# Go 1.18 has been released

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/go-1-18-has-been-released/43265>\
**Category:** Build Environment\
**Tags:** convenience-images\
**Created:** [March 16, 2022, 9:51am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/go-1-18-has-been-released/43265 "2022-03-16T09:51:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![amnonbc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/amnonbc/32/29635_2.png) [@amnonbc](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/amnonbc)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 9:51am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/go-1-18-has-been-released/43265/1 "2022-03-16T09:51:21Z")

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Time for a new circleci/golang docker image.

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**Author:** ![bytesguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@bytesguy](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/bytesguy)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/go-1-18-has-been-released/43265/2 "2022-03-16T10:49:19Z")

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Hi, this has already been published as `cimg/go:1.18`:

> <https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/cimg-go/pull/159>

The old `circleci/golang` is one of the legacy images, which is now deprecated. More information on that can be found here:

> [@Legacy Convenience Image Deprecation](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/legacy-convenience-image-deprecation/41034):
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> In 2020 CircleCI introduced the next generation (next-gen) of convenience images. These new images are designed to replace the legacy convenience images that were released during the [announcement of CircleCI 2.0](https://circleci.com/blog/say-hello-to-circleci-2-0/). The next-gen CircleCI convenience images are designed from the ground up for a CI/CD environment. They are designed to be faster, more efficient, and most importantly, more reliable. You can learn more about all of the features [on our blog post](https://circleci.com/blog/announcing-our-next-generation-convenience-images-smaller-faster-more-deterministic/). As we begin to deprecate the legacy image…

I hope this helps!

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**Author:** ![amnonbc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/amnonbc/32/29635_2.png) [@amnonbc](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/amnonbc)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/go-1-18-has-been-released/43265/3 "2022-03-16T15:34:42Z")

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using cimg/go:1.18 did not work that well…

`  
Starting container cimg/go:1.18  
image cache not found on this host, downloading cimg/go:1.18

Error response from daemon: Head “[https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/cimg/go/manifests/1.18](https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/cimg/go/manifests/1.18)”: unauthorized: incorrect username or password`

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**Author:** ![FelicianoTech](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/felicianotech/32/21348_2.png) [@FelicianoTech](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/FelicianoTech)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/go-1-18-has-been-released/43265/4 "2022-03-16T20:43:44Z")

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Can you share some or all of your config? I ran a test build [here](https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/github/felicianotech/cci-testing-pub/650/workflows/442c4210-0792-44c5-9e6a-9ba7b3488533/jobs/1537) and it seems to work as expected.