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go1.23.5 release

Worth knowingstdlib

What changed: The release includes security fixes to the crypto/x509 and net/http packages, as well as bug fixes to the compiler, the runtime, and the net package.
Production impact: The source does not say.
Try it: Run go version to confirm you are on 1.23.5 and rebuild your binaries.
Source: go.dev/doc/devel/release#go1.23.5

Understand it, then run it

Run it now

Todaygo

package main

import (
	"crypto/x509"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	// Create a simple certificate pool to show that the crypto/x509 package
	// is available and can be used without errors after the security fixes
	// shipped in go1.23.5.
	pool := x509.NewCertPool()
	fmt.Println("Certificate pool created:", pool != nil)
}

What it printed when we ran it on Go 1.27.1

Certificate pool created: true

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