Go 1.19 Release Candidate 1 is released (go1.19rc1)

Published: Jul 6, 2022 Last Updated: Jul 6, 2022

Golang team at Google, just released Go 1.19 Release Candidate 1 i.e., go1.19rc1.

It is cut from release-branch.go1.19 at the revision tagged go1.19rc1.

Try your production load tests and unit tests with the new Go 1.19 RC1 version and If you face any issues, please report at golang issue tracker https://golang.org/issue/new

Download and install go1.19 rc1 version #

If Go is already installed and to install go1.19 rc1 version, use the below go command

$ go install golang.org/dl/go1.19rc1@latest
$ go1.19rc1 download

Download Go 1.19 binary #

To download binary and source distributions use the below link https://go.dev/dl/#go1.19rc1

Changes in Go 1.19 version #

To find out what has changed in Go 1.19, read the draft release notes

https://tip.golang.org/doc/go1.19

Official Announcement #

Here is the official announcement for the release of Go 1.19 RC1 version https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/Lu8ODY19HhA