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Status updatesidiom / adjective phrase · /ˌɡʊd tə ˈɡoʊ/
In simple English

When something is good to go, it has been checked, approved, and is ready for the next stage — like deployment or release.

Someone said my code is good to go — does that mean it's approved?

At a glanceCEFR B1–B2
Commonness
Versatility
FormalityCasualFormalCasual
Spoken ↔ WrittenSpokenWrittenBoth
Directness ↔ DiplomaticDirectDiplomaticDirect
Region

Say it like this

Once QA signs off, we're good to go.
The build is green — we're good to go for release.
Let me know when you're good to go and I'll merge.
Everything's tested and good to go.
Are we good to go for the demo?

Real examples

Standup

"I finished the API integration yesterday. It's tested and good to go."

Slack message

"Hey, the staging environment is good to go — you can start testing now."

GitHub PR

"LGTM! This is good to go once CI passes."

Jira ticket

"All acceptance criteria met. This ticket is good to go for deployment."

Retrospective

"The new onboarding docs are good to go — we can share them with new hires next week."

Sprint planning

"The designs are finalized and good to go, so we can estimate this story now."

Pair programming

"OK, I think that logic is good to go. Let's write the tests next."

Don't say this

The code is good to going.
The code is good to go.Good to go is a fixed phrase. Don't change the verb form.
I'm good to go the meeting.
I'm ready for the meeting.Good to go doesn't take a direct object. Use 'ready for' instead.
The feature is good to go to production.
The feature is good to go.Good to go already implies 'ready for the next step.' Adding 'to production' is redundant in casual speech.

Other forms

adjective phrase

good to go

"The release is good to go."

predicate adjective

be good to go

"We're good to go after the fix."

question form

Are you/we good to go?

"Are we good to go for the deploy?"

Often used with

all good to goEmphasizes everything is ready
good to go for deploymentReady to release to production
good to go for releaseApproved for shipping
we're good to goThe team is ready to proceed
once X, we're good to goReady after one last step

Similar words

ready to shipMore specific to releases and deployments
all setVery similar meaning, equally casual
ready to goSlightly more formal, same meaning
good to mergeSpecific to pull requests
clearedMore formal, often used after approval process

Opposites

blockednot readypending reviewneeds workon hold

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