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Otto Moerbeek on Sep 03, 2026

Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.4.6. This release is a maintenance release that includes a few improvements. The most important one is:

Otto Moerbeek on Aug 13, 2026

We are proud to announce the first alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 5.5.0!

Otto Moerbeek on Aug 06, 2026

Today we have released PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.9.17, 5.0.7, 5.1.4, Recursor 5.2.13, 5.3.10, 5.4.5, and dnsdist 1.9.16, 2.0.8, 2.1.1. These releases provide fixes for PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-11 for...

Otto Moerbeek on Jul 22, 2026

Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.12, 5.3.9 and 5.4.4. These releases provide fixes for PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-10 for PowerDNS Recursor: Multiple issues There are two CVEs associated with this...

Otto Moerbeek on Jun 25, 2026

Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.11, 5.3.8 and 5.4.3. These releases provide fixes for PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-08 for PowerDNS Recursor: Multiple issues There are several CVEs associated with ...

Otto Moerbeek on Jun 03, 2026

Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.10, 5.3.7 and 5.4.2. These releases are maintenance releases that fix a few bugs and have a few improvements. The most important ones are:

Otto Moerbeek on Apr 22, 2026

Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.9, 5.3.6 and 5.4.1. These releases provide fixes for PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-03 for PowerDNS Recursor: Multiple issues There are several CVEs associated with t...

Andrea Carpani on Mar 31, 2026

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 ...

Otto Moerbeek on Mar 09, 2026

We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 5.4.0!

Otto Moerbeek on Feb 17, 2026

We are proud to announce the first release candidate of PowerDNS Recursor 5.4.0!