[9.0](backport #5309) feat: bump go to 1.23.6

.buildkite/pipeline.yml

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ steps:
     artifact_paths:
       - "build/TEST-go-unit.cov"
     agents:
-      image: "golang:1.22.6"
+      image: "golang:1.23.6"
     depends_on:
       - unit-tests
       - extended-windows

.github/workflows/bump-agent-versions.yml

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.21
+          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
 
       - name: Set git config
         run: |

.go-version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.22.12
+1.23.6

.golangci.yml

@@ -118,10 +118,6 @@ linters-settings:
       - github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify
       - github.com/openshift/api
 
-  gosimple:
-    # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.22.12"
-
   nolintlint:
     # Enable to ensure that nolint directives are all used. Default is true.
     allow-unused: false
@@ -135,19 +131,11 @@ linters-settings:
     require-specific: false
 
   staticcheck:
-    # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.22.12"
     checks: ["all"]
 
   stylecheck:
-    # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.22.12"
     checks: ["all"]
 
-  unused:
-    # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.22.12"
-
   gosec:
     excludes:
     - G306 # Expect WriteFile permissions to be 0600 or less

.tool-versions

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 mage 1.14.0
-golang 1.22.9
-terraform 1.9.3
+golang 1.23.6
+terraform 1.9.3

Dockerfile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.22.12
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.23.6
 FROM circleci/golang:${GO_VERSION}
 
 
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ ARG TEST_RESULTS=/tmp/test-results
 RUN mkdir -p ${TEST_RESULTS} && mkdir -p ./code
 RUN go get github.com/magefile/mage
 
-ENV GO111MODULE=on
 WORKDIR ./code
 #COPY --chown=circleci:circleci . .
 COPY . .

Dockerfile.skaffold

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.22.12
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.23.6
 ARG crossbuild_image="docker.elastic.co/beats-dev/golang-crossbuild"
 ARG AGENT_VERSION=8.9.0-SNAPSHOT
 ARG AGENT_IMAGE="docker.elastic.co/beats/elastic-agent"

Makefile

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ check:
 ## check-go: download and run the go linter.
 .PHONY: check-go
 check-go: ## - Run golangci-lint
-	@curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s v1.55.2
+	@curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s v1.60.1
 	@./bin/golangci-lint run -v
 
 ## check-no-changes : Check there is no local changes.

changelog/fragments/1723829102-Upgrade-to-Go-1.23.0.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Kind can be one of:
+# - breaking-change: a change to previously-documented behavior
+# - deprecation: functionality that is being removed in a later release
+# - bug-fix: fixes a problem in a previous version
+# - enhancement: extends functionality but does not break or fix existing behavior
+# - feature: new functionality
+# - known-issue: problems that we are aware of in a given version
+# - security: impacts on the security of a product or a user’s deployment.
+# - upgrade: important information for someone upgrading from a prior version
+# - other: does not fit into any of the other categories
+kind: feature
+
+# Change summary; a 80ish characters long description of the change.
+summary: Upgrade-to-Go-1.23.0
+
+# Long description; in case the summary is not enough to describe the change
+# this field accommodate a description without length limits.
+# NOTE: This field will be rendered only for breaking-change and known-issue kinds at the moment.
+#description:
+
+# Affected component; usually one of "elastic-agent", "fleet-server", "filebeat", "metricbeat", "auditbeat", "all", etc.
+component: "elastic-agent"
+
+# PR URL; optional; the PR number that added the changeset.
+# If not present is automatically filled by the tooling finding the PR where this changelog fragment has been added.
+# NOTE: the tooling supports backports, so it's able to fill the original PR number instead of the backport PR number.
+# Please provide it if you are adding a fragment for a different PR.
+pr: https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/5309
+
+# Issue URL; optional; the GitHub issue related to this changeset (either closes or is part of).
+# If not present is automatically filled by the tooling with the issue linked to the PR number.
+#issue: https://github.com/owner/repo/1234

go.mod

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/elastic/elastic-agent
 
-go 1.22.12
+go 1.23.6
 
 require (
 	github.com/Jeffail/gabs/v2 v2.6.0

pkg/testing/runner/runner_test.go

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func TestNewRunner_Clean(t *testing.T) {
 		AgentVersion: "8.10.0",
 		StackVersion: "8.10.0-SNAPSHOT",
 		BuildDir:     filepath.Join(tmpdir, "build"),
-		GOVersion:    "1.20.7",
+		GOVersion:    "1.23.6",
 		RepoDir:      filepath.Join(tmpdir, "repo"),
 		StateDir:     stateDir,
 		ExtraEnv:     nil,

version/docs/version.asciidoc

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // FIXME: once elastic.co docs have been switched over to use `main`, remove
 // the `doc-site-branch` line below as well as any references to it in the code.
 :doc-site-branch: master
-:go-version: 1.22.12
+:go-version: 1.23.6
 :release-state: unreleased
 :python: 3.7
 :docker: 1.12