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title: First alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.3.0 | PowerDNS Blog
description: We're proud to announce the first alpha release for the PowerDNS Recursor 4.3 release train.
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# [First alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 4.3.0 | PowerDNS Blog](https://blog.powerdns.com/2019/09/04/first-alpha-release-of-powerdns-recursor-4-3-0)

 Written by [Otto Moerbeek](https://blog.powerdns.com/author/otto-moerbeek) | Sep 4, 2019 4:00:00 AM

We’re proud to announce the first alpha release for the PowerDNS Recursor 4.3 release train. Two major features are introduced:

- A relaxed form of QName Minimization as described in [rfc7816bis-01](https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-dnsop-rfc7816bis-01) has been implemented. To test this feature, do not forget to enable `qname-minimization` in the settings file.
- When the recursor is started by systemd, the recursor will no longer run as the `root` user. Instead, it will start as the `pdns-recursor` user. Make sure directories and files needed by your specific recursor setup are readable by this user. For non-systemd and non-chroot cases, the default location of the control socket and pid file has changed to `/var/run/pdns-recursor`.

Please see the [changelog](https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.3.html#change-4.3.0-alpha1) for details about other improvements and bug fixes and the [documentation](https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/) for more details about setting up the recursor.

We want to thank everyone that contributed to this and earlier releases, and invite you to contribute to the testing of this alpha release!

The [tarball](https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/pdns-recursor-4.3.0-alpha1.tar.bz2) ([signature](https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/pdns-recursor-4.3.0-alpha1.tar.bz2.sig)) is available at [downloads.powerdns.com](https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/) and packages for CentOS 6 and 7, Debian Stretch and Buster and Ubuntu Xenial and Bionic are available from [repo.powerdns.com](https://repo.powerdns.com/).

Please send us all feedback and issues you might have via the [mailing list](https://mailman.powerdns.com/mailman/listinfo/pdns-users), or in case of a bug, via [GitHub](https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/new).

 

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