update go in pipelines

Author: timmy-wright

.github/workflows/check-coverage.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         if: success()
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
-          go-version: '1.24'
+          go-version: '1.26'
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Run unit tests

.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
-          go-version: '1.24'
+          go-version: '1.26'
 
       - run: |
           set -ex

.github/workflows/go-test.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
       with:
-        go-version: '1.24'
+          go-version: '1.26'
     - run: |
         set -ex
         make test

.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
-          go-version: '1.24'
+          go-version: '1.26'
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v9

.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
       with:
-        go-version: '1.24'
+        go-version: '1.26'
     - run: |
         make validate-shell
       name: Lint shell/bash scripts with ShellCheck

.github/workflows/shellspec.yaml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
       with:
-        go-version: '1.24'
+        go-version: '1.26'
     - run: |
         make shellspec-ci
       name: Run shell/bash script unit tests with shellspec

.github/workflows/validate-components.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
-          go-version: '1.24'
+          go-version: '1.26'
       - name: Install cue
         run: |
           go version
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
       with:
-        go-version: '1.24'
+        go-version: '1.26'
     - name: Run GPU managed components version consistency test
       working-directory: ./e2e
       run: |

e2e/config/config.go

@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func mustGetNewRSAKeyPair() ([]byte, []byte, string) {
 
 	privateKeyFileName, err := writePrivateKeyToTempFile(privatePEMBytes)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("failed to write private key to temp file: %w", err))
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("failed to write private key to temp file: %w", err).Error())
 	}
 
 	return privatePEMBytes, publicKeyBytes, privateKeyFileName