CI: test with Go 1.24 (#2748)

Author: aldas

.github/workflows/checks.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ permissions:
 
 env:
   # run static analysis only with the latest Go version
-  LATEST_GO_VERSION: "1.23"
+  LATEST_GO_VERSION: "1.24"
 
 jobs:
   check:

.github/workflows/echo.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ permissions:
 
 env:
   # run coverage and benchmarks only with the latest Go version
-  LATEST_GO_VERSION: "1.23"
+  LATEST_GO_VERSION: "1.24"
 
 jobs:
   test:
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         # Echo tests with last four major releases (unless there are pressing vulnerabilities)
         # As we depend on `golang.org/x/` libraries which only support last 2 Go releases we could have situations when
         # we derive from last four major releases promise.
-        go: ["1.20", "1.21", "1.22", "1.23"]
+        go: ["1.21", "1.22", "1.23", "1.24"]
     name: ${{ matrix.os }} @ Go ${{ matrix.go }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:

Makefile

@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ benchmark: ## Run benchmarks
 help: ## Display this help screen
 	@grep -h -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
 
-goversion ?= "1.20"
-test_version: ## Run tests inside Docker with given version (defaults to 1.20 oldest supported). Example: make test_version goversion=1.20
+goversion ?= "1.21"
+test_version: ## Run tests inside Docker with given version (defaults to 1.21 oldest supported). Example: make test_version goversion=1.21
 	@docker run --rm -it -v $(shell pwd):/project golang:$(goversion) /bin/sh -c "cd /project && make init check"