Go end of life
The newest Go release still getting fixes is 1.27. Go 1.25 reached end of life on 19 Aug 2026.
These dates match the Go release history, compared on 16 Oct 2026.
- 1.27 Supported
- 1.26 Supported
- 1.25 End of life
- 1.24 End of life
- 1.23 End of life
- 1.22 End of life
- 1.21 End of life
- 1.20 End of life
- 1.19 End of life
- 1.18 End of life
Which Go version does your project use?
Drop your project into the End-of-Life Checker to see every runtime, base image and framework it uses, in your browser.
Every Go release
| Release | Released | End of life | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.27 | 19 Aug 2026 | Not announced | 1.27.2 | Supported |
| 1.26 | 10 Feb 2026 | Not announced | 1.26.9 | Supported |
| 1.25 | 12 Aug 2025 | 19 Aug 2026 | 1.25.14 | End of life |
| 1.24 | 11 Feb 2025 | 10 Feb 2026 | 1.24.13 | End of life |
| 1.23 | 13 Aug 2024 | 12 Aug 2025 | 1.23.12 | End of life |
| 1.22 | 6 Feb 2024 | 11 Feb 2025 | 1.22.12 | End of life |
| 1.21 | 8 Aug 2023 | 13 Aug 2024 | 1.21.13 | End of life |
| 1.20 | 1 Feb 2023 | 6 Feb 2024 | 1.20.14 | End of life |
| 1.19 | 2 Aug 2022 | 6 Sept 2023 | 1.19.13 | End of life |
| 1.18 | 15 Mar 2022 | 1 Feb 2023 | 1.18.10 | End of life |
| 1.17 | 16 Aug 2021 | 2 Aug 2022 | 1.17.13 | End of life |
| 1.16 | 16 Feb 2021 | 15 Mar 2022 | 1.16.15 | End of life |
| 1.15 | 11 Aug 2020 | 16 Aug 2021 | 1.15.15 | End of life |
| 1.14 | 25 Feb 2020 | 16 Feb 2021 | 1.14.15 | End of life |
| 1.13 | 3 Sept 2019 | 11 Aug 2020 | 1.13.15 | End of life |
| 1.12 | 25 Feb 2019 | 25 Feb 2020 | 1.12.17 | End of life |
| 1.11 | 24 Aug 2018 | 3 Sept 2019 | 1.11.13 | End of life |
| 1.10 | 16 Feb 2018 | 25 Feb 2019 | 1.10.8 | End of life |
Go Docker images: which OS each variant is built on
Container images the checker reads as Go: docker.io/bitnami/golang, docker.io/cimg/go, docker.io/circleci/golang, docker.io/library/golang.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Which Go version should I use?
Go 1.27 is the newest release still getting fixes. Check your own dependencies before upgrading.
When is Go 1.27 end of life?
No end-of-life date has been published for Go 1.27 yet; it is still supported.
When is Go 1.26 end of life?
No end-of-life date has been published for Go 1.26 yet; it is still supported.
When is Go 1.25 end of life?
Go 1.25 reached end of life on 19 Aug 2026 and no longer gets fixes.
Where these dates come from
From the Go page on endoflife.date, maintained by its contributors and published under the MIT License, which follows Go’s own release policy. We download it daily; these dates last changed on 15 Oct 2026 and were last confirmed on 16 Oct 2026. See Methodology & sources.