, like Google Cloud Dataflow, remains at the service owner's discretion.
+* Need something?
+ * File a ticket in the [Beam JIRA](https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20BEAM%20AND%20component%20%3D%20sdk-go) and,
+ * Email the dev@beam.apache.org list!
+
+#### Fixed in 2.34.0
+ * `top.SmallestPerKey` was broken [BEAM-12946](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-12946)
+ * `beam.TryCrossLanguage` API didn't match non-Try version [BEAM-9918](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-9918)
+ * This is a breaking change if one was calling `beam.TryCrossLanguage`
+
+#### Fixed in 2.35.0
+ * Non-Global Window Side Inputs don't match (correctness bug) [BEAM-11087](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-11087)
+ * Until 2.35.0 it's not recommended to use SideInputs that are not using the Global Window.
+ * Side Inputs using DoFns accumulate memory over bundles, causing OOMs [BEAM-13130](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-13130)
+
+## Roadmap
+
+The [SDK roadmap](/roadmap/go-sdk/) has been updated.
+Ongoing focus is to bolster more streaming focused features, and improve existing connectors, and make connectors easier to implement.
Review comment:
```suggestion
Ongoing focus is to bolster streaming focused features, improve existing connectors, and make connectors easier to implement.
```
##########
File path: website/www/site/content/en/blog/go-sdk-release.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+---
+title: "Go SDK Exits Experimental in Apache Beam 2.33.0"
+date: 2021-11-04 00:00:01 -0800
+categories:
+ - blog
+authors:
+ - lostluck
+---
+<!--
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+Apache Beam’s latest release, version [2.33.0](/get-started/downloads/), is the first official release of the long experimental Go SDK.
+Built with the [Go Programming Language](https://golang.org/), the Go SDK joins the Java and Python SDKs as the third implementation of the Beam programming model.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+## Using the new Go SDK.
+
+New users of the Go SDK can start using it in their Go programs by importing the main beam package:
+
+```
+import "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam"
+```
+
+The next run of `go mod tidy` will fetch the latest stable version of the module.
+Alternatively executing `go get github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam` will download it to the local module cache immeadiately, and add it to your `go.mod` file.
+
+Existing users of the experimental Go SDK need to update to new `v2` import paths to start using the latest versions of the SDK.
+This is can be done by adding `v2` to the import paths, changing `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/go/`... to `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/`... where applicable, and then running `go mod tidy`.
+
+Further documentation on using the SDK is available in the [Beam Programming Guide](/documentation/programming-guide/), and in the package Go Doc at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam.
+
+## Feature Support
+
+At time of writing, the Go SDK is currently "Batteries Not Included".
+This means that there are gaps or edge cases in supported IOs and transforms.
+That said, the core of the SDK enables a great deal of the Beam Model for
+custom user use, supporting following features:
+
+* PTransforms
+ * Impulse
+ * Create
+ * ParDo w/User DoFns
+ * Iterable Side Inputs
+ * Multiple Output emitters
+ * Receive and Return Key Value pairs
+ * EventTime
+ * SplittableDoFns
+ * GroupByKey and CoGroupByKey
+ * CombineFns for use with Combine and CombinePerKey
+ * Windowing
+ * Global, Fixed intervals, Sliding windows, and Session
+ * Aggregating over windowed PCollections w/GBKs or Combines.
+ * Flatten
+ * Partition
+ * Composites
Review comment:
```suggestion
* Composite Transforms
```
##########
File path: website/www/site/content/en/blog/go-sdk-release.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+---
+title: "Go SDK Exits Experimental in Apache Beam 2.33.0"
+date: 2021-11-04 00:00:01 -0800
+categories:
+ - blog
+authors:
+ - lostluck
+---
+<!--
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+Apache Beam’s latest release, version [2.33.0](/get-started/downloads/), is the first official release of the long experimental Go SDK.
+Built with the [Go Programming Language](https://golang.org/), the Go SDK joins the Java and Python SDKs as the third implementation of the Beam programming model.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+## Using the new Go SDK.
+
+New users of the Go SDK can start using it in their Go programs by importing the main beam package:
+
+```
+import "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam"
+```
+
+The next run of `go mod tidy` will fetch the latest stable version of the module.
+Alternatively executing `go get github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam` will download it to the local module cache immeadiately, and add it to your `go.mod` file.
+
+Existing users of the experimental Go SDK need to update to new `v2` import paths to start using the latest versions of the SDK.
+This is can be done by adding `v2` to the import paths, changing `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/go/`... to `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/`... where applicable, and then running `go mod tidy`.
+
+Further documentation on using the SDK is available in the [Beam Programming Guide](/documentation/programming-guide/), and in the package Go Doc at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam.
+
+## Feature Support
+
+At time of writing, the Go SDK is currently "Batteries Not Included".
+This means that there are gaps or edge cases in supported IOs and transforms.
+That said, the core of the SDK enables a great deal of the Beam Model for
+custom user use, supporting following features:
+
+* PTransforms
+ * Impulse
+ * Create
+ * ParDo w/User DoFns
+ * Iterable Side Inputs
+ * Multiple Output emitters
+ * Receive and Return Key Value pairs
+ * EventTime
+ * SplittableDoFns
+ * GroupByKey and CoGroupByKey
+ * CombineFns for use with Combine and CombinePerKey
+ * Windowing
+ * Global, Fixed intervals, Sliding windows, and Session
+ * Aggregating over windowed PCollections w/GBKs or Combines.
+ * Flatten
+ * Partition
+ * Composites
+ * Cross Language Transforms
+* Coders
+ * Primitive Go types (ints, string, []bytes, and more)
+ * Beam Schemas for Go Struct types (including struct, slice, and map fields)
+ * Registering custom coders
+* Metrics
+ * PCollection metrics (ElementCount, Size Estimates)
+ * Custom User Metrics
+ * Post job user metrics querying (coming in 2.34.0)
+ * DoFn profiling metrics (coming in 2.35.0)
+* Provided Built Transforms
+ * Sum, Count, Min, Max, Top, Filter
+ * Scalable TextIO Reading
+
+Upcoming features support roadmap, and known issues are discussed below.
+In particular, we plan to support a much richer set of IO connectors via Beam's cross-language capabilities.
+
+## Releases
+
+With this release, the Go SDK now uses [Go Modules](https://golang.org/ref/mod) for dependency management.
+This makes it so users, SDK Devs, and the testing infrastructure can all rely on the same versions of dependencies, making builds reproducible.
+This also makes [validating Go SDK Release Candidates simple](/blog/validate-beam-release/#configuring-a-go-build-to-validate-a-beam-release-candidate).
+
+Versioned SDK worker containers are now built and [published](https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/beam_go_sdk/tags?page=1&ordering=last_updated), with the SDK using matched tagged versions.
+For released versions, user jobs no longer need to specify a container to use, except when using custom containers.
+
+## Compatibility
+
+The Go SDK will largely follow suit with the Go notion of compatibility.
+Some concessions are made to keep all SDKs together on the same release cycle.
+
+### Language Compatibility
+
+The SDK will be tested at a minimum [Go Programming Language version of 1.16](https://golang.org/doc/devel/release), and use available language features and standard library packages accordingly.
+To maintain a broad compatibility, the Go SDK will not require the latest major version of Go.
+We expect to follow the 2nd newest supported release of the language, with a possible exception when Go 1.18 is released, in order to begin experimenting with [Go Generics](https://go.dev/blog/generics-proposal) in the SDK.
+Release notes will call out when the minimum version of the language changes.
+
+### Package Compatibility
+
+The primary user packages will avoid changing in backwards incompatible ways for core features.
+This is to be inline with Go's notion of the [`import compatibility rule`](https://research.swtch.com/vgo-import).
+
+> If an old package and a new package have the same import path,
+> the new package must be backwards compatible with the old package.
+
+Exceptions to this policy are around newer, experimental, or in development features.
+These are subject to change.
+Such features will have a doc comment noting the experimental status, or be mentioned the change notes for a release.
+For example, using `beam.WindowInto` with Triggers is currently experimental and may have the api changed in a future release.
Review comment:
```suggestion
Such features will have a doc comment noting the experimental status. Major changes will be mentioned in the release notes.
For example, using `beam.WindowInto` with Triggers is currently experimental and may have the API changed in a future release.
```
##########
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+---
+title: "Go SDK Exits Experimental in Apache Beam 2.33.0"
+date: 2021-11-04 00:00:01 -0800
+categories:
+ - blog
+authors:
+ - lostluck
+---
+<!--
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+Apache Beam’s latest release, version [2.33.0](/get-started/downloads/), is the first official release of the long experimental Go SDK.
+Built with the [Go Programming Language](https://golang.org/), the Go SDK joins the Java and Python SDKs as the third implementation of the Beam programming model.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+## Using the new Go SDK.
+
+New users of the Go SDK can start using it in their Go programs by importing the main beam package:
+
+```
+import "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam"
+```
+
+The next run of `go mod tidy` will fetch the latest stable version of the module.
+Alternatively executing `go get github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam` will download it to the local module cache immeadiately, and add it to your `go.mod` file.
+
+Existing users of the experimental Go SDK need to update to new `v2` import paths to start using the latest versions of the SDK.
+This is can be done by adding `v2` to the import paths, changing `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/go/`... to `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/`... where applicable, and then running `go mod tidy`.
+
+Further documentation on using the SDK is available in the [Beam Programming Guide](/documentation/programming-guide/), and in the package Go Doc at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam.
+
+## Feature Support
+
+At time of writing, the Go SDK is currently "Batteries Not Included".
+This means that there are gaps or edge cases in supported IOs and transforms.
+That said, the core of the SDK enables a great deal of the Beam Model for
+custom user use, supporting following features:
+
+* PTransforms
Review comment:
I would consider only capitalizing the first word in this list except where we are using DoFns, ParDo, GroupByKey, CoGroupByKey, SplittableDoFn, PCollection,
##########
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##########
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+---
+title: "Go SDK Exits Experimental in Apache Beam 2.33.0"
+date: 2021-11-04 00:00:01 -0800
+categories:
+ - blog
+authors:
+ - lostluck
+---
+<!--
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+Apache Beam’s latest release, version [2.33.0](/get-started/downloads/), is the first official release of the long experimental Go SDK.
+Built with the [Go Programming Language](https://golang.org/), the Go SDK joins the Java and Python SDKs as the third implementation of the Beam programming model.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+## Using the new Go SDK.
+
+New users of the Go SDK can start using it in their Go programs by importing the main beam package:
+
+```
+import "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam"
+```
+
+The next run of `go mod tidy` will fetch the latest stable version of the module.
+Alternatively executing `go get github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam` will download it to the local module cache immeadiately, and add it to your `go.mod` file.
+
+Existing users of the experimental Go SDK need to update to new `v2` import paths to start using the latest versions of the SDK.
+This is can be done by adding `v2` to the import paths, changing `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/go/`... to `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/`... where applicable, and then running `go mod tidy`.
+
+Further documentation on using the SDK is available in the [Beam Programming Guide](/documentation/programming-guide/), and in the package Go Doc at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam.
+
+## Feature Support
+
+At time of writing, the Go SDK is currently "Batteries Not Included".
+This means that there are gaps or edge cases in supported IOs and transforms.
+That said, the core of the SDK enables a great deal of the Beam Model for
+custom user use, supporting following features:
+
+* PTransforms
+ * Impulse
+ * Create
+ * ParDo w/User DoFns
+ * Iterable Side Inputs
+ * Multiple Output emitters
+ * Receive and Return Key Value pairs
+ * EventTime
+ * SplittableDoFns
+ * GroupByKey and CoGroupByKey
+ * CombineFns for use with Combine and CombinePerKey
+ * Windowing
+ * Global, Fixed intervals, Sliding windows, and Session
+ * Aggregating over windowed PCollections w/GBKs or Combines.
+ * Flatten
+ * Partition
+ * Composites
+ * Cross Language Transforms
+* Coders
+ * Primitive Go types (ints, string, []bytes, and more)
+ * Beam Schemas for Go Struct types (including struct, slice, and map fields)
+ * Registering custom coders
+* Metrics
+ * PCollection metrics (ElementCount, Size Estimates)
+ * Custom User Metrics
+ * Post job user metrics querying (coming in 2.34.0)
+ * DoFn profiling metrics (coming in 2.35.0)
+* Provided Built Transforms
+ * Sum, Count, Min, Max, Top, Filter
+ * Scalable TextIO Reading
+
+Upcoming features support roadmap, and known issues are discussed below.
+In particular, we plan to support a much richer set of IO connectors via Beam's cross-language capabilities.
+
+## Releases
+
+With this release, the Go SDK now uses [Go Modules](https://golang.org/ref/mod) for dependency management.
+This makes it so users, SDK Devs, and the testing infrastructure can all rely on the same versions of dependencies, making builds reproducible.
+This also makes [validating Go SDK Release Candidates simple](/blog/validate-beam-release/#configuring-a-go-build-to-validate-a-beam-release-candidate).
+
+Versioned SDK worker containers are now built and [published](https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/beam_go_sdk/tags?page=1&ordering=last_updated), with the SDK using matched tagged versions.
+For released versions, user jobs no longer need to specify a container to use, except when using custom containers.
+
+## Compatibility
+
+The Go SDK will largely follow suit with the Go notion of compatibility.
+Some concessions are made to keep all SDKs together on the same release cycle.
+
+### Language Compatibility
+
+The SDK will be tested at a minimum [Go Programming Language version of 1.16](https://golang.org/doc/devel/release), and use available language features and standard library packages accordingly.
+To maintain a broad compatibility, the Go SDK will not require the latest major version of Go.
+We expect to follow the 2nd newest supported release of the language, with a possible exception when Go 1.18 is released, in order to begin experimenting with [Go Generics](https://go.dev/blog/generics-proposal) in the SDK.
+Release notes will call out when the minimum version of the language changes.
+
+### Package Compatibility
+
+The primary user packages will avoid changing in backwards incompatible ways for core features.
+This is to be inline with Go's notion of the [`import compatibility rule`](https://research.swtch.com/vgo-import).
+
+> If an old package and a new package have the same import path,
+> the new package must be backwards compatible with the old package.
+
+Exceptions to this policy are around newer, experimental, or in development features.
+These are subject to change.
Review comment:
```suggestion
Exceptions to this policy are around newer, experimental, or in development features and are subject to change.
```
##########
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##########
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+---
+title: "Go SDK Exits Experimental in Apache Beam 2.33.0"
+date: 2021-11-04 00:00:01 -0800
+categories:
+ - blog
+authors:
+ - lostluck
+---
+<!--
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+Apache Beam’s latest release, version [2.33.0](/get-started/downloads/), is the first official release of the long experimental Go SDK.
+Built with the [Go Programming Language](https://golang.org/), the Go SDK joins the Java and Python SDKs as the third implementation of the Beam programming model.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+## Using the new Go SDK.
+
+New users of the Go SDK can start using it in their Go programs by importing the main beam package:
+
+```
+import "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam"
+```
+
+The next run of `go mod tidy` will fetch the latest stable version of the module.
+Alternatively executing `go get github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam` will download it to the local module cache immeadiately, and add it to your `go.mod` file.
+
+Existing users of the experimental Go SDK need to update to new `v2` import paths to start using the latest versions of the SDK.
+This is can be done by adding `v2` to the import paths, changing `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/go/`... to `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/`... where applicable, and then running `go mod tidy`.
+
+Further documentation on using the SDK is available in the [Beam Programming Guide](/documentation/programming-guide/), and in the package Go Doc at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam.
+
+## Feature Support
+
+At time of writing, the Go SDK is currently "Batteries Not Included".
+This means that there are gaps or edge cases in supported IOs and transforms.
+That said, the core of the SDK enables a great deal of the Beam Model for
+custom user use, supporting following features:
+
+* PTransforms
+ * Impulse
+ * Create
+ * ParDo w/User DoFns
+ * Iterable Side Inputs
+ * Multiple Output emitters
+ * Receive and Return Key Value pairs
+ * EventTime
+ * SplittableDoFns
+ * GroupByKey and CoGroupByKey
+ * CombineFns for use with Combine and CombinePerKey
+ * Windowing
+ * Global, Fixed intervals, Sliding windows, and Session
+ * Aggregating over windowed PCollections w/GBKs or Combines.
+ * Flatten
+ * Partition
+ * Composites
+ * Cross Language Transforms
+* Coders
+ * Primitive Go types (ints, string, []bytes, and more)
+ * Beam Schemas for Go Struct types (including struct, slice, and map fields)
+ * Registering custom coders
+* Metrics
+ * PCollection metrics (ElementCount, Size Estimates)
+ * Custom User Metrics
+ * Post job user metrics querying (coming in 2.34.0)
+ * DoFn profiling metrics (coming in 2.35.0)
+* Provided Built Transforms
+ * Sum, Count, Min, Max, Top, Filter
+ * Scalable TextIO Reading
+
+Upcoming features support roadmap, and known issues are discussed below.
+In particular, we plan to support a much richer set of IO connectors via Beam's cross-language capabilities.
+
+## Releases
+
+With this release, the Go SDK now uses [Go Modules](https://golang.org/ref/mod) for dependency management.
+This makes it so users, SDK Devs, and the testing infrastructure can all rely on the same versions of dependencies, making builds reproducible.
+This also makes [validating Go SDK Release Candidates simple](/blog/validate-beam-release/#configuring-a-go-build-to-validate-a-beam-release-candidate).
+
+Versioned SDK worker containers are now built and [published](https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/beam_go_sdk/tags?page=1&ordering=last_updated), with the SDK using matched tagged versions.
+For released versions, user jobs no longer need to specify a container to use, except when using custom containers.
+
+## Compatibility
+
+The Go SDK will largely follow suit with the Go notion of compatibility.
+Some concessions are made to keep all SDKs together on the same release cycle.
+
+### Language Compatibility
+
+The SDK will be tested at a minimum [Go Programming Language version of 1.16](https://golang.org/doc/devel/release), and use available language features and standard library packages accordingly.
+To maintain a broad compatibility, the Go SDK will not require the latest major version of Go.
+We expect to follow the 2nd newest supported release of the language, with a possible exception when Go 1.18 is released, in order to begin experimenting with [Go Generics](https://go.dev/blog/generics-proposal) in the SDK.
+Release notes will call out when the minimum version of the language changes.
+
+### Package Compatibility
+
+The primary user packages will avoid changing in backwards incompatible ways for core features.
+This is to be inline with Go's notion of the [`import compatibility rule`](https://research.swtch.com/vgo-import).
+
+> If an old package and a new package have the same import path,
+> the new package must be backwards compatible with the old package.
+
+Exceptions to this policy are around newer, experimental, or in development features.
+These are subject to change.
+Such features will have a doc comment noting the experimental status, or be mentioned the change notes for a release.
+For example, using `beam.WindowInto` with Triggers is currently experimental and may have the api changed in a future release.
+
+Primary user packages include:
+* The main beam package `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam`
+* Sub packages under `.../transforms`, `.../io`, `.../runners`, and `.../testing`.
+
+Generally, packages in the module other than the primary user packages are for framework use.
+They are at risk of changing, though at this point, large breaking changes are unlikely.
+
+### Known Issues
+
+#### Batteries not included.
+* Current native transforms are undertested.
+* IOs may not be written to scale.
+* Go Direct Runner is incomplete and is not portable, prefer using the Python Portable runner, or Flink.
+ * Doesn't support side input windowing. [BEAM-13075](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-13075)
+ * Doesn't serialize data, making it unlikely to catch coder issues [BEAM-6372](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-6372)
+ * Can use other general improvements, and become portable [BEAM-11076](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-11076)
+* Current Trigger API is under iteration and subject to change [BEAM-3304](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-3304).
+ * API has a possible breaking change between 2.33.0 and 2.34.0, and may change again.
+* Support of the SDK on services, like Google Cloud Dataflow, remains at the service owner's discretion.
+* Need something?
+ * File a ticket in the [Beam JIRA](https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20BEAM%20AND%20component%20%3D%20sdk-go) and,
+ * Email the dev@beam.apache.org list!
+
+#### Fixed in 2.34.0
+ * `top.SmallestPerKey` was broken [BEAM-12946](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-12946)
+ * `beam.TryCrossLanguage` API didn't match non-Try version [BEAM-9918](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-9918)
+ * This is a breaking change if one was calling `beam.TryCrossLanguage`
+
+#### Fixed in 2.35.0
+ * Non-Global Window Side Inputs don't match (correctness bug) [BEAM-11087](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-11087)
+ * Until 2.35.0 it's not recommended to use SideInputs that are not using the Global Window.
+ * Side Inputs using DoFns accumulate memory over bundles, causing OOMs [BEAM-13130](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-13130)
Review comment:
```suggestion
* DoFns using Side Inputs accumulate memory over bundles, causing OOMs [BEAM-13130](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-13130)
```
##########
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##########
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+---
+title: "Go SDK Exits Experimental in Apache Beam 2.33.0"
+date: 2021-11-04 00:00:01 -0800
+categories:
+ - blog
+authors:
+ - lostluck
+---
+<!--
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+Apache Beam’s latest release, version [2.33.0](/get-started/downloads/), is the first official release of the long experimental Go SDK.
+Built with the [Go Programming Language](https://golang.org/), the Go SDK joins the Java and Python SDKs as the third implementation of the Beam programming model.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+## Using the new Go SDK.
+
+New users of the Go SDK can start using it in their Go programs by importing the main beam package:
+
+```
+import "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam"
+```
+
+The next run of `go mod tidy` will fetch the latest stable version of the module.
+Alternatively executing `go get github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam` will download it to the local module cache immeadiately, and add it to your `go.mod` file.
+
+Existing users of the experimental Go SDK need to update to new `v2` import paths to start using the latest versions of the SDK.
+This is can be done by adding `v2` to the import paths, changing `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/go/`... to `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/`... where applicable, and then running `go mod tidy`.
+
+Further documentation on using the SDK is available in the [Beam Programming Guide](/documentation/programming-guide/), and in the package Go Doc at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam.
+
+## Feature Support
+
+At time of writing, the Go SDK is currently "Batteries Not Included".
+This means that there are gaps or edge cases in supported IOs and transforms.
+That said, the core of the SDK enables a great deal of the Beam Model for
+custom user use, supporting following features:
+
+* PTransforms
+ * Impulse
+ * Create
+ * ParDo w/User DoFns
+ * Iterable Side Inputs
+ * Multiple Output emitters
+ * Receive and Return Key Value pairs
+ * EventTime
+ * SplittableDoFns
+ * GroupByKey and CoGroupByKey
+ * CombineFns for use with Combine and CombinePerKey
+ * Windowing
+ * Global, Fixed intervals, Sliding windows, and Session
+ * Aggregating over windowed PCollections w/GBKs or Combines.
Review comment:
```suggestion
* Aggregating over windowed PCollections with GroupByKeys or Combines.
```
##########
File path: website/www/site/content/en/blog/go-sdk-release.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+---
+title: "Go SDK Exits Experimental in Apache Beam 2.33.0"
+date: 2021-11-04 00:00:01 -0800
+categories:
+ - blog
+authors:
+ - lostluck
+---
+<!--
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+Apache Beam’s latest release, version [2.33.0](/get-started/downloads/), is the first official release of the long experimental Go SDK.
+Built with the [Go Programming Language](https://golang.org/), the Go SDK joins the Java and Python SDKs as the third implementation of the Beam programming model.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+## Using the new Go SDK.
+
+New users of the Go SDK can start using it in their Go programs by importing the main beam package:
+
+```
+import "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam"
+```
+
+The next run of `go mod tidy` will fetch the latest stable version of the module.
+Alternatively executing `go get github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam` will download it to the local module cache immeadiately, and add it to your `go.mod` file.
+
+Existing users of the experimental Go SDK need to update to new `v2` import paths to start using the latest versions of the SDK.
+This is can be done by adding `v2` to the import paths, changing `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/go/`... to `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/`... where applicable, and then running `go mod tidy`.
+
+Further documentation on using the SDK is available in the [Beam Programming Guide](/documentation/programming-guide/), and in the package Go Doc at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam.
+
+## Feature Support
+
+At time of writing, the Go SDK is currently "Batteries Not Included".
+This means that there are gaps or edge cases in supported IOs and transforms.
+That said, the core of the SDK enables a great deal of the Beam Model for
+custom user use, supporting following features:
+
+* PTransforms
+ * Impulse
+ * Create
+ * ParDo w/User DoFns
+ * Iterable Side Inputs
+ * Multiple Output emitters
+ * Receive and Return Key Value pairs
+ * EventTime
+ * SplittableDoFns
+ * GroupByKey and CoGroupByKey
+ * CombineFns for use with Combine and CombinePerKey
+ * Windowing
+ * Global, Fixed intervals, Sliding windows, and Session
+ * Aggregating over windowed PCollections w/GBKs or Combines.
+ * Flatten
+ * Partition
+ * Composites
+ * Cross Language Transforms
+* Coders
+ * Primitive Go types (ints, string, []bytes, and more)
+ * Beam Schemas for Go Struct types (including struct, slice, and map fields)
+ * Registering custom coders
+* Metrics
+ * PCollection metrics (ElementCount, Size Estimates)
+ * Custom User Metrics
+ * Post job user metrics querying (coming in 2.34.0)
+ * DoFn profiling metrics (coming in 2.35.0)
+* Provided Built Transforms
+ * Sum, Count, Min, Max, Top, Filter
+ * Scalable TextIO Reading
+
+Upcoming features support roadmap, and known issues are discussed below.
+In particular, we plan to support a much richer set of IO connectors via Beam's cross-language capabilities.
+
+## Releases
+
+With this release, the Go SDK now uses [Go Modules](https://golang.org/ref/mod) for dependency management.
+This makes it so users, SDK Devs, and the testing infrastructure can all rely on the same versions of dependencies, making builds reproducible.
Review comment:
```suggestion
This makes it so users, SDK authors, and the testing infrastructure can all rely on the same versions of dependencies, making builds reproducible.
```
##########
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+---
+title: "Go SDK Exits Experimental in Apache Beam 2.33.0"
+date: 2021-11-04 00:00:01 -0800
+categories:
+ - blog
+authors:
+ - lostluck
+---
+<!--
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+Apache Beam’s latest release, version [2.33.0](/get-started/downloads/), is the first official release of the long experimental Go SDK.
+Built with the [Go Programming Language](https://golang.org/), the Go SDK joins the Java and Python SDKs as the third implementation of the Beam programming model.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+## Using the new Go SDK.
+
+New users of the Go SDK can start using it in their Go programs by importing the main beam package:
+
+```
+import "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam"
+```
+
+The next run of `go mod tidy` will fetch the latest stable version of the module.
+Alternatively executing `go get github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam` will download it to the local module cache immeadiately, and add it to your `go.mod` file.
+
+Existing users of the experimental Go SDK need to update to new `v2` import paths to start using the latest versions of the SDK.
+This is can be done by adding `v2` to the import paths, changing `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/go/`... to `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/`... where applicable, and then running `go mod tidy`.
+
+Further documentation on using the SDK is available in the [Beam Programming Guide](/documentation/programming-guide/), and in the package Go Doc at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam.
+
+## Feature Support
+
+At time of writing, the Go SDK is currently "Batteries Not Included".
+This means that there are gaps or edge cases in supported IOs and transforms.
+That said, the core of the SDK enables a great deal of the Beam Model for
+custom user use, supporting following features:
+
+* PTransforms
+ * Impulse
+ * Create
+ * ParDo w/User DoFns
+ * Iterable Side Inputs
+ * Multiple Output emitters
+ * Receive and Return Key Value pairs
+ * EventTime
+ * SplittableDoFns
+ * GroupByKey and CoGroupByKey
+ * CombineFns for use with Combine and CombinePerKey
+ * Windowing
+ * Global, Fixed intervals, Sliding windows, and Session
+ * Aggregating over windowed PCollections w/GBKs or Combines.
+ * Flatten
+ * Partition
+ * Composites
+ * Cross Language Transforms
+* Coders
+ * Primitive Go types (ints, string, []bytes, and more)
+ * Beam Schemas for Go Struct types (including struct, slice, and map fields)
+ * Registering custom coders
+* Metrics
+ * PCollection metrics (ElementCount, Size Estimates)
+ * Custom User Metrics
+ * Post job user metrics querying (coming in 2.34.0)
+ * DoFn profiling metrics (coming in 2.35.0)
+* Provided Built Transforms
+ * Sum, Count, Min, Max, Top, Filter
+ * Scalable TextIO Reading
+
+Upcoming features support roadmap, and known issues are discussed below.
+In particular, we plan to support a much richer set of IO connectors via Beam's cross-language capabilities.
+
+## Releases
+
+With this release, the Go SDK now uses [Go Modules](https://golang.org/ref/mod) for dependency management.
+This makes it so users, SDK Devs, and the testing infrastructure can all rely on the same versions of dependencies, making builds reproducible.
+This also makes [validating Go SDK Release Candidates simple](/blog/validate-beam-release/#configuring-a-go-build-to-validate-a-beam-release-candidate).
+
+Versioned SDK worker containers are now built and [published](https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/beam_go_sdk/tags?page=1&ordering=last_updated), with the SDK using matched tagged versions.
+For released versions, user jobs no longer need to specify a container to use, except when using custom containers.
Review comment:
```suggestion
User jobs no longer need to specify a container to use for released versions, except when using custom containers.
```
##########
File path: website/www/site/content/en/blog/go-sdk-release.md
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+---
+title: "Go SDK Exits Experimental in Apache Beam 2.33.0"
+date: 2021-11-04 00:00:01 -0800
+categories:
+ - blog
+authors:
+ - lostluck
+---
+<!--
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+Apache Beam’s latest release, version [2.33.0](/get-started/downloads/), is the first official release of the long experimental Go SDK.
+Built with the [Go Programming Language](https://golang.org/), the Go SDK joins the Java and Python SDKs as the third implementation of the Beam programming model.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+## Using the new Go SDK.
+
+New users of the Go SDK can start using it in their Go programs by importing the main beam package:
+
+```
+import "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam"
+```
+
+The next run of `go mod tidy` will fetch the latest stable version of the module.
+Alternatively executing `go get github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam` will download it to the local module cache immeadiately, and add it to your `go.mod` file.
+
+Existing users of the experimental Go SDK need to update to new `v2` import paths to start using the latest versions of the SDK.
+This is can be done by adding `v2` to the import paths, changing `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/go/`... to `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/`... where applicable, and then running `go mod tidy`.
+
+Further documentation on using the SDK is available in the [Beam Programming Guide](/documentation/programming-guide/), and in the package Go Doc at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam.
+
+## Feature Support
+
+At time of writing, the Go SDK is currently "Batteries Not Included".
+This means that there are gaps or edge cases in supported IOs and transforms.
+That said, the core of the SDK enables a great deal of the Beam Model for
+custom user use, supporting following features:
+
+* PTransforms
+ * Impulse
+ * Create
+ * ParDo w/User DoFns
+ * Iterable Side Inputs
+ * Multiple Output emitters
+ * Receive and Return Key Value pairs
+ * EventTime
+ * SplittableDoFns
+ * GroupByKey and CoGroupByKey
+ * CombineFns for use with Combine and CombinePerKey
+ * Windowing
+ * Global, Fixed intervals, Sliding windows, and Session
+ * Aggregating over windowed PCollections w/GBKs or Combines.
+ * Flatten
+ * Partition
+ * Composites
+ * Cross Language Transforms
+* Coders
+ * Primitive Go types (ints, string, []bytes, and more)
+ * Beam Schemas for Go Struct types (including struct, slice, and map fields)
+ * Registering custom coders
+* Metrics
+ * PCollection metrics (ElementCount, Size Estimates)
+ * Custom User Metrics
+ * Post job user metrics querying (coming in 2.34.0)
+ * DoFn profiling metrics (coming in 2.35.0)
+* Provided Built Transforms
+ * Sum, Count, Min, Max, Top, Filter
+ * Scalable TextIO Reading
+
+Upcoming features support roadmap, and known issues are discussed below.
+In particular, we plan to support a much richer set of IO connectors via Beam's cross-language capabilities.
+
+## Releases
+
+With this release, the Go SDK now uses [Go Modules](https://golang.org/ref/mod) for dependency management.
+This makes it so users, SDK Devs, and the testing infrastructure can all rely on the same versions of dependencies, making builds reproducible.
+This also makes [validating Go SDK Release Candidates simple](/blog/validate-beam-release/#configuring-a-go-build-to-validate-a-beam-release-candidate).
+
+Versioned SDK worker containers are now built and [published](https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/beam_go_sdk/tags?page=1&ordering=last_updated), with the SDK using matched tagged versions.
+For released versions, user jobs no longer need to specify a container to use, except when using custom containers.
+
+## Compatibility
+
+The Go SDK will largely follow suit with the Go notion of compatibility.
+Some concessions are made to keep all SDKs together on the same release cycle.
+
+### Language Compatibility
+
+The SDK will be tested at a minimum [Go Programming Language version of 1.16](https://golang.org/doc/devel/release), and use available language features and standard library packages accordingly.
+To maintain a broad compatibility, the Go SDK will not require the latest major version of Go.
+We expect to follow the 2nd newest supported release of the language, with a possible exception when Go 1.18 is released, in order to begin experimenting with [Go Generics](https://go.dev/blog/generics-proposal) in the SDK.
+Release notes will call out when the minimum version of the language changes.
+
+### Package Compatibility
+
+The primary user packages will avoid changing in backwards incompatible ways for core features.
+This is to be inline with Go's notion of the [`import compatibility rule`](https://research.swtch.com/vgo-import).
+
+> If an old package and a new package have the same import path,
+> the new package must be backwards compatible with the old package.
+
+Exceptions to this policy are around newer, experimental, or in development features.
+These are subject to change.
+Such features will have a doc comment noting the experimental status, or be mentioned the change notes for a release.
+For example, using `beam.WindowInto` with Triggers is currently experimental and may have the api changed in a future release.
+
+Primary user packages include:
+* The main beam package `github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam`
+* Sub packages under `.../transforms`, `.../io`, `.../runners`, and `.../testing`.
+
+Generally, packages in the module other than the primary user packages are for framework use.
+They are at risk of changing, though at this point, large breaking changes are unlikely.
Review comment:
```suggestion
Generally, packages in the module other than the primary user packages are for framework use and are at risk of changing.
```
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