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title: Go 1.13 is released date: 2019-09-03 by:

• Andrew Bonventre summary: Go 1.13 adds module authentication, new number literals, error wrapping, TLS 1.3 on by default, and more.

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Today the Go team is very happy to announce the release of Go 1.13. You can get it from the download page.

Some of the highlights include:

• The go command now downloads and authenticates modules using the Go module mirror and Go checksum database by default
• Improvements to number literals
• Error wrapping
• TLS 1.3 on by default
• Improved modules support

For the complete list of changes and more information about the improvements above, see the Go 1.13 release notes.

We want to thank everyone who contributed to this release by writing code, filing bugs, providing feedback, and/or testing the beta and release candidates. Your contributions and diligence helped to ensure that Go 1.13 is as stable as possible. That said, if you notice any problems, please file an issue.

We hope you enjoy the new release!