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March 24 2026 · Edited Mar 24, 2026

Type Construction and Cycle Detection

Go 1.26 simplifies type construction and enhances cycle detection for certain kinds of recursive types.

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March 10 2026 · Edited Mar 11, 2026

//go:fix inline and the source-level inliner

How Go 1.26's source-level inliner works, and how it can help you with self-service API migrations.

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February 27 2026 · Edited Feb 27, 2026

Allocating on the Stack

A description of some of the recent changes to do allocations on the stack instead of the heap.

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February 17 2026 · Edited Feb 17, 2026

Using go fix to modernize Go code

Go 1.26 includes a new implementation of go fix that can help you use more modern features of Go.

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February 10 2026 · Edited Feb 10, 2026

Go 1.26 is released

Go 1.26 adds a new garbage collector, cgo overhead reduction, experimental simd/archsimd package, experimental runtime/secret package, and more.

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July 15 2025 · Edited Feb 5, 2026

The FIPS 140-3 Go Cryptographic Module

Go now has a built-in, native FIPS 140-3 compliant mode.

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August 12 2025 · Edited Feb 5, 2026

Go 1.25 is released

Go 1.25 adds container-aware GOMAXPROCS, testing/synctest package, experimental GC, experimental encoding/json/v2, and more.

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August 26 2025 · Edited Feb 5, 2026

Testing Time (and other asynchronicities)

A discussion of testing asynchronous code and an exploration of the `testing/synctest` package. Based on the GopherCon Europe 2025 talk with the same title.

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September 26 2025 · Edited Feb 5, 2026

Flight Recorder in Go 1.25

Go 1.25 introduces a new tool in the diagnostic toolbox, flight recording.

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October 29 2025 · Edited Feb 5, 2026

The Green Tea Garbage Collector

Go 1.25 includes a new experimental garbage collector, Green Tea.

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November 14 2025 · Edited Feb 5, 2026

Go’s Sweet 16

Happy Birthday, Go!

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January 21 2026 · Edited Feb 5, 2026

Results from the 2025 Go Developer Survey

The 2025 Go Developer Survey results, focused on developer sentiment towards Go, use cases, challenges, and developer environments.