From 98ad9b3c03278d0af3ebd13f8ec9fc1a71d46745 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B8rn=20Erik=20Pedersen?=
 <bjorn.erik.pedersen@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2026 11:49:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Only support the latest Go version

Which is currently Go 1.26.

Closes #14997
---
 .github/workflows/test.yml    |  2 +-
 README.md                     |  2 +-
 commands/hugobuilder.go       |  4 ++--
 common/hstore/scratch_test.go | 10 +++-------
 go.mod                        |  2 +-
 resources/images/config.go    |  6 +++---
 6 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index fabf06820..425cc5be5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
   test:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.25.x, 1.26.x]
+        go-version: [1.26.x]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest] # macos disabled for now because of disk space issues.
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cec55af1e..4a70b3e21 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Install Hugo from a [prebuilt binary][], package manager, or package repository.
 To build Hugo from source you must install:
 
 1. [Git][]
-1. [Go][] version 1.25.0 or later
+1. [Go][] version 1.26.0 or later
 
 ### Standard edition
 
diff --git a/commands/hugobuilder.go b/commands/hugobuilder.go
index 563ec98bc..2ffe3fa58 100644
--- a/commands/hugobuilder.go
+++ b/commands/hugobuilder.go
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ func (c *hugoBuilder) newWatcher(pollIntervalStr string, dirList ...string) (*wa
 			case changes := <-c.r.changesFromBuild:
 				unlock, err := h.LockBuild()
 				if err != nil {
-					c.r.logger.Errorln("Failed to acquire a build lock: %s", err)
+					c.r.logger.Errorf("Failed to acquire a build lock: %s", err)
 					return
 				}
 				c.changeDetector.PrepareNew()
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ func (c *hugoBuilder) newWatcher(pollIntervalStr string, dirList ...string) (*wa
 			case evs := <-watcher.Events:
 				unlock, err := h.LockBuild()
 				if err != nil {
-					c.r.logger.Errorln("Failed to acquire a build lock: %s", err)
+					c.r.logger.Errorf("Failed to acquire a build lock: %s", err)
 					return
 				}
 				c.handleEvents(watcher, staticSyncer, evs, configSet)
diff --git a/common/hstore/scratch_test.go b/common/hstore/scratch_test.go
index 1f08d46a9..d3790ebac 100644
--- a/common/hstore/scratch_test.go
+++ b/common/hstore/scratch_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 package hstore
 
 import (
-	"reflect"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -69,9 +68,8 @@ func TestScratchAddSlice(t *testing.T) {
 	sl := scratch.Get("intSlice")
 	expected := []int{1, 2, 3}
 
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, sl) {
-		t.Errorf("Slice difference, go %q expected %q", sl, expected)
-	}
+	c.Assert(sl, qt.DeepEquals, expected)
+
 	_, err = scratch.Add("intSlice", []int{4, 5})
 
 	c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
@@ -79,9 +77,7 @@ func TestScratchAddSlice(t *testing.T) {
 	sl = scratch.Get("intSlice")
 	expected = []int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
 
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, sl) {
-		t.Errorf("Slice difference, go %q expected %q", sl, expected)
-	}
+	c.Assert(sl, qt.DeepEquals, expected)
 }
 
 // https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/5275
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index da9c47688..5f24b36a9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -191,4 +191,4 @@ require (
 	software.sslmate.com/src/go-pkcs12 v0.7.0 // indirect
 )
 
-go 1.25.0
+go 1.26.0
diff --git a/resources/images/config.go b/resources/images/config.go
index 93454c222..a9e60cac6 100644
--- a/resources/images/config.go
+++ b/resources/images/config.go
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func DecodeConfig(in map[string]any) (*config.ConfigNamespace[ImagingConfig, Ima
 		if i.Imaging.Anchor != "" {
 			anchor, found := anchorPositions[i.Imaging.Anchor]
 			if !found {
-				return i, nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid anchor value %q in imaging config", i.Anchor)
+				return i, nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid anchor value %q in imaging config", i.Imaging.Anchor)
 			}
 			i.Anchor = anchor
 		}
@@ -484,14 +484,14 @@ func (i *ImagingConfigInternal) Compile(externalCfg *ImagingConfig) error {
 	if externalCfg.Anchor != "" {
 		anchor, found := anchorPositions[externalCfg.Anchor]
 		if !found {
-			return fmt.Errorf("invalid anchor value %q in imaging config", i.Anchor)
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid anchor value %q in imaging config", externalCfg.Anchor)
 		}
 		i.Anchor = anchor
 	}
 
 	filter, found := imageFilters[externalCfg.ResampleFilter]
 	if !found {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%q is not a valid resample filter", filter)
+		return fmt.Errorf("%q is not a valid resample filter", externalCfg.ResampleFilter)
 	}
 	i.ResampleFilter = filter