Go's New Experimental Packages: What to Know

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This blog post is about Go 1.25’s new experimental encoding/json/v2 and encoding/json/jsontext packages, which bring long-awaited improvements and fixes.
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Go 1.25 introduces new experimental packages for encoding and unmarshaling of Go types. The new packages are not visible by default and may undergo future API changes. This blog post argues for a new major API version and explains how you can make use of it.