Default severity: warning
Before Go 1.23, an unreferenced ticker could not be reclaimed unless it was
stopped. Because time.Tick does not expose the ticker, returning functions
should use time.NewTicker and stop it when they are finished.
Go 1.23 and newer can reclaim unreferenced tickers, so this check does not
report projects targeting those versions. Tests, main packages, and endless
functions are also accepted.
Bad
ticks := time.Tick(time.Second)Good
ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
defer ticker.Stop()