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# /mir-backend-go-gin · Make It Right (Gin)
Bottom tier of the chain: `mir-backend` (generic gates) → `mir-backend-go` (Go runtime model) → **this** (Gin library mechanics). Run the gates first; load the Go runtime tier for goroutine lifecycle, context propagation, and race discipline; reach for *this* at Gate 5 (design mechanics), Gate 6 (implementation), and Gate 7 review. **Runtime-level concerns (goroutine leaks, data races, context propagation, typed-nil, slice aliasing, `http.Server` timeouts) live in `mir-backend-go` — not here.**
**Stack state, verified 13 Aug 2026.** `github.com/gin-gonic/gin` **v1.12.0** (2026-02-28) is current; v1.11.0 (2025-09-20) added HTTP/3 via quic-go and `BindPlain`. v1.12.0's `go.mod` requires **Go 1.25** — an older toolchain will not build it. Gin is a `net/http` framework: `*gin.Engine` implements `http.Handler`, so standard `net/http` middleware composes with it. If the project uses `gin-contrib/*` middleware or GORM, note the interaction before applying these.
## The Gin footguns AI walks into most
### 1. `*gin.Context` is request-scoped — never retain it across the handler boundary
`*gin.Context` is reused from a `sync.Pool` after the handler returns. Passing a `*gin.Context` reference to a goroutine spawned inside the handler and then accessing it after the handler returns causes a data race on the pooled object — you get another request's data or a crash.
- **Call `c.Copy()` before passing `*gin.Context` to any goroutine.**
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