go - Goroutine execution inside an http handler

Question

If I start a goroutine inside an http handler, is it going to complete even after returning the response ? Here is an example code:

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "time"
)

func worker() {
    fmt.Println("worker started")
    time.Sleep(time.Second * 10)
    fmt.Println("worker completed")
}

func HomeHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
    go worker()
    w.Write([]byte("Hello, World!"))
}

func main() {
    http.HandleFunc("/home", HomeHandler)
    http.ListenAndServe(":8081", nil)
}

In the above example, is that worker goroutine going to complete in all situations ? Or is there any special case when it is not going to complete?

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