Go 1.18 has been released

[bytesguy]

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

Publish v1.18. [release]

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

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. 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. As we begin to deprecate the legacy image…

I hope this helps!