Update Go version to 1.26.8

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https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/ROSAENG-66308 - Update minimum Go version from 1.26.0 to 1.26.8.

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• Chores
  • Updated the required Go version to 1.26.8.

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Walkthrough

The module’s declared Go version changes from 1.26.0 to 1.26.8.

Changes

Go version update

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Update module Go version go.mod	The module now requires Go 1.26.8 instead of 1.26.0.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 2f420

This updates the declared Go patch version only. No current merge-blocking risk is identified.

Suggested reviewers: pshickeydev

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 15

✅ Passed checks (15 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Stable And Deterministic Test Names	✅ Passed	PASS. The pull request changes only go.mod, replacing go 1.26.0 with go 1.26.8. It does not add or modify Ginkgo test titles, so it introduces no unstable test names.
Test Structure And Quality	✅ Passed	PASS: The pull request changes only go.mod, updating go 1.26.0 to go 1.26.8. It does not add or modify Ginkgo test code, so the listed test-structure requirements are not applicable.
Microshift Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	The pull request changes only go.mod, updating go 1.26.0 to go 1.26.8. The diff adds no Ginkgo tests and introduces no MicroShift-incompatible API, namespace, or feature usage.
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	PASS: The pull request changes only the go.mod Go version declaration from 1.26.0 to 1.26.8. The commit diff contains no added or modified Ginkgo e2e tests, so it introduces no SNO multi-node or…
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility	✅ Passed	PASS. The pull request changes only go.mod, updating go 1.26.0 to go 1.26.8. It does not add or modify deployment manifests, operators, controllers, or scheduling constraints. The topology-aware…
Ote Binary Stdout Contract	✅ Passed	PASS. The pull request changes only go.mod, from go 1.26.0 to go 1.26.8. It does not change Go source or process-level code, so it introduces no OTE stdout write or JSON stdout contract violatio…
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	PASS: The pull request changes only go.mod, updating the Go version from 1.26.0 to 1.26.8. It adds no Ginkgo e2e tests or networking behavior, so the IPv4 and external-connectivity conditions do…
No-Weak-Crypto	✅ Passed	The pull request changes only the go.mod language version from go 1.26.0 to go 1.26.8. The diff adds no MD5, SHA1, DES, RC4, 3DES, Blowfish, ECB, custom crypto, or secret-comparison code. The we…
Container-Privileges	✅ Passed	PASS. The pull request changes only go.mod, from go 1.26.0 to go 1.26.8. It does not change a container or Kubernetes manifest. Existing allowPrivilegeEscalation: true and runAsUser: 0 entri…
No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs	✅ Passed	PASS. The commit changes only go.mod, replacing go 1.26.0 with go 1.26.8. It adds no logging code or sensitive data output.
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: updating the Go version to 1.26.8.

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Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 74.06%. Comparing base (d12dd78) to head (2f42026).
⚠️ Report is 2 commits behind head on master.

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