Radar · Go · Archive · Week 28 · Jul 7 – 13, 2025
go1.24.5 released
Breakingtooling
- What changed
- The release includes security fixes to the
gocommand and bug fixes to the compiler, linker, runtime, and thegocommand itself. - Production impact
- The source does not say.
- Try it
- Update your Go installation to 1.24.5 and run
go test ./...to ensure existing tests still pass. - Source
- go.dev/doc/devel/release#go1.24.5
Understand it, then run it
Go 1.24.5 was released on 2025‑07‑08. It contains security fixes for the go command and bug fixes for the compiler, linker, runtime, and the go command itself. No new language features or APIs were added. The change is a maintenance release that improves the reliability and safety of the toolchain.
Run it now
// This program demonstrates that the Go 1.24.5 toolchain compiles and runs correctly.
// It simply prints a message to confirm the environment is functional.
package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
fmt.Println("Go 1.24.5 toolchain is working")
}
What it printed when we ran it on Go 1.27.1
Go 1.24.5 toolchain is working
Run sends this program (for Solidity, the contract and its tests) to our own sandbox, where it is compiled and run once, with no network, and what it printed or the test report comes back here. Nothing is kept. Runs are counted per visitor for the day so everyone gets a turn; the details are on the legal page.
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