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“Size-Specialized Memory Allocation” by Michael Matloob — https://go.dev/blog/size-specialized-allocations

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September 16, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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“Goroutine Leak Profiles” by Vlad Saioc — https://go.dev/blog/goroutine-leak-profiles

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September 2, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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🎉 Go 1.27.1 and 1.26.8 are released!

🗣 Announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/QiTRm-HGGtI/m/cpfkLlpMAQAJ

🗃 Download: https://go.dev/dl/#go1.27.1

#golang
$ go install golang.org/dl/go1.27.1@latest $ go1.27.1 download Downloaded 0.0% ( 0 / 75038673 bytes) ... Downloaded 50.0% (37519336 / 75038673 bytes) ... Downloaded 100.0% (75038673 / 75038673 bytes) Unpacking go1.27.1.windows-arm64.zip ... Success. You may now run 'go1.27.1' $ go1.27.1 version go version go1.27.1 windows/arm64
September 1, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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Congrats to Go co-creator Rob Pike on receiving the 2026 USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award (The Flame)! 🔥
Rob’s impact spans Go, UTF-8, Plan 9, & Unix programming classics.

📺 Watch acceptance speech: youtu.be/wSXATB0H1DY
📖 USENIX citation: www.usenix.org/about/awards...
Acceptance video for the 2026 USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award (the "Flame")
YouTube video by Rob Pike
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August 27, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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“Generic Methods” by Mark Freeman — https://go.dev/blog/generic-methods

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August 27, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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Meet the team members behind @golang.org that will be joining us live for the Go 1.27 release party – @muncus.bsky.social, @cameronb.bsky.social, Robert Griesemer, Alan Donovan, and Joe Tsai.

Get your questions ready for a Q&A with them!

📅 Aug 25, 4:00 pm UTC
📍 online
🔗 https://jb.gg/go-127-obs
August 10, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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“Go 1.27 is released” by Nicholas Husin, on behalf of the Go team — https://go.dev/blog/go1.27

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August 19, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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🎊 Go 1.27.0 is released!

🗒️ Release notes: https://go.dev/doc/go1.27

📦 Download: https://go.dev/dl/#go1.27.0

#golang
$ go install golang.org/dl/go1.27.0@latest $ go1.27.0 download Downloaded 0.0% ( 0 / 68239764 bytes) ... Downloaded 50.0% (34119882 / 68239764 bytes) ... Downloaded 100.0% (68239764 / 68239764 bytes) Unpacking go1.27.0.netbsd-386.tar.gz ... Success. You may now run 'go1.27.0' $ go1.27.0 version go version go1.27.0 netbsd/386
August 19, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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🎉 Go 1.26.7 and 1.25.14 are released!

📡 Announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/qA6Vpj2UA-4/m/87iz6vfSBAAJ

⬇️ Download: https://go.dev/dl/#go1.26.7

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$ go install golang.org/dl/go1.26.7@latest $ go1.26.7 download Downloaded 0.0% ( 0 / 66890901 bytes) ... Downloaded 50.0% (33445450 / 66890901 bytes) ... Downloaded 100.0% (66890901 / 66890901 bytes) Unpacking go1.26.7.linux-amd64.tar.gz ... Success. You may now run 'go1.26.7' $ go1.26.7 version go version go1.26.7 linux/amd64
August 19, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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🥳 Go 1.27 Release Candidate 3 is released!

🔐 Security: Includes 10 security fixes to the standard library and the toolchain.

🏃‍♀️ Run it in dev! Run it in prod! File bugs! go.dev/issue/new

📣 Announcement: groups.google.com/g/golang-ann...

⬇️ Download: go.dev/dl/#go1.27rc3

#golang
$ go install golang.org/dl/go1.27rc3@latest $ go1.27rc3 download Downloaded 0.0% ( 0 / 66664285 bytes) ... Downloaded 50.0% (33332142 / 66664285 bytes) ... Downloaded 100.0% (66664285 / 66664285 bytes) Unpacking go1.27rc3.freebsd-arm64.tar.gz ... Success. You may now run 'go1.27rc3' $ go1.27rc3 version go version go1.27rc3 freebsd/arm64
August 13, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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🎊 Go 1.26.6 and 1.25.13 are released!

🔐 Security: Includes 10 security fixes to the standard library and the toolchain.

🔈 Announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/94pEornpRlI/m/_JhCbsOZBAAJ

📦 Download: https://go.dev/dl/#go1.26.6

#golang
$ go install golang.org/dl/go1.26.6@latest $ go1.26.6 download Downloaded 0.0% ( 0 / 64802051 bytes) ... Downloaded 50.0% (32401025 / 64802051 bytes) ... Downloaded 100.0% (64802051 / 64802051 bytes) Unpacking go1.26.6.netbsd-386.tar.gz ... Success. You may now run 'go1.26.6' $ go1.26.6 version go version go1.26.6 netbsd/386
August 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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AI is your newest teammate—a hyper-productive contributor that requires strong guardrails to succeed. Read more on why this partnership makes your choice of programming language more important than ever.
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Why Go is an Ideal Language for AI-Assisted Software Engineering- Google Developers Blog
As AI shifts software engineering from writing to reviewing, discover how Go's strict compiler and unified toolchain ensure reliable AI-generated code.
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August 11, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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🎊 Go 1.27 Release Candidate 2 is released!

🔐 Security: Includes 2 security fixes to the standard library.

🏃‍♀️ Run it in dev! Run it in prod! File bugs! go.dev/issue/new

📣 Announcement: groups.google.com/g/golang-ann...

📦 Download: go.dev/dl/#go1.27rc2

#golang
$ go install golang.org/dl/go1.27rc2@latest $ go1.27rc2 download Downloaded 0.0% ( 0 / 68280950 bytes) ... Downloaded 50.0% (34140475 / 68280950 bytes) ... Downloaded 100.0% (68280950 / 68280950 bytes) Unpacking go1.27rc2.freebsd-386.tar.gz ... Success. You may now run 'go1.27rc2' $ go1.27rc2 version go version go1.27rc2 freebsd/386
July 7, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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🎉 Go 1.26.5 and 1.25.12 are released!

🔐 Security: Includes 2 security fixes to the standard library.

🗣 Announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/OrmQE_Yp5Sc/m/G9tnwhteAAAJ

📦 Download: https://go.dev/dl/#go1.26.5

#golang
$ go install golang.org/dl/go1.26.5@latest $ go1.26.5 download Downloaded 0.0% ( 0 / 66471300 bytes) ... Downloaded 50.0% (33235650 / 66471300 bytes) ... Downloaded 100.0% (66471300 / 66471300 bytes) Unpacking go1.26.5.netbsd-amd64.tar.gz ... Success. You may now run 'go1.26.5' $ go1.26.5 version go version go1.26.5 netbsd/amd64
July 7, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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🎊 Go 1.27 Release Candidate 1 is released!

🏃‍♂️ Run it in dev! Run it in prod! File bugs! https://go.dev/issue/new

🔈 Announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/Cu9HkstbtpA/m/NfBgswyTBgAJ

📦 Download: https://go.dev/dl/#go1.27rc1

#golang
$ go install golang.org/dl/go1.27rc1@latest $ go1.27rc1 download Downloaded 0.0% ( 0 / 66941862 bytes) ... Downloaded 50.0% (33470931 / 66941862 bytes) ... Downloaded 100.0% (66941862 / 66941862 bytes) Unpacking go1.27rc1.linux-arm64.tar.gz ... Success. You may now run 'go1.27rc1' $ go1.27rc1 version go version go1.27rc1 linux/arm64
June 18, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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🎆 Go 1.26.4 and 1.25.11 are released!

🔐 Security: Includes 3 security fixes to the standard library.

📢 Announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/tKs3rmcBcKw/m/1ou-Xt7gAQAJ

📦 Download: https://go.dev/dl/#go1.26.4

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$ go install golang.org/dl/go1.26.4@latest $ go1.26.4 download Downloaded 0.0% ( 0 / 64432275 bytes) ... Downloaded 50.0% (32216137 / 64432275 bytes) ... Downloaded 100.0% (64432275 / 64432275 bytes) Unpacking go1.26.4.linux-ppc64le.tar.gz ... Success. You may now run 'go1.26.4' $ go1.26.4 version go version go1.26.4 linux/ppc64le
June 2, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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“Introducing the pkg.go.dev API” by Ethan Lee, Hana Kim, and Jonathan Amsterdam — https://go.dev/blog/pkgsite-api

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May 22, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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Go ❤️s #GoogleIO! This year, Go team members @cameronb.bsky.social and @muncus.bsky.social presented Go’s product keynote, “What’s New in Go,” where they got into everything we’ve launched in Go 1.25 and Go 1.26. Check it out 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4ln...
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May 21, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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👩🏽‍🔬 Go 1.26.3 and 1.25.10 are released!

🔐 Security: Includes 11 security fixes to the standard library and the toolchain.

📣 Announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/qcCIEXso47M/m/2bOHLAuTBQAJ

📦 Download: https://go.dev/dl/#go1.26.3

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$ go install golang.org/dl/go1.26.3@latest $ go1.26.3 download Downloaded 0.0% ( 0 / 66452647 bytes) ... Downloaded 50.0% (33226323 / 66452647 bytes) ... Downloaded 100.0% (66452647 / 66452647 bytes) Unpacking go1.26.3.dragonfly-amd64.tar.gz ... Success. You may now run 'go1.26.3' $ go1.26.3 version go version go1.26.3 dragonfly/amd64
May 7, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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🥳 Go 1.26.2 and 1.25.9 are released!

🔐 Security: Includes 10 security fixes for the standard library and the toolchain.

📢 Announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/0uYbvbPZRWU/m/7CDdDXqeBwAJ

⬇️ Download: https://go.dev/dl/#go1.26.2

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$ go install golang.org/dl/go1.26.2@latest $ go1.26.2 download Downloaded 0.0% ( 0 / 63701324 bytes) ... Downloaded 50.0% (31850662 / 63701324 bytes) ... Downloaded 100.0% (63701324 / 63701324 bytes) Unpacking go1.26.2.linux-arm64.tar.gz ... Success. You may now run 'go1.26.2' $ go1.26.2 version go version go1.26.2 linux/arm64
April 7, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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“Type Construction and Cycle Detection” by Mark Freeman — https://go.dev/blog/type-construction-and-cycle-detection

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March 24, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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“//go:fix inline and the source-level inliner” by Alan Donovan — https://go.dev/blog/inliner

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March 11, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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🎉 Go 1.26.1 and 1.25.8 are released!

🔏 Security: Includes security fixes for the standard library (CVE-2026-25679, CVE-2026-27137, CVE-2026-27138, CVE-2026-27139, CVE-2026-27142).

📢 Announcement: groups.google.com/g/golang-ann...

📦 Download: go.dev/dl/#go1.26.1

#golang
$ go install golang.org/dl/go1.26.1@latest $ go1.26.1 download Downloaded 0.0% ( 0 / 64661384 bytes) ... Downloaded 50.0% (32330692 / 64661384 bytes) ... Downloaded 100.0% (64661384 / 64661384 bytes) Unpacking go1.26.1.linux-riscv64.tar.gz ... Success. You may now run 'go1.26.1' $ go1.26.1 version go version go1.26.1 linux/riscv64
March 6, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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“Allocating on the Stack” by Keith Randall — https://go.dev/blog/allocation-optimizations

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February 27, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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“Using go fix to modernize Go code” by Alan Donovan — https://go.dev/blog/gofix

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February 17, 2026 at 4:50 PM