x/tools/cmd/getgo: Fails with 400 Bad Request error

[cannona]

What version of Go are you using (go version)?

$ go version
1.20.6 linux/amd64

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

When fetching with curl -LO https://get.golang.org/$(uname)/go_installer yes.

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

Debion Linux on an AMD Ryzen processor.

What did you do?

curl -LO https://get.golang.org/$(uname)/go_installer && chmod +x go_installer && ./go_installer && rm go_installer

What did you expect to see?

A correct installation.

What did you see instead?

Welcome to the Go installer!
Downloading Go version go1.21.0
time 2023-08-04T20:14:06Z to /home/cannona/.go
This may take a bit of time...
Downloading Go from 400 Bad Request failed with HTTP status %!s(MISSING)

Hopefully this can be fixed, or perhaps it just moves up the timeline for #60951

[dmitshur]

Thanks for reporting this.

CC @golang/tools-team as owners of this component.

Also CC @golang/release as FYI since this is related to the user experience of Go toolchain downloads. We try to provide a good experience at https://go.dev/dl/ and via the golang.org/dl/goX.Y.Z commands, but anyone using get.golang.org misses out on that.

[dmitshur]

For what it's worth, the problem in getgo appears to be that it's treating the entire content of the VERSION file as a Go version, but as of Go 1.21.0 the VERSION file contains a timestamp on the second line. It should be using just the first line, or better yet, the go.dev/dl/?mode=json API.

[wadey]

FYI, it looks like this was fixed back in 2021 with this commit, related to this issue: #42676

• golang/tools@126df1d

I'm assuming no-one has published a new build to https://get.golang.org/$(uname)/go_installer since that commit.

[mascenzi80]

is there any update on this? I'm attempting to get Podman up and running, which is a point of failure in the process.

[hyangah]

getgo was a proof-of-concept installer, which later got replaced with golang.org/dl/* and other installers.
get.golang.org wasn't maintained for a while.

For users who depended on getgo: can you please comment in #60951 and explain what aspect of the officially supported go installation process doesn't meet your need? Thanks!

[rkgj4106]

I had same problems...while install
is there any update???got some same errors

downloading go from 400 bad request failed with http status %!s(missing)

[Gwolfgit]

Same problem on two different systems.

Local
gwolf@orion$ uname -a
Linux orion 6.1.0-13-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.55-1 (2023-09-29) x86_64 GNU/Linux

gwolf@orion$ ./go_installer
Welcome to the Go installer!
Downloading Go version go1.21.5
time 2023-11-29T21:21:46Z to /home/gwolf/.go
This may take a bit of time...
Downloading Go from 400 Bad Request failed with HTTP status %!s(MISSING)

This one is a container on a remote
root@egress-tornado:~# uname -a
Linux egress-tornado 5.15.0-89-generic #99-Ubuntu SMP Mon Oct 30 20:42:41 UTC 2023 x86_64 GNU/Linux

root@egress-tornado:~# ./go_installer
Welcome to the Go installer!
Downloading Go version go1.21.5
time 2023-11-29T21:21:46Z to /root/.go
This may take a bit of time...
Downloading Go from 400 Bad Request failed with HTTP status %!s(MISSING)

[Gwolfgit]

getgo was a proof-of-concept installer, which later got replaced with golang.org/dl/* and other installers. get.golang.org wasn't maintained for a while.

For users who depended on getgo: can you please comment in #60951 and explain what aspect of the officially supported go installation process doesn't meet your need? Thanks!

A document that uses this installer is the first result on Google when you search "Install golang" and "download golang" so golang needs to either fix it or update the page.

[adonovan]

A document that uses this installer is the first result on Google when you search "Install golang" and "download golang" so golang needs to either fix it or update the page.

Just curious, which page did Google search turn up? None of the results for me included this term. But I agree that any docs we maintain should promote only accurate answers, and the tool's own documentation should make its status clear.

[hyangah]

Closing - getgo is deprecated. #60951