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| title: "Apache Beam Roadmap Highlights" |
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| # Apache Beam Roadmap |
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| Apache Beam is not governed or steered by any one commercial entity, but by its |
| Project Management Committee (PMC), so we do not have a roadmap in the sense of |
| a plan with a specific timeline. |
| Instead, we share our vision for the future and major initiatives receiving |
| and attention and contribution that users can look forward to. |
| |
| The major components of Beam each have their own roadmap which you can find |
| via the menu. |
| Below are some highlights for the project as a whole. |
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| ## Beam 3 |
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| Beam 3 is the planned first major version upgrade. See https://s.apache.org/beam3-milestones for details. |
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| ## Portability Framework |
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| Portability is the primary Beam vision: running pipelines authored with _any SDK_ |
| on _any runner_. This is a cross-cutting effort across Java, Python, and Go, |
| and every Beam runner. Portability is currently supported on the |
| [DataFlow](/documentation/runners/dataflow), [Flink](/documentation/runners/flink/), [Jet](/documentation/runners/jet), [Nemo](/documentation/runners/nemo), [Prism](/documentation/runners/prism/), [Samza](/documentation/runners/samza), [Spark](/documentation/runners/spark/), and [Twister2](/documentation/runners/Twister2) |
| runners. |
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| See the details on the [Portability Roadmap](/roadmap/portability/) |
| |
| ## Cross-language transforms |
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| As a benefit of the portability effort, we are able to utilize Beam transforms across SDKs. |
| Examples include using Java connectors and Beam SQL from Python or Go pipelines |
| or Beam TFX transforms from Java and Go. |
| For details see [Roadmap for multi-SDK efforts](/roadmap/connectors-multi-sdk/). |
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| ## Go SDK |
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| The Go SDK is not actively being developed beyond bugfixes due to lack of contributors. If you'd like to help move this forward again, see the [Go SDK's Roadmap](/roadmap/go-sdk) |
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| ## Python 3 support |
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| As of Apache Beam 2.69.0, we support python version from 3.9 uptil Python 3.13. Supporting Python 3.14 is in our roadmap. |
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| See details on |
| the [Python SDK's Roadmap](/roadmap/python-sdk/#python-3-support). |
| |
| ## Java support |
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| As of Beam 2.69.0, we support Java 8, 11, 17, 21, 25. Java 8 support is deprecated and scheduled for removal in Beam 3.0.0. |
| See details on the [Java SDK's Roadmap](/roadmap/java-sdk). |
| |
| ## SQL |
| |
| Beam's SQL module is rapidly maturing to allow users to author batch and |
| streaming pipelines using only SQL, but also to allow Beam Java developers |
| to use SQL in components of their pipeline for added efficiency. See the |
| [Beam SQL Roadmap](/roadmap/sql/) |
| |
| ## Portable schemas |
| |
| Schemas allow SDKs and runners to understand |
| the structure of user data and unlock relational optimization possibilities. |
| Portable schemas enable compatibility between rows in Python and Java. |
| A particularly interesting use case is the combination of SQL (implemented in Java) |
| with the Python SDK via Beam's cross-language support. |
| Learn more about portable schemas from this [presentation](https://s.apache.org/portable-schemas-seattle). |
