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Set up your GitHub Actions workflow with a specific version of Go

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Dominant language: TypeScript
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
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26 open issues indexed

Native Go Open

feature request

actions/setup-go#783 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 10, 2026
Support release candidate alias ("nextstable"?) as a moving target Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

actions/setup-go#757 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 18, 2026
Cache key incorrectly uses 'x64' instead of '386' when architecture is set to '386' on Windows Open

feature request

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

actions/setup-go#749 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 26, 2026
`go-version-file` treats go.tool.mod contents as version string Open

feature request

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

actions/setup-go#746 · 8 comments · Opened Apr 10, 2026
go-version-file does not parse .mod files other than go.mod Open

feature request

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

actions/setup-go#736 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 25, 2026
Don't cache if GOMODCACHE is missing/empty Open

feature request

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

actions/setup-go#720 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 18, 2026
Augment existing Github Problem Matcher for `go test ./...` output Open

feature request

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

actions/setup-go#681 · 3 comments · Opened Nov 11, 2025
Use Go module proxy for downloading toolchains as per official documentation Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

actions/setup-go#678 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 31, 2025
encoding/json/v2 support Open

feature request

actions/setup-go#636 · 7 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 19, 2025
Multi arch support Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

actions/setup-go#630 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 8, 2025
Feature request: cache the Go build cache Open

feature request

actions/setup-go#596 · 9 comments · 3 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened May 21, 2025
The RC version in the go.mod file cannot be retrieved Open

feature request

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

actions/setup-go#525 · 4 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Dec 27, 2024
Make go-version-file: go.mod the default Open

feature request

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

actions/setup-go#523 · 9 comments · 10 reactions · Opened Dec 21, 2024
Enable installation of go on ppc64/ppc64le systems Open

feature request

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

actions/setup-go#517 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 25, 2024
setup-rust Open

feature request

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

actions/setup-go#514 · 2 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Nov 9, 2024
Cache `go install`-ed binaries Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

actions/setup-go#483 · 35 comments · 32 reactions · Opened Jun 2, 2024
Support using a later patch release than what's in go.mod Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

actions/setup-go#481 · 16 comments · 7 reactions · Opened May 29, 2024
Annotation matcher can not match column ranges Open

feature request

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

actions/setup-go#475 · 4 comments · Opened Apr 30, 2024
Use version from module and another version in matrix testing Open

feature request

actions/setup-go#450 · 10 comments · 2 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 6, 2024
Feature - enhance action to support configuration of private package authentication Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

actions/setup-go#430 · 5 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Oct 12, 2023
consider automating go-versions availability (auto go-versions update when released are done by the go team) Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

actions/setup-go#407 · 15 comments · 20 reactions · Opened Aug 5, 2023
Build output caching does not key off the current module's source? Open

bug question

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

actions/setup-go#395 · 21 comments · 8 reactions · Opened Jul 12, 2023
Add option to restore cache only Open

feature request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

actions/setup-go#316 · 28 comments · 32 reactions · Opened Jan 10, 2023
Tighten up Go version specification Open

feature request investigation

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

actions/setup-go#63 · 11 comments · 15 reactions · Opened Jul 13, 2020
Support for Outputting or Exporting Go Environment Variables Open

feature request

actions/setup-go#54 · 13 comments · 14 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened May 28, 2020
Support tip? Open

feature request wontfix

actions/setup-go#21 · 47 comments · 27 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 8, 2019

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