Release v2026.1 (2026-06-29)

[Release information]

• Please note that some of the links to documents at doc.zonemaster.net might not work the first days after the release.
• Migration of the database is required by this release to add correct schema version. See Zonemaster-Backend upgrade guide, https://doc.zonemaster.net/v2026.1/upgrading/backend.html

[Breaking changes]

• Removes deprecated profile properties. See Zonemaster-Engine
• Changes saved packets’ serialization format. Data files saved with previous versions will not load. See Zonemaster-Engine

[Deprecations]

• None for this release

[Features]

• Adds All-In-One Docker image including CLI, Backend and GUI components. Documentation added by #1487. Also see https://doc.zonemaster.net/v2026.1/using/gui/all-in-one.html
• Adds migration guide for Zonemaster-Backend 12.1.0 (#1491, #1509)
• Specifies URL to TLD feature for GUI in RPCAPI (#1429)
• Update specification of DNSSEC10 to handle nonstandard NSEC responses (#1478)

[Fixes]

• Updates installation instructions to match FreeBSD 15 and changes from external LDNS to internal LDNS for FreeBSD (#1504)
• Drops unused log directory on Rocky Linux (#1489, #1502)
• Updates installation instruction with Capture::Tiny as dependency (#1497)
• Documents dependency on CBOR::XS (#1494)
• Corrects spelling in several documents (#1496)
• Fixes a link error in README file (#1492)
• Fixes link in the public documentation site (#1475)
• Resolves issue in Ubuntu 26.04 by having Debian/Ubuntu users install libcrypt-dev explicitly (#1479)
• Other fixes are found in the Zonemaster-LDNS, Zonemaster-Engine, Zonemaster-CLI, Zonemaster-Backend and Zonemaster-GUI release notes.

[Zonemaster product]

This version of Zonemaster also consists of the following components. For each component, see its Changes file or Github release notes for complete release information.

For more information on previous versions of the Zonemaster product see the Changes file or the releases page on Github. For general information see the README file.

The public documentation is also found in a nicer format on the documentation site. Zonemaster can be used and tested on the reference installation.