Release notes for DNS Services
Use these release notes to learn about the latest updates to IBM Cloud® DNS Services that are grouped by date.
30 January 2025
- Profiles for custom resolvers
- You can now provision custom resolvers with different profiles.
- Custom resolver capacity
- Increased limits on forwarding rules, secondary zones, and the number of supported DNS records per secondary zone.
- View feature for forwarding rules
- The view feature enables advanced server block routing functions, such as split DNS.
- IXFR for secondary zone transfers
- Now supports both IXFR and AXFR transfers. IXFR incremental zone transfers increase efficiency by only sending the changed zone data instead of the entire set of zone data.
21 June 2023
- Platform metrics feature enabled
- Added support for platform metrics to DNS Services.
- Madrid region support added
- Added Madrid multi-zone region support.
24 August 2022
- Resolver locations
- Added UI feature to the custom resolver location settings. You can now change resolver location priority by clicking up or down arrows to reorder the list.
20 July 2022
- Secondary zones
- Added secondary zone features for UI, CLI, and API.
24 June 2022
- Cross account access and linked zones
- Added cross-account access and linked zones features for UI, CLI, and API.
18 April 2022
- Import and export DNS records
- Added UI support for importing and exporting DNS records.
23 March 2022
- Toronto and Sau Paulo supported across DNS Services
- Added support for Toronto and Sao Paulo regions.
17 November 2021
- GA release of custom resolver
- General availability release of custom resolver feature for UI, CLI, and API.
- Improved workflow
- Improve workflow and add tooltips for enhanced user experience.
- High Availability recommendations
- Update custom resolver High Availability recommendations from beta release.
- End of custom resolver beta program
- Custom resolver beta program ending on 1 December 2021.
14 July 2021
- Custom resolver beta
- Add the custom resolver beta feature for UI, CLI, and API.
- Import and export of resource records
- Add import and export of resource records for the CLI and API.
- New region support for permitted networks
- Add Sao Paulo region support for permitted networks.
18 May 2021
- Service clock synchronization
- Add service clock synchronization information.
29 March 2021
- New region support
- Added the Osaka region to list of available DNS Services resolver regions.