VERSION | 2 ++

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..14b5935a9f6f1bd833593af1e2989d5c537dc2bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+go1.26rc1
+time 2025-12-15T22:30:00Z