A GitHub proposal (issue #62026) requests adding a native `crypto/uuid` package to Go's standard library for generating and parsing UUIDs (versions 3, 4, and 5, with later discussion of v7). The rationale is that `github.com/google/uuid` is a near-universal dependency in Go server and database applications, UUID is an established RFC standard (RFC 9562), and most other languages include UUID support in their standard libraries. The proposal has faced prior rejections but remains active, with a related alternative proposal (#76319) scoping down to UUID generation only, excluding parsing.
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