The Elastic APM Go Agent 1.0.0 has been officially released, marking its general availability with enhanced features, bug fixes, and optimizations for monitoring Go applications. As part of the Elastic Application Performance Monitoring (APM) suite, which supports several programming languages including Java, Node.js, and Python, the Go agent allows developers to instrument their applications by fetching the agent source and using built-in modules or custom spans to monitor performance and capture errors. This release introduces changes such as support for distributed tracing in Elastic Stack version 6.5.0 or greater, a new V2 intake protocol for more efficient event streaming, and improved OpenTracing integration for better correlation of spans with transactions. Additionally, new instrumentation modules for Redigo and go-restful frameworks have been implemented, and the agent's import path has been updated to "go.elastic.co/apm". Developers can visualize application performance data in the APM UI, with insights into request numbers, response times, and code path contributions to performance, while also participating in community discussions and surveys to influence future updates.