Renovate doesn't update the go directive in go.mod

[robbie-demuth]

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Renovate doesn't update the go directive in go.mod

renovate.json

{
  "enabledManagers": [
    "gomod"
  ]
}

go.mod

module example/hello

go 1.23.0

godebug default=go1.23

Logs

$ docker run --name renovate --rm -v $PWD:/code -w /code -e LOG_LEVEL=debug ghcr.io/renovatebot/renovate:39.191.0 --platform=local
DEBUG: Using RE2 regex engine
DEBUG: Parsing configs
DEBUG: No config file found on disk - skipping
DEBUG: File config
       "config": {}
DEBUG: CLI config
       "config": {"platform": "local"}
DEBUG: Env config
       "config": {"hostRules": []}
DEBUG: Combined config
       "config": {"hostRules": [], "platform": "local"}
DEBUG: Enabling forkProcessing while in non-autodiscover mode
DEBUG: Enabling onboardingNoDeps while in non-autodiscover mode
DEBUG: Found valid git version: 2.48.1
DEBUG: Setting global hostRules
DEBUG: Using baseDir: /tmp/renovate
DEBUG: Using cacheDir: /tmp/renovate/cache
DEBUG: Using containerbaseDir: /tmp/renovate/cache/containerbase
DEBUG: Initializing Renovate internal cache into /tmp/renovate/cache/renovate/renovate-cache-v1
DEBUG: Commits limit = null
DEBUG: Setting global hostRules
DEBUG: validatePresets()
DEBUG: Reinitializing hostRules for repo
DEBUG: Clearing hostRules
 INFO: Repository started (repository=local)
       "renovateVersion": "39.191.0"
DEBUG: Using localDir: /code (repository=local)
DEBUG: PackageFiles.clear() - Package files deleted (repository=local)
DEBUG: Resetting npmrc (repository=local)
DEBUG: Resetting npmrc (repository=local)
DEBUG: checkOnboarding() (repository=local)
DEBUG: isOnboarded() (repository=local)
DEBUG: findFile(renovate.json) (repository=local)
fatal: not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /)
Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).
DEBUG: Could not get file list using git, using glob instead (repository=local)
DEBUG: Config file exists, fileName: renovate.json (repository=local)
DEBUG: Repo is onboarded (repository=local)
fatal: not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /)
Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).
DEBUG: Could not get file list using git, using glob instead (repository=local)
DEBUG: Found renovate.json config file (repository=local)
DEBUG: Repository config (repository=local)
       "fileName": "renovate.json",
       "config": {"enabledManagers": ["gomod"]}
DEBUG: migrateAndValidate() (repository=local)
DEBUG: No config migration necessary (repository=local)
DEBUG: Found repo ignorePaths (repository=local)
       "ignorePaths": ["**/node_modules/**", "**/bower_components/**"]
DEBUG: No vulnerability alerts found (repository=local)
DEBUG: No baseBranches (repository=local)
DEBUG: extract() (repository=local)
fatal: not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /)
Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).
DEBUG: Could not get file list using git, using glob instead (repository=local)
DEBUG: Using file match: (^|/)go\.mod$ for manager gomod (repository=local)
DEBUG: Matched 1 file(s) for manager gomod: go.mod (repository=local)
DEBUG: manager extract durations (ms) (repository=local)
       "managers": {"gomod": 3}
DEBUG: Found gomod package files (repository=local)
DEBUG: Found 1 package file(s) (repository=local)
 INFO: Dependency extraction complete (repository=local)
       "stats": {
         "managers": {"gomod": {"fileCount": 1, "depCount": 1}},
         "total": {"fileCount": 1, "depCount": 1}
       }
DEBUG: hostRules: no authentication for raw.githubusercontent.com (repository=local)
DEBUG: Using queue: host=raw.githubusercontent.com, concurrency=16 (repository=local)
DEBUG: PackageFiles.add() - Package file saved for base branch (repository=local)
DEBUG: Package releases lookups complete (repository=local)
DEBUG: Repository libYears (repository=local)
       "managerLibYears": {"gomod": 0},
       "totalLibYears": 0,
       "totalDepsCount": 1,
       "outdatedDepsCount": 0
DEBUG: branchifyUpgrades (repository=local)
DEBUG: detectSemanticCommits() (repository=local)
DEBUG: getCommitMessages (repository=local)
DEBUG: semanticCommits: detected "unknown" (repository=local)
DEBUG: semanticCommits: disabled (repository=local)
DEBUG: 0 flattened updates found:  (repository=local)
DEBUG: Returning 0 branch(es) (repository=local)
DEBUG: config.repoIsOnboarded=true (repository=local)
DEBUG: packageFiles with updates (repository=local)
       "config": {
         "gomod": [
           {
             "deps": [
               {
                 "datasource": "golang-version",
                 "versioning": "go-mod-directive",
                 "depType": "golang",
                 "depName": "go",
                 "currentValue": "1.23.0",
                 "managerData": {"lineNumber": 2},
                 "updates": [],
                 "packageName": "go",
                 "warnings": [],
                 "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/golang/go",
                 "registryUrl": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golang/website",
                 "homepage": "https://go.dev/",
                 "currentVersion": "1.23.0",
                 "currentVersionTimestamp": "2024-08-13T00:00:00.000Z",
                 "currentVersionAgeInDays": 206,
                 "fixedVersion": "1.23.0"
               }
             ],
             "packageFile": "go.mod"
           }
         ]
       }
DEBUG: detectSemanticCommits() (repository=local)
DEBUG: semanticCommits: returning "disabled" from cache (repository=local)
DEBUG: Repository timing splits (milliseconds) (repository=local)
       "splits": {"init": 136, "extract": 28, "lookup": 101},
       "total": 266
DEBUG: Package cache statistics (repository=local)
       "get": {"count": 1, "avgMs": 0, "medianMs": 0, "maxMs": 0, "totalMs": 0},
       "set": {"count": 1, "avgMs": 4, "medianMs": 4, "maxMs": 4, "totalMs": 4}
DEBUG: HTTP statistics (repository=local)
       "hosts": {
         "raw.githubusercontent.com": {
           "count": 1,
           "reqAvgMs": 39,
           "reqMedianMs": 39,
           "reqMaxMs": 39,
           "queueAvgMs": 1,
           "queueMedianMs": 1,
           "queueMaxMs": 1
         }
       },
       "requests": 1
DEBUG: HTTP cache statistics (repository=local)
DEBUG: Lookup statistics (repository=local)
       "golang-version": {"count": 1, "avgMs": 95, "medianMs": 95, "maxMs": 95, "totalMs": 95}
 INFO: Repository finished (repository=local)
       "cloned": undefined,
       "durationMs": 266
DEBUG: Checking file package cache for expired items
DEBUG: Deleted 0 of 1 file cached entries in 6ms

If I update go 1.23.0 to go 1.23, Renovate reports that the currentVersion is 1.24.1 but still doesn't initiate an update

Logs

docker run --name renovate --rm -v $PWD:/code -w /code -e LOG_LEVEL=debug ghcr.io/renovatebot/renovate:39.191.0 --platform=local
DEBUG: Using RE2 regex engine
DEBUG: Parsing configs
DEBUG: No config file found on disk - skipping
DEBUG: File config
       "config": {}
DEBUG: CLI config
       "config": {"platform": "local"}
DEBUG: Env config
       "config": {"hostRules": []}
DEBUG: Combined config
       "config": {"hostRules": [], "platform": "local"}
DEBUG: Enabling forkProcessing while in non-autodiscover mode
DEBUG: Enabling onboardingNoDeps while in non-autodiscover mode
DEBUG: Found valid git version: 2.48.1
DEBUG: Setting global hostRules
DEBUG: Using baseDir: /tmp/renovate
DEBUG: Using cacheDir: /tmp/renovate/cache
DEBUG: Using containerbaseDir: /tmp/renovate/cache/containerbase
DEBUG: Initializing Renovate internal cache into /tmp/renovate/cache/renovate/renovate-cache-v1
DEBUG: Commits limit = null
DEBUG: Setting global hostRules
DEBUG: validatePresets()
DEBUG: Reinitializing hostRules for repo
DEBUG: Clearing hostRules
 INFO: Repository started (repository=local)
       "renovateVersion": "39.191.0"
DEBUG: Using localDir: /code (repository=local)
DEBUG: PackageFiles.clear() - Package files deleted (repository=local)
DEBUG: Resetting npmrc (repository=local)
DEBUG: Resetting npmrc (repository=local)
DEBUG: checkOnboarding() (repository=local)
DEBUG: isOnboarded() (repository=local)
DEBUG: findFile(renovate.json) (repository=local)
fatal: not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /)
Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).
DEBUG: Could not get file list using git, using glob instead (repository=local)
DEBUG: Config file exists, fileName: renovate.json (repository=local)
DEBUG: Repo is onboarded (repository=local)
fatal: not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /)
Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).
DEBUG: Could not get file list using git, using glob instead (repository=local)
DEBUG: Found renovate.json config file (repository=local)
DEBUG: Repository config (repository=local)
       "fileName": "renovate.json",
       "config": {"enabledManagers": ["gomod"]}
DEBUG: migrateAndValidate() (repository=local)
DEBUG: No config migration necessary (repository=local)
DEBUG: Found repo ignorePaths (repository=local)
       "ignorePaths": ["**/node_modules/**", "**/bower_components/**"]
DEBUG: No vulnerability alerts found (repository=local)
DEBUG: No baseBranches (repository=local)
DEBUG: extract() (repository=local)
fatal: not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /)
Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).
DEBUG: Could not get file list using git, using glob instead (repository=local)
DEBUG: Using file match: (^|/)go\.mod$ for manager gomod (repository=local)
DEBUG: Matched 1 file(s) for manager gomod: go.mod (repository=local)
DEBUG: manager extract durations (ms) (repository=local)
       "managers": {"gomod": 3}
DEBUG: Found gomod package files (repository=local)
DEBUG: Found 1 package file(s) (repository=local)
 INFO: Dependency extraction complete (repository=local)
       "stats": {
         "managers": {"gomod": {"fileCount": 1, "depCount": 1}},
         "total": {"fileCount": 1, "depCount": 1}
       }
DEBUG: hostRules: no authentication for raw.githubusercontent.com (repository=local)
DEBUG: Using queue: host=raw.githubusercontent.com, concurrency=16 (repository=local)
DEBUG: PackageFiles.add() - Package file saved for base branch (repository=local)
DEBUG: Package releases lookups complete (repository=local)
DEBUG: Repository libYears (repository=local)
       "managerLibYears": {"gomod": 0},
       "totalLibYears": 0,
       "totalDepsCount": 1,
       "outdatedDepsCount": 0
DEBUG: branchifyUpgrades (repository=local)
DEBUG: detectSemanticCommits() (repository=local)
DEBUG: getCommitMessages (repository=local)
DEBUG: semanticCommits: detected "unknown" (repository=local)
DEBUG: semanticCommits: disabled (repository=local)
DEBUG: 0 flattened updates found:  (repository=local)
DEBUG: Returning 0 branch(es) (repository=local)
DEBUG: config.repoIsOnboarded=true (repository=local)
DEBUG: packageFiles with updates (repository=local)
       "config": {
         "gomod": [
           {
             "deps": [
               {
                 "datasource": "golang-version",
                 "versioning": "go-mod-directive",
                 "depType": "golang",
                 "depName": "go",
                 "currentValue": "1.23",
                 "managerData": {"lineNumber": 2},
                 "updates": [],
                 "packageName": "go",
                 "warnings": [],
                 "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/golang/go",
                 "registryUrl": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golang/website",
                 "homepage": "https://go.dev/",
                 "currentVersion": "1.24.1",
                 "currentVersionTimestamp": "2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z",
                 "currentVersionAgeInDays": 3
               }
             ],
             "packageFile": "go.mod"
           }
         ]
       }
DEBUG: detectSemanticCommits() (repository=local)
DEBUG: semanticCommits: returning "disabled" from cache (repository=local)
DEBUG: Repository timing splits (milliseconds) (repository=local)
       "splits": {"init": 168, "extract": 16, "lookup": 104},
       "total": 289
DEBUG: Package cache statistics (repository=local)
       "get": {"count": 1, "avgMs": 0, "medianMs": 0, "maxMs": 0, "totalMs": 0},
       "set": {"count": 1, "avgMs": 6, "medianMs": 6, "maxMs": 6, "totalMs": 6}
DEBUG: HTTP statistics (repository=local)
       "hosts": {
         "raw.githubusercontent.com": {
           "count": 1,
           "reqAvgMs": 37,
           "reqMedianMs": 37,
           "reqMaxMs": 37,
           "queueAvgMs": 1,
           "queueMedianMs": 1,
           "queueMaxMs": 1
         }
       },
       "requests": 1
DEBUG: HTTP cache statistics (repository=local)
DEBUG: Lookup statistics (repository=local)
       "golang-version": {"count": 1, "avgMs": 99, "medianMs": 99, "maxMs": 99, "totalMs": 99}
 INFO: Repository finished (repository=local)
       "cloned": undefined,
       "durationMs": 289
DEBUG: Checking file package cache for expired items
DEBUG: Deleted 0 of 1 file cached entries in 6ms

[rarkins]

This is the intended design. 1.23 means "1.23 or later" and doesn't need updating. It's also recommended by Go maintainers not to bump it unnecessarily. Use the go toolchain directive for that instead.

If you really insist, you'll need to force rangeStrategy=bump

[robbie-demuth]

Is there a way to configure Renovate to update go 1.23.0 to go 1.24.0 instead of go 1.24.1 (or whatever the latest patch version is)?

[rarkins]

No

[robbie-demuth]

It looks like setting allowedVersions to /^[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.0$/ works

[rarkins]

Good thinking!