Update build/release toolchain to Go 1.26.6
Author: narukoshinCreated Aug 14, 2026Updated Aug 20, 2026
Labelsenhancement
What would you like to be added:
Update the CoreDNS build/release toolchain to Go 1.26.6 while keeping go 1.25.0 as the minimum supported Go version. If appropriate for the project, this could also be expressed with a toolchain go1.26.6 directive in go.mod.
Why is this needed:
Go 1.26.6 includes security and bug fixes, including fixes affecting crypto/tls, os, the runtime, compiler, and networking packages. Using the newer toolchain would ensure CoreDNS release binaries benefit from those fixes without unnecessarily raising the project's minimum supported Go version from 1.25.0.
Source: coredns/coredns