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title: "Contact Us"
aliases:
  - /community/
  - /use/issue-tracking/
  - /use/mailing-lists/
  - /get-started/support/
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# Contact Us

There are many ways to reach the Beam user and developer communities - use
whichever one seems best.

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| How to contact us | When to use it |
| ----------------- | ---------------|
| [user@](https://lists.apache.org/list.html?user@beam.apache.org) mailing list | User support and questions ([Subscribe](mailto:user-subscribe@beam.apache.org)[^1], [Unsubscribe](mailto:user-unsubscribe@beam.apache.org)[^1], [Archives](https://lists.apache.org/list.html?user@beam.apache.org)) |
| [dev@](https://lists.apache.org/list.html?dev@beam.apache.org) mailing list | Development discussions ([Subscribe](mailto:dev-subscribe@beam.apache.org)[^1], [Unsubscribe](mailto:dev-unsubscribe@beam.apache.org)[^1], [Archives](https://lists.apache.org/list.html?dev@beam.apache.org)) |
| [commits@](https://lists.apache.org/list.html?commits@beam.apache.org) mailing list | Firehose of commits, bugs, pull requests, etc. ([Subscribe](mailto:commits-subscribe@beam.apache.org)[^1], [Unsubscribe](mailto:commits-unsubscribe@beam.apache.org)[^1], [Archives](https://lists.apache.org/list.html?commits@beam.apache.org)) |
| [builds@](https://lists.apache.org/list.html?builds@beam.apache.org) mailing list | Firehose of build notifications from Jenkins ([Subscribe](mailto:builds-subscribe@beam.apache.org)[^1], [Unsubscribe](mailto:builds-unsubscribe@beam.apache.org)[^1], [Archives](https://lists.apache.org/list.html?builds@beam.apache.org)) |
| [JIRA bug tracker](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM) | Report bugs / discover known issues |
| [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/apache-beam) | Ask and answer user support questions |
| [Slack](https://s.apache.org/beam-slack-channel) | Chat with users and developers in the ASF Slack. Note: Please [join the #beam channel](https://s.apache.org/beam-slack-channel) after you [created an account](https://s.apache.org/slack-invite). Please do not ask Beam questions in #general. |

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If you have questions about how to use Apache Beam, we recommend you try out the [user@](https://lists.apache.org/list.html?user@beam.apache.org) mailing list, and [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/apache-beam).

[^1]: To subscribe or unsubscribe, a blank email is fine.

If you wish to report a security vulnerability, please contact [security@apache.org](mailto:security@apache.org). Apache Beam follows the typical [Apache vulnerability handling process](https://apache.org/security/committers.html#vulnerability-handling).
