# OpenTelemetry Go Logs API and SDK reach release candidate status

DevFeed: [OpenTelemetry Go Logs API and SDK reach release candidate status](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/opentelemetry-go-logs-api-and-sdk-reach-release-candidate-status-32574.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2026/go-logs-api-sdk-rc/>)

Author: OpenTelemetry Authors; Docs CC BY

Published: 2026-08-31T15:40:58Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Blog on OpenTelemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-on-opentelemetry.md>)

Topics: [OpenTelemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/opentelemetry.md>), [Go Language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/go-language.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>), [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>), [Logging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/logging.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [beta](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/beta.md>), [experimental](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experimental.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [opentelemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opentelemetry.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [sdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdk.md>), [version](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/version.md>)

## AI overview

OpenTelemetry Go v1.47.0-rc.1 promotes the Logs API and SDK to release candidate status. The release moves these modules from beta stability toward stable v1 compatibility guarantees, while log exporters and logtest remain experimental and outside the RC scope.

## Source excerpt

OpenTelemetry Go v1.47.0-rc.1 is here. This release promotes the Logs API and SDK to release candidate (RC), the final stage before we provide stable v1 compatibility guarantees. We believe the design is ready, and now we need the community to test it in real applications and integrations before those guarantees take effect. What is included in the release candidate? The RC covers these two modules: go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log These modules move from v0.22.0, with beta stability, to v1.47.0-rc.1. The version aligns them with the other stable OpenTelemetry Go modules, which share a coordinated version number. The log exporters and logtest modules remain experimental and are not covered by this RC's stability scope.