Who contributed to Go on August 8, 2026?

5 developers shipped this update, including Hongxiang Jiang, Chiman Jain, Michael Pratt, Peter Weinberger, and Jonathan Amsterdam.

What were the notable Go updates?

extension/eslint.config.js: enable unused vars, extension: enable @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises rule, and src/goInstallTools: update revive to v1.15.0.

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VSCODE-GO TIGHTENS LINTING, REVIVE JUMPS 11 VERSIONS

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:56 UTC on August 8, 2026 · About Go

5 people shipped this

Hongxiang Jiang @h9jiang 2 cited

Chiman Jain @chimanjain 1 cited

Michael Pratt @prattmic 1 cited

Peter Weinberger @pjweinbgo 1 cited

Jonathan Amsterdam @jba 1 cited

The Go extension for VS Code is enforcing stricter TypeScript rules across the codebase while shipping a major update to its revive linter.

Hongxiang Jiang landed back-to-back linting improvements that eliminate unused variables and enforce promise handling in the extension [1] [2]. The first change removes dead parameters and unused local variables; the second enables the @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises rule, marking unawaited promises with void to catch async bugs at lint time. In the same window, Chiman Jain bumped revive from v1.3.9 to v1.15.0 [3], a significant jump that brings 11 versions of improvements to the linting experience. On the core side, Michael Pratt clarified documentation in the new encoding/json/jsontext API [4] to explain that AvailableBuffer itself is safe, but manually constructing Values is error-prone. Peter Weinberger fixed a segmentation fault in gopls completion logic [5] that occurred during double-deslicing in generic function signatures. Jonathan Amsterdam added documentation coverage metrics to pkg.go.dev's evals page [6], making it easier to track which packages lack adequate godoc.

Action items

→ Update vscode-go extension to pick up revive v1.15.0 and stricter linting rules golang/vscode-go [plan]
→ Review gopls completion fix if you use generic functions with append golang/tools [monitor]

References

[1] extension/eslint.config.js: enable unused vars golang/vscode-go
[2] extension: enable @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises rule golang/vscode-go
[3] src/goInstallTools: update revive to v1.15.0 golang/vscode-go
[4] encoding/json/jsontext: clarify safety of AvailableBuffer golang/go
[5] gopls/internal/golang/completion: avoid SEGV from double deslicing golang/tools
[6] internal/frontend: display doc eval golang/pkgsite

Quick answers

What shipped in Go on August 8, 2026?: The Go extension for VS Code is enforcing stricter TypeScript rules across the codebase while shipping a major update to its revive linter. In total, 6 commits landed.
Who contributed to Go on August 8, 2026?: 5 developers shipped this update, including Hongxiang Jiang, Chiman Jain, Michael Pratt, Peter Weinberger, and Jonathan Amsterdam.
What were the notable Go updates?: extension/eslint.config.js: enable unused vars, extension: enable @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises rule, and src/goInstallTools: update revive to v1.15.0.

GO COMPRESSES RISCV RETURNS, SHAVES 2,700 INSTRUCTIONS

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go 2 shipped

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COMPILER OPTIMIZATIONS AND TLS HARDENING PUSH THROUGH GOLANG ECOSYSTEM

Go's compiler now constant-folds expensive math/bits operations at compile time, while crypto/tls hardens FIPS 140-3 enforcement and vscode-go cleans up its code lens architecture.

go 15 shipped

@golang Aug 6

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Go shipped a security fix for html/template that blocks JavaScript regexp injection attacks, while simultaneously addressing a goroutine accumulation bug in HTTP/2 transports that could exhaust memory on long-lived connections.

go 4 shipped

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GO FIXES BREAKING ABI REGRESSION AND LOCKS DOWN REVERSE PROXY COOKIE HANDLING

Go shipped a critical fix for an x86 ABI0 NOFRAME regression that broke existing code, while explicitly documenting that ReverseProxy does not sanitize forwarded cookies.

go 20 shipped

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