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 ## Status
 
+These badges reflect the current build , test, and coverage status of Apache Beam across different SDKs.
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 [![Maven Version](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/org.apache.beam/beam-sdks-java-core/badge.svg)](http://search.maven.org/#search|gav|1|g:"org.apache.beam")
 [![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/apache-beam.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/py/apache-beam)
 [![Go version](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go.svg)](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go)