olblak · Jun 30, 2026 · May 24, 2026 · May 24, 2026 · May 26, 2026 · May 27, 2026
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/autodiscovery/golang/dependency.go b/pkg/plugins/autodiscovery/golang/dependency.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"text/template"
 
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/updatecli/updatecli/pkg/plugins/utils/age"
 )
 
 // discoverDependencyManifests search for each go.mod file
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ func (g Golang) discoverDependencyManifests() ([][]byte, error) {
 					g.actionID,
 					relativeWorkDir,
 					goModTidyEnabled,
+					g.spec.Age,
 				)
 				if err != nil {
 					logrus.Debugf("skipping golang module %q module due to: %s", goModule, err)
@@ -191,6 +193,7 @@ func (g Golang) discoverDependencyManifests() ([][]byte, error) {
 					g.actionID,
 					relativeWorkDir,
 					goModTidyEnabled,
+					g.spec.Age,
 				)
 				if err != nil {
 					logrus.Debugf("skipping golang module %q module due to: %s", replace.NewPath, err)
@@ -235,7 +238,8 @@ func (g Golang) discoverDependencyManifests() ([][]byte, error) {
 				g.versionFilter.Regex,
 				goVersionPattern,
 				g.scmID,
-				g.actionID)
+				g.actionID,
+				g.spec.Age)
 			if err != nil {
 				logrus.Debugln(err)
 				logrus.Debugln("skipping golang version manifest due to previous error")
@@ -250,7 +254,14 @@ func (g Golang) discoverDependencyManifests() ([][]byte, error) {
 	return manifests, nil
 }
 
-func getGolangVersionManifest(filename, versionFilterKind, versionFilterRegex, versionFilterPattern, scmID, actionID string) ([]byte, error) {
+func getGolangVersionManifest(
+	filename,
+	versionFilterKind,
+	versionFilterRegex,
+	versionFilterPattern,
+	scmID,
+	actionID string,
+	a age.Spec) ([]byte, error) {
 	tmpl, err := template.New("manifest").Parse(goManifestTemplate)
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.Debugln(err)
@@ -264,13 +275,15 @@ func getGolangVersionManifest(filename, versionFilterKind, versionFilterRegex, v
 		VersionFilterPattern string
 		VersionFilterRegex   string
 		ScmID                string
+		Age                  age.Spec
 	}{
 		ActionID:             actionID,
 		GoModFile:            filename,
 		VersionFilterKind:    versionFilterKind,
 		VersionFilterPattern: versionFilterPattern,
 		VersionFilterRegex:   versionFilterRegex,
 		ScmID:                scmID,
+		Age:                  a,
 	}
 
 	manifest := bytes.Buffer{}
@@ -281,7 +294,17 @@ func getGolangVersionManifest(filename, versionFilterKind, versionFilterRegex, v
 	return manifest.Bytes(), nil
 }
 
-func getGolangModuleManifest(filename, module, versionFilterKind, versionFilterPattern, versionFilterRegex, scmID, actionID, workdir string, goModTidy bool) ([]byte, error) {
+func getGolangModuleManifest(
+	filename,
+	module,
+	versionFilterKind,
+	versionFilterPattern,
+	versionFilterRegex,
+	scmID,
+	actionID,
+	workdir string,
+	goModTidy bool,
+	a age.Spec) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	tmpl, err := template.New("manifest").Parse(goModuleManifestTemplate)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -299,6 +322,7 @@ func getGolangModuleManifest(filename, module, versionFilterKind, versionFilterP
 		GoModTidyEnabled     bool
 		ScmID                string
 		WorkDir              string
+		Age                  age.Spec
 	}{
 		ActionID:             actionID,
 		GoModFile:            filename,
@@ -309,6 +333,7 @@ func getGolangModuleManifest(filename, module, versionFilterKind, versionFilterP
 		GoModTidyEnabled:     goModTidy,
 		ScmID:                scmID,
 		WorkDir:              workdir,
+		Age:                  a,
 	}
 
 	manifest := bytes.Buffer{}
@@ -330,7 +355,7 @@ func getGolangReplaceModuleManifest(filename,
 	actionID,
 	workdir string,
 	goModTidy bool,
-) ([]byte, error) {
+	a age.Spec) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	tmpl, err := template.New("manifest").Parse(goReplaceModuleManifestTemplate)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -350,6 +375,7 @@ func getGolangReplaceModuleManifest(filename,
 		GoModTidyEnabled     bool
 		ScmID                string
 		WorkDir              string
+		Age                  age.Spec
 	}{
 		ActionID:             actionID,
 		GoModFile:            filename,
@@ -362,6 +388,7 @@ func getGolangReplaceModuleManifest(filename,
 		GoModTidyEnabled:     goModTidy,
 		ScmID:                scmID,
 		WorkDir:              workdir,
+		Age:                  a,
 	}
 
 	manifest := bytes.Buffer{}

diff --git a/pkg/plugins/autodiscovery/golang/main.go b/pkg/plugins/autodiscovery/golang/main.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/updatecli/updatecli/pkg/plugins/utils/age"
 	"github.com/updatecli/updatecli/pkg/plugins/utils/version"
 )
 
@@ -20,35 +21,35 @@ type Spec struct {
 	OnlyGoModule *bool `yaml:",omitempty"`
 	// ignore allows to specify "rule" to ignore autodiscovery a specific go.mod rule
 	Ignore MatchingRules `yaml:",omitempty"`
-	/*
-		`only` allows to specify rule to "only" autodiscover manifest for a specific golang rule
-	*/
+	// `only` allows to specify rule to "only" autodiscover manifest for a specific golang rule
 	Only MatchingRules `yaml:",omitempty"`
-	/*
-		`versionfilter` provides parameters to specify the version pattern to use when generating manifest.
-
-		kind - semver
-			versionfilter of kind `semver` uses semantic versioning as version filtering
-			pattern accepts one of:
-				`patch` - patch only update patch version
-				`minor` - minor only update minor version
-				`major` - major only update major versions
-				`a version constraint` such as `>= 1.0.0`
-
-		kind - regex
-			versionfilter of kind `regex` uses regular expression as version filtering
-			pattern accepts a valid regular expression
-
-		example:
-		```
-			versionfilter:
-				kind: semver
-				pattern: minor
-		```
-
-		and its type like regex, semver, or just latest.
-	*/
+	// `versionfilter` provides parameters to specify the version pattern to use when generating manifest.
+	//
+	// kind - semver
+	// 	versionfilter of kind `semver` uses semantic versioning as version filtering
+	// 	pattern accepts one of:
+	// 	  `patch` - patch only update patch version
+	// 	  `minor` - minor only update minor version
+	// 	  `major` - major only update major versions
+	// 	  `a version constraint` such as `>= 1.0.0`
+	//
+	// kind - regex
+	// 	versionfilter of kind `regex` uses regular expression as version filtering
+	// 	pattern accepts a valid regular expression
+	//
+	// example:
+	// ```
+	// 	versionfilter:
+	// 		kind: semver
+	// 		pattern: minor
+	// ```
+	//
+	// and its type like regex, semver, or just latest.
+	//
 	VersionFilter version.Filter `yaml:",omitempty"`
+	// Age defines the minimum or maximum age of a release to be considered valid.
+	// It accepts a duration string (e.g., "24h", "7d", "1w").
+	Age age.Spec `yaml:",omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Golang holds all information needed to generate golang manifest.

diff --git a/pkg/plugins/autodiscovery/golang/main_test.go b/pkg/plugins/autodiscovery/golang/main_test.go
@@ -6,15 +6,115 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"github.com/updatecli/updatecli/pkg/plugins/utils/age"
 )
 
 func TestDiscoverManifests(t *testing.T) {
 
 	testdata := []struct {
 		name              string
 		rootDir           string
+		spec              Spec
 		expectedPipelines []string
 	}{
+		{
+			name:    "Maximum one year old Golang Version",
+			rootDir: "testdata/noSumFile",
+			spec: Spec{
+				Age: age.Spec{
+					Maximum: "1y",
+				},
+			},
+			expectedPipelines: []string{`name: 'deps(go): bump module gopkg.in/yaml.v3'
+sources:
+  module:
+    name: 'Get latest golang module gopkg.in/yaml.v3 version'
+    kind: 'golang/module'
+    spec:
+      age:
+        maximum: '1y'
+      module: 'gopkg.in/yaml.v3'
+      versionfilter:
+        kind: 'semver'
+        pattern: '>=3.0.1'
+targets:
+  module:
+    name: 'deps(go): bump module gopkg.in/yaml.v3 to {{ source "module" }}'
+    kind: 'golang/gomod'
+    sourceid: 'module'
+    spec:
+      file: 'go.mod'
+      module: 'gopkg.in/yaml.v3'
+`, `name: 'deps(golang): bump Go version'
+sources:
+  go:
+    name: 'Get latest Go version'
+    kind: 'golang'
+    spec:
+      age:
+        maximum: '1y'
+      versionfilter:
+        kind: 'semver'
+        pattern: '>=1.20.0'
+targets:
+  go:
+    name: 'deps(golang): bump Go version to {{ source "go" }}'
+    kind: 'golang/gomod'
+    sourceid: 'go'
+    spec:
+      file: 'go.mod'
+`,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "Minimum one year old Golang Version",
+			rootDir: "testdata/noSumFile",
+			spec: Spec{
+				Age: age.Spec{
+					Minimum: "1y",
+				},
+			},
+			expectedPipelines: []string{`name: 'deps(go): bump module gopkg.in/yaml.v3'
+sources:
+  module:
+    name: 'Get latest golang module gopkg.in/yaml.v3 version'
+    kind: 'golang/module'
+    spec:
+      age:
+        minimum: '1y'
+      module: 'gopkg.in/yaml.v3'
+      versionfilter:
+        kind: 'semver'
+        pattern: '>=3.0.1'
+targets:
+  module:
+    name: 'deps(go): bump module gopkg.in/yaml.v3 to {{ source "module" }}'
+    kind: 'golang/gomod'
+    sourceid: 'module'
+    spec:
+      file: 'go.mod'
+      module: 'gopkg.in/yaml.v3'
+`, `name: 'deps(golang): bump Go version'
+sources:
+  go:
+    name: 'Get latest Go version'
+    kind: 'golang'
+    spec:
+      age:
+        minimum: '1y'
+      versionfilter:
+        kind: 'semver'
+        pattern: '>=1.20.0'
+targets:
+  go:
+    name: 'deps(golang): bump Go version to {{ source "go" }}'
+    kind: 'golang/gomod'
+    sourceid: 'go'
+    spec:
+      file: 'go.mod'
+`,
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name:    "Test with pseudo version",
 			rootDir: "testdata/pseudoVersion",
@@ -278,7 +378,7 @@ targets:
 	for _, tt := range testdata {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			resource, err := New(
-				Spec{}, tt.rootDir, "", "")
+				tt.spec, tt.rootDir, "", "")
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
 			var pipelines []string

diff --git a/pkg/plugins/autodiscovery/golang/manifestTemplate.go b/pkg/plugins/autodiscovery/golang/manifestTemplate.go
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ sources:
     name: 'Get latest Go version'
     kind: 'golang'
     spec:
+      {{- if or .Age.Minimum .Age.Maximum }}
+      age:
+        {{- if .Age.Minimum }}
+        minimum: '{{ .Age.Minimum }}'
+        {{- end }}
+        {{- if .Age.Maximum }}
+        maximum: '{{ .Age.Maximum }}'
+        {{- end }}
+      {{- end }}
       versionfilter:
         kind: '{{ .VersionFilterKind }}'
         pattern: '{{ .VersionFilterPattern }}'
@@ -43,6 +52,15 @@ sources:
     name: 'Get latest golang module {{ .Module }} version'
     kind: 'golang/module'
     spec:
+      {{- if or .Age.Minimum .Age.Maximum }}
+      age:
+        {{- if .Age.Minimum }}
+        minimum: '{{ .Age.Minimum }}'
+        {{- end }}
+        {{- if .Age.Maximum }}
+        maximum: '{{ .Age.Maximum }}'
+        {{- end }}
+      {{- end }}
       module: '{{ .Module }}'
       versionfilter:
         kind: '{{ .VersionFilterKind }}'
@@ -99,6 +117,15 @@ sources:
     name: 'Get latest golang module {{ .NewPathModule }} version'
     kind: 'golang/module'
     spec:
+      {{- if or .Age.Minimum .Age.Maximum }}
+      age:
+        {{- if .Age.Minimum }}
+        minimum: '{{ .Age.Minimum }}'
+        {{- end }}
+        {{- if .Age.Maximum }}
+        maximum: '{{ .Age.Maximum }}'
+        {{- end }}
+      {{- end }}
       module: '{{ .NewPathModule }}'
       versionfilter:
         kind: '{{ .VersionFilterKind }}'