Hello gophers,
We have just released go1.26rc1, a release candidate version of Go 1.26.
It is cut from release-branch.go1.26 at the revision tagged go1.26rc1.
Please try your production load tests and unit tests with the new version.
Your help testing these pre-release versions is invaluable.
Report any problems using the issue tracker:
https://go.dev/issue/new
Please consider opting in to Go telemetry if you haven't already.
Go telemetry helps validate this release candidate and future Go releases.
You can opt in by running the following command:
$ go telemetry on
If you have Go installed already, an easy way to try go1.26rc1
is by using the go command:
$ go install golang.org/dl/go1.26rc1@latest
$ go1.26rc1 download
You can download binary and source distributions from the usual place:
https://go.dev/dl/#go1.26rc1
To find out what has changed in Go 1.26, read the draft release notes:
https://tip.golang.org/doc/go1.26
Cheers,
Michael and David for the Go team