Subject: Go {{.Version|major}} Release Candidate {{.Version|build}} is released

Hello gophers,

We have just released {{.Version}}, a release candidate version of Go {{.Version|major}}. It is cut from release-branch.go{{.Version|major}} at the revision tagged {{.Version}}.

Please try your production load tests and unit tests with the new version. Your help testing these pre-release versions is invaluable.

Report any problems using the issue tracker: https://go.dev/issue/new

If you have Go installed already, an easy way to try {{.Version}} is by using the go command:

$ go install golang.org/dl/{{.Version}}@latest
$ {{.Version}} download

You can download binary and source distributions from the usual place: https://go.dev/dl/#{{.Version}}

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{{ if eq .Version “go1.23rc1” }} To help validate the release, consider opting in to Go toolchain telemetry. You can opt in by running the following command:

$ go1.23rc1 telemetry on

{{ end -}}

To find out what has changed in Go {{.Version|major}}, read the draft release notes: https://tip.golang.org/doc/go{{.Version|major}}

Cheers, {{with .Names}}{{join .}} for the{{else}}The{{end}} Go team