The Go Blog

The Go Blogtag:blog.golang.org,2013:blog.golang.org2026-09-16T00:00:00+00:00Size-Specialized Memory Allocationtag:blog.golang.org,2013:blog.golang.org/size-specialized-allocations2026-09-16T00:00:00+00:002026-09-16T00:00:00+00:00Michael Matloob

Go 1.27 improves performance of small allocations using size-specialized allocation functions.

Goroutine Leak Profilestag:blog.golang.org,2013:blog.golang.org/goroutine-leak-profiles2026-09-02T00:00:00+00:002026-09-02T00:00:00+00:00Vlad Saioc

Go 1.27 includes new goroutine leak profiles.

Generic Methodstag:blog.golang.org,2013:blog.golang.org/generic-methods2026-08-26T00:00:00+00:002026-08-26T00:00:00+00:00Mark Freeman

Go 1.27 adds generic methods—a highly desired language feature.

Go 1.27 is releasedtag:blog.golang.org,2013:blog.golang.org/go1.272026-08-19T00:00:00+00:002026-08-19T00:00:00+00:00Nicholas Husin, on behalf of the Go team

Go 1.27 adds generic methods, encoding/json/v2 package, uuid package, faster memory allocation, goroutine leak profiles, and more.

Introducing the pkg.go.dev APItag:blog.golang.org,2013:blog.golang.org/pkgsite-api2026-05-21T00:00:00+00:002026-05-21T00:00:00+00:00Ethan Lee, Hana Kim, and Jonathan Amsterdam

Introducing the new programmatic API for pkg.go.dev, allowing developers to fetch package and module data directly.

Type Construction and Cycle Detectiontag:blog.golang.org,2013:blog.golang.org/type-construction-and-cycle-detection2026-03-24T00:00:00+00:002026-03-24T00:00:00+00:00Mark Freeman

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

//go:fix inline and the source-level inlinertag:blog.golang.org,2013:blog.golang.org/inliner2026-03-10T00:00:00+00:002026-03-10T00:00:00+00:00Alan Donovan

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

Allocating on the Stacktag:blog.golang.org,2013:blog.golang.org/allocation-optimizations2026-02-27T00:00:00+00:002026-02-27T00:00:00+00:00Keith Randall

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

Using go fix to modernize Go codetag:blog.golang.org,2013:blog.golang.org/gofix2026-02-17T00:00:00+00:002026-02-17T00:00:00+00:00Alan Donovan

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

Go 1.26 is releasedtag:blog.golang.org,2013:blog.golang.org/go1.262026-02-10T00:00:00+00:002026-02-10T00:00:00+00:00Carlos Amedee, on behalf of the Go team

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