diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2efe8f5f0c279ce53bc56ca1823906f77b92c029
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
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+go1.24rc1
+time 2024-12-12T18:32:31Z