Release notes

The following tables present a list of features introduced, bugs resolved, and other verified issues in GoLand 2025.3. To navigate to a desired category, use the table of contents on the right.

Feature

Ticket	Description
GO-4128	Inspection of redundant else statement
GO-13587	Add Marshaler/Unmarshaler to exclusions for Mixed value and pointer receivers
GO-18293	Support new finalizer runtime.AddCleanup
GO-10941	Provide folding for directives, e.g., 'require'
GO-19338	Promote commands to open Goland from the terminal
GO-19492	Allow running golangci-lint fmt on save
GO-19572	RLA: add settings to exclude functions/types from the analysis
GO-2265	Support for duplicate code inspection
GO-19525	RLA: support sql and http.Client methods
GO-19533	RLA: support type assertion, conversion and channels

Usability Problem

Ticket	Description
GO-19389	Create package main template if file named main.go
GO-16332	Don't fold automatically empty main function in Simple Application template
GO-19596	Implementation popup briefly appears for singular linkage
GO-19375	Automatically import 'context' package

Task

Ticket	Description
GO-17783	Review and fix broken links in GoLand
GO-19309	Consider bundling the Terraform plugin
GO-18567	feedback on update struct tag when renaming field
GO-18928	Implement rdclient.highlighterSuppressionHandler and highlightErrorFilter for Go language on a frontend side
GO-19192	Go Developer Survey September 2025
GO-19060	NMWS: Delegate Welcome Screen Plugin-Specific Icons via Extension Point
GO-19039	Review the logic of project/folder detection
GO-19430	RLA: disable the inspection in tests
GO-19304	Resource leak analysis: local inspection
GO-16293	Remove migration for Go modules integration setting
GO-19510	RLA: support interfaces
GO-19429	RLA: support the blank identifier
GO-19432	RLA: support response.body
GO-19428	RLA: improve terminating call handling
GO-19032	Enable golangci-lint by default for the target audience
GO-19523	Change the New pop-up menu: remove clone repository option
GO-19524	Welcome Screen Left Panel Actions: rename 'Clone' to 'Clone Repository'
GO-19634	Disable data flow analysis INFO logs by default
GO-19241	Improve Scratch file creation
GO-19307	Change the New Scratch File options pop-up
GO-19521	Change the New pop-up menu: remove the HTTP request option
GO-18679	Log all imported packages for the Go User Environment
GO-19664	Remove GoLand anniversary Easter egg

Bug

Ticket	Description
GO-19427	Non-modal welcome screen: Open/New/Clone/RD buttons don't have focus border
GO-19415	REWA: ThreadingAssertions.createThreadAccessExceptio
GO-18890	Add File option to the Upper Menu -> File for Welcome screen
GO-18716	[RemDev] GoSdkSettingUI.apply
GO-19372	Small mistake in LeanGoProject feature tour
GO-17427	Generate Implement interface not work on remote
GO-19031	Fix Drag & Drop for the Non-modal Welcome Screen
GO-19012	Add a service button by shortcut shows 'Nothing here' pop-up
GO-18164	Fix GoSshTargetTest
GO-16431	GoDockerTargetTest.testCompiledExecutablesSetting always fails
GO-15939	The Mutex profile option is absent in GoLand 2023.3
GO-19093	Fix the HTTP scratch file template
GO-18487	go1.24 generic type alias type inference not working correctly
GO-19504	RLA: incorrect var leak processing
GO-19403	Non-modal welcome screen: Advanced Settings are missing
GO-19454	'Add sample code' template uses spaces instead of tabs for indentation
GO-19446	Flaky test: com.goide.url.GoUrlCheckerTest.testFindAllUrlsInGolandProject
GO-19483	Flaky test: DlvVarsTest (related to delve bug)
GO-19622	No way to open 'Theme' and 'Keymap' pop-ups on Welcome Screen
GO-19392	Go code blocks parsed incorrectly with light AST on file open
GO-19379	Nil dereference: false-positive like `x != nil && *x` in a struct field initialization
GO-19519	Generate > Tests for file command freezes GoLand
GO-19321	nil dereference warning when using errors.As
GO-19180	Goland: False Positive Nil dereference while using errors.Join
GO-19390	Import folding for .GO files doesn't work in all IDEs
GO-19348	Click on the inlay hint for implementation will not open the popup but jump to the code directly
GO-19605	RLA does not process methods
GO-19581	RLA: calling `Close()` on a leaked variable doesn’t release the resource
GO-19575	RLA: support naked return statements
GO-19599	RLA: false negative when a response field escapes
GO-19129	[Go Linter] UOE: VirtualFile.toNioPath
GO-19472	Goland hangs on start
GO-18811	GoLand 2025.1.2 incorrectly reports type errors when using generic type aliases, falsely flagging valid constructor returns and method parameter usage despite correct compilation with Go 1.24.1.
GO-18113	(EAP) Go 1.24: tool dependencies are marked as "unused dependencies" in go.mod
GO-19595	golangci-lint version mismatch leads to unclosable 'Failed to detect linters' error

Exception

Ticket	Description
GO-19424	IAE: VgoModulesRegistry.$$$reportNull$$$0
GO-19423	IVFAE: VirtualDirectoryImpl.handleInvalidDirectory
GO-19413	IOE: ObjectTree.register
GO-19506	ISE: FileTemplateManagerImpl.getTemplateFromManager
GO-19442	IOOBE: SortedListModel.getElementAt
GO-19663	Not a valid absolute path [Plugin: com.ypwang.plugin.go-linter] on MAC

Performance Problem

Ticket	Description
GO-15736	Suspiciously hot method FileTypeManager.getFileTypeByFileName()
GO-19650	Performance degradation in code style inspections

08 December 2025