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<p>This page summarizes the changes between official stable releases of Go.
The <a href="//golang.org/change">change log</a> has the full details.</p>

<p>To update to a specific release, use:</p>

<pre>
git pull
git checkout <i>release-branch</i>
</pre>

<h2 id="policy">Release Policy</h2>

<p>
Each major Go release is supported until there are two newer major releases.
For example, Go 1.8 is supported until Go 1.10 is released,
and Go 1.9 is supported until Go 1.11 is released.
We fix critical problems, including <a href="/security">critical security problems</a>,
in supported releases as needed by issuing minor revisions
(for example, Go 1.9.1, Go 1.9.2, and so on).
</p>

<h2 id="go1.9">go1.9 (released 2017/08/24)</h2>

<p>
Go 1.9 is a major release of Go.
Read the <a href="/doc/go1.9">Go 1.9 Release Notes</a> for more information.
</p>

<h3 id="go1.9.minor">Minor revisions</h3>

<p>
go1.9.1 (released 2017/10/04) includes two security fixes.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.9.1">Go
1.9.1 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.9.2 (released 2017/10/25) includes fixes to the compiler, linker, runtime,
documentation, <code>go</code> command,
and the <code>crypto/x509</code>, <code>database/sql</code>, <code>log</code>,
and <code>net/smtp</code> packages.
It includes a fix to a bug introduced in Go 1.9.1 that broke <code>go</code> <code>get</code>
of non-Git repositories under certain conditions.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.9.2">Go
1.9.2 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.9.3 (released 2018/01/22) includes fixes to the compiler, runtime,
and the <code>database/sql</code>, <code>math/big</code>, <code>net/http</code>,
and <code>net/url</code> packages.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.9.3">Go
1.9.3 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.9.4 (released 2018/02/07) includes a security fix to “go get”.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.9.4">Go
1.9.4</a> milestone on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.9.5 (released 2018/03/28) includes fixes to the compiler, go command, and
<code>net/http/pprof</code> package.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.9.5">Go
1.9.5 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.9.6 (released 2018/05/01) includes fixes to the compiler and go command.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.9.6">Go
1.9.6 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.9.7 (released 2018/06/05) includes fixes to the go command, and the
<code>crypto/x509</code>, and <code>strings</code> packages.
In particular, it adds <a href="https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/d4e21288e444d3ffd30d1a0737f15ea3fc3b8ad9">
minimal support to the go command for the vgo transition</a>.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.9.7">Go
1.9.7 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>


<h2 id="go1.8">go1.8 (released 2017/02/16)</h2>

<p>
Go 1.8 is a major release of Go.
Read the <a href="/doc/go1.8">Go 1.8 Release Notes</a> for more information.
</p>

<h3 id="go1.8.minor">Minor revisions</h3>

<p>
go1.8.1 (released 2017/04/07) includes fixes to the compiler, linker, runtime,
documentation, <code>go</code> command and the <code>crypto/tls</code>,
<code>encoding/xml</code>, <code>image/png</code>, <code>net</code>,
<code>net/http</code>, <code>reflect</code>, <code>text/template</code>,
and <code>time</code> packages.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.8.1">Go
1.8.1 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.8.2 (released 2017/05/23) includes a security fix to the
<code>crypto/elliptic</code> package.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.8.2">Go
1.8.2 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.8.3 (released 2017/05/24) includes fixes to the compiler, runtime,
documentation, and the <code>database/sql</code> package.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.8.3">Go
1.8.3 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.8.4 (released 2017/10/04) includes two security fixes.
It contains the same fixes as Go 1.9.1 and was released at the same time.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.8.4">Go
1.8.4 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.8.5 (released 2017/10/25) includes fixes to the compiler, linker, runtime,
documentation, <code>go</code> command,
and the <code>crypto/x509</code> and <code>net/smtp</code> packages.
It includes a fix to a bug introduced in Go 1.8.4 that broke <code>go</code> <code>get</code>
of non-Git repositories under certain conditions.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.8.5">Go
1.8.5 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.8.6 (released 2018/01/22) includes the the same fix in <code>math/big</code>
as Go 1.9.3 and was released at the same time.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.8.6">Go
1.8.6 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.8.7 (released 2018/02/07) includes a security fix to “go get”.
It contains the same fix as Go 1.9.4 and was released at the same time.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.8.7">Go
1.8.7</a> milestone on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<h2 id="go1.7">go1.7 (released 2016/08/15)</h2>

<p>
Go 1.7 is a major release of Go.
Read the <a href="/doc/go1.7">Go 1.7 Release Notes</a> for more information.
</p>

<h3 id="go1.7.minor">Minor revisions</h3>

<p>
go1.7.1 (released 2016/09/07) includes fixes to the compiler, runtime,
documentation, and the <code>compress/flate</code>, <code>hash/crc32</code>,
<code>io</code>, <code>net</code>, <code>net/http</code>,
<code>path/filepath</code>, <code>reflect</code>, and <code>syscall</code>
packages.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.7.1">Go
1.7.1 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.7.2 should not be used. It was tagged but not fully released.
The release was deferred due to a last minute bug report.
Use go1.7.3 instead, and refer to the summary of changes below.
</p>

<p>
go1.7.3 (released 2016/10/19) includes fixes to the compiler, runtime,
and the <code>crypto/cipher</code>, <code>crypto/tls</code>,
<code>net/http</code>, and <code>strings</code> packages.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.7.3">Go
1.7.3 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.7.4 (released 2016/12/01) includes two security fixes.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.7.4">Go
1.7.4 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.7.5 (released 2017/01/26) includes fixes to the compiler, runtime,
and the <code>crypto/x509</code> and <code>time</code> packages.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.7.5">Go
1.7.5 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.7.6 (released 2017/05/23) includes the same security fix as Go 1.8.2 and
was released at the same time.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.8.2">Go
1.8.2 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<h2 id="go1.6">go1.6 (released 2016/02/17)</h2>

<p>
Go 1.6 is a major release of Go.
Read the <a href="/doc/go1.6">Go 1.6 Release Notes</a> for more information.
</p>

<h3 id="go1.6.minor">Minor revisions</h3>

<p>
go1.6.1 (released 2016/04/12) includes two security fixes.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.6.1">Go
1.6.1 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.6.2 (released 2016/04/20) includes fixes to the compiler, runtime, tools,
documentation, and the <code>mime/multipart</code>, <code>net/http</code>, and
<code>sort</code> packages.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.6.2">Go
1.6.2 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.6.3 (released 2016/07/17) includes security fixes to the
<code>net/http/cgi</code> package and <code>net/http</code> package when used in
a CGI environment.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.6.3">Go
1.6.3 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.6.4 (released 2016/12/01) includes two security fixes.
It contains the same fixes as Go 1.7.4 and was released at the same time.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.7.4">Go
1.7.4 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<h2 id="go1.5">go1.5 (released 2015/08/19)</h2>

<p>
Go 1.5 is a major release of Go.
Read the <a href="/doc/go1.5">Go 1.5 Release Notes</a> for more information.
</p>

<h3 id="go1.5.minor">Minor revisions</h3>

<p>
go1.5.1 (released 2015/09/08) includes bug fixes to the compiler, assembler, and
the <code>fmt</code>, <code>net/textproto</code>, <code>net/http</code>, and
<code>runtime</code> packages.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.5.1">Go
1.5.1 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.5.2 (released 2015/12/02) includes bug fixes to the compiler, linker, and
the <code>mime/multipart</code>, <code>net</code>, and <code>runtime</code>
packages.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.5.2">Go
1.5.2 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.5.3 (released 2016/01/13) includes a security fix to the <code>math/big</code> package
affecting the <code>crypto/tls</code> package.
See the <a href="https://golang.org/s/go153announce">release announcement</a> for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.5.4 (released 2016/04/12) includes two security fixes.
It contains the same fixes as Go 1.6.1 and was released at the same time.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.6.1">Go
1.6.1 milestone</a> on our issue tracker for details.
</p>

<h2 id="go1.4">go1.4 (released 2014/12/10)</h2>

<p>
Go 1.4 is a major release of Go.
Read the <a href="/doc/go1.4">Go 1.4 Release Notes</a> for more information.
</p>

<h3 id="go1.4.minor">Minor revisions</h3>

<p>
go1.4.1 (released 2015/01/15) includes bug fixes to the linker and the <code>log</code>, <code>syscall</code>, and <code>runtime</code> packages.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.4.1">Go 1.4.1 milestone on our issue tracker</a> for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.4.2 (released 2015/02/17) includes bug fixes to the <code>go</code> command, the compiler and linker, and the <code>runtime</code>, <code>syscall</code>, <code>reflect</code>, and <code>math/big</code> packages.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.4.2">Go 1.4.2 milestone on our issue tracker</a> for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.4.3 (released 2015/09/22) includes security fixes to the <code>net/http</code> package and bug fixes to the <code>runtime</code> package.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.4.3">Go 1.4.3 milestone on our issue tracker</a> for details.
</p>

<h2 id="go1.3">go1.3 (released 2014/06/18)</h2>

<p>
Go 1.3 is a major release of Go.
Read the <a href="/doc/go1.3">Go 1.3 Release Notes</a> for more information.
</p>

<h3 id="go1.3.minor">Minor revisions</h3>

<p>
go1.3.1 (released 2014/08/13) includes bug fixes to the compiler and the <code>runtime</code>, <code>net</code>, and <code>crypto/rsa</code> packages.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.3.1">change history</a> for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.3.2 (released 2014/09/25) includes bug fixes to cgo and the crypto/tls packages.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.3.2">change history</a> for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.3.3 (released 2014/09/30) includes further bug fixes to cgo, the runtime package, and the nacl port.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.3.3">change history</a> for details.
</p>

<h2 id="go1.2">go1.2 (released 2013/12/01)</h2>

<p>
Go 1.2 is a major release of Go.
Read the <a href="/doc/go1.2">Go 1.2 Release Notes</a> for more information.
</p>

<h3 id="go1.2.minor">Minor revisions</h3>

<p>
go1.2.1 (released 2014/03/02) includes bug fixes to the <code>runtime</code>, <code>net</code>, and <code>database/sql</code> packages.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.2.1">change history</a> for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.2.2 (released 2014/05/05) includes a
<a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.2.2">security fix</a>
that affects the tour binary included in the binary distributions (thanks to Guillaume T).
</p>

<h2 id="go1.1">go1.1 (released 2013/05/13)</h2>

<p>
Go 1.1 is a major release of Go.
Read the <a href="/doc/go1.1">Go 1.1 Release Notes</a> for more information.
</p>

<h3 id="go1.1.minor">Minor revisions</h3>

<p>
go1.1.1 (released 2013/06/13) includes several compiler and runtime bug fixes.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.1.1">change history</a> for details.
</p>

<p>
go1.1.2 (released 2013/08/13) includes fixes to the <code>gc</code> compiler
and <code>cgo</code>, and the <code>bufio</code>, <code>runtime</code>,
<code>syscall</code>, and <code>time</code> packages.
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/go1.1.2">change history</a> for details.
If you use package syscall's <code>Getrlimit</code> and <code>Setrlimit</code>
functions under Linux on the ARM or 386 architectures, please note change
<a href="//golang.org/cl/11803043">11803043</a>
that fixes <a href="//golang.org/issue/5949">issue 5949</a>.
</p>

<h2 id="go1">go1 (released 2012/03/28)</h2>

<p>
Go 1 is a major release of Go that will be stable in the long term.
Read the <a href="/doc/go1.html">Go 1 Release Notes</a> for more information.
</p>

<p>
It is intended that programs written for Go 1 will continue to compile and run
correctly, unchanged, under future versions of Go 1.
Read the <a href="/doc/go1compat.html">Go 1 compatibility document</a> for more
about the future of Go 1.
</p>

<p>
The go1 release corresponds to
<code><a href="weekly.html#2012-03-27">weekly.2012-03-27</a></code>.
</p>

<h3 id="go1.minor">Minor revisions</h3>

<p>
go1.0.1 (released 2012/04/25) was issued to
<a href="//golang.org/cl/6061043">fix</a> an
<a href="//golang.org/issue/3545">escape analysis bug</a>
that can lead to memory corruption.
It also includes several minor code and documentation fixes.
</p>

<p>
go1.0.2 (released 2012/06/13) was issued to fix two bugs in the implementation
of maps using struct or array keys:
<a href="//golang.org/issue/3695">issue 3695</a> and
<a href="//golang.org/issue/3573">issue 3573</a>.
It also includes many minor code and documentation fixes.
</p>

<p>
go1.0.3 (released 2012/09/21) includes minor code and documentation fixes.
</p>

<p>
See the <a href="https://github.com/golang/go/commits/release-branch.go1">go1 release branch history</a> for the complete list of changes.
</p>

<h2 id="pre.go1">Older releases</h2>

<p>
See the <a href="pre_go1.html">Pre-Go 1 Release History</a> page for notes
on earlier releases.
</p>