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Peter van Dijk on May 07, 2026

On this lovely day, we are releasing version 5.1.0-beta1 of the PowerDNS Authoritative Server. It contains many small new features and improvements over the previous 5.1.0-alpha1 release, as well as the unavoidab...

Oliver Michler on May 05, 2026

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of PowerDNS Authoritative Essentials – a streamlined, enterprise-grade solution designed for organizations that require high-performance, secure, and dependable DNS for their...

Peter van Dijk on Apr 22, 2026

Today, we are releasing two new versions of the PowerDNS Authoritative Server. These 4.9.14 and 5.0.4 versions provide fixes for the following PowerDNS Security Advisory: PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-05: Multi...

Erik Winkels on Mar 16, 2026

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 to start thawing, we can release that labou...

Peter van Dijk on Feb 20, 2026

Today, we are releasing two new versions of the PowerDNS Authoritative Server. These 4.9.13 and 5.0.3 versions only contain bugfixes.

Erik Winkels on Dec 11, 2025

Today, we are releasing two new versions of the PowerDNS Authoritative Server. These 4.9.12 and 5.0.2 versions contain minor bugfixes over the previous 4.9.11 and 5.0.1 versions, as well as a small new feature al...

Peter van Dijk on Oct 30, 2025

Today, we are releasing PowerDNS Authoritative Server version 5.0.1. This release contains a few bug fixes and improvements, and one new feature for LMDB backend users.

Erik Winkels on Oct 15, 2025

Today, we are releasing a new version of the PowerDNS Authoritative Server.

Erik Winkels on Sep 24, 2025

Today, we are releasing a new version of the PowerDNS Authoritative Server.

Neil Cook on Aug 26, 2025

One of the most requested features from customers in recent years has been the ability for PowerDNS Authoritative Server to support the concept of Views, and we’re pleased to announce that Views are the headline ...