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PowerDNS Recursor Plexus preserves Recursor performance after restarts
DNS resolvers are designed for continuous operation and typically do not require regular restarts. In real-world environments, however, restarts are sometimes unavoidable. Configuration changes, software updates ...
PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.12 and 2.0.3 Released (Security Release)
Today we released two new versions of DNSdist, 1.9.12 and 2.0.3, fixing several security issues that have been reported to us. These security issues are low-severity or involve unusual configurations. The issues ...
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.1.0-alpha1 Released
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.1.0-alpha1 Every year during winter, we at PowerDNS benefit from our developers being snowed in and having no choice but to work on our codebase. Now that the snowdrifts are about ...
PowerDNS DNSdist 2.1.0-beta2 Released
Today we released the second beta version of what will become PowerDNS DNSdist 2.1.0. This new version brings a single fix since the first beta: the newly introduced Dynamic Block AllowedRCodeRatio could only be ...
PowerDNS Recursor 5.4.0 Released
We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 5.4.0!
PowerDNS DNSdist 2.1.0-beta1 Released
Today we released the first beta version of what will become PowerDNS DNSdist 2.1.0. This new version brings new features and improvements since the first alpha: OpenTelemetry: add flags field in TRACEPARENT EDNS...
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.0.3 & 4.9.13
Today, we are releasing two new versions of the PowerDNS Authoritative Server. These 4.9.13 and 5.0.3 versions only contain bugfixes.
Multi-cluster observability for cloud-native PowerDNS installations
A future-proof architecture, lower operational costs, improved scalability, and more efficient platform management through containerization, automation, orchestration, lifecycle management, monitoring, and alerti...
First release candidate of PowerDNS Recursor 5.4.0
We are proud to announce the first release candidate of PowerDNS Recursor 5.4.0!
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-01
Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.1.10, 5.2.8 and 5.3.5. These releases fix a PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-01: Crafted zones can lead to increased resource usage in Recursor There are two CVEs associa...