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Valid.Nsupdate_zone Collection Release Notes
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v1.1.0
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Release Summary
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Significant enhancements to DNS zone management with improved usability, validation, and defaults.

New Features
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- Add ignore_dnssec_records flag (default: true) to automatically ignore DNSSEC-managed records
- Add ignore_soa_records flag (default: true) to automatically ignore SOA records
- Add validate_records flag (default: true) with comprehensive record value validation
- Record validation supports A/AAAA addresses, CNAME/MX/NS/PTR/SRV FQDNs, and text records
- Add global dns_server parameter allowing all zones to share one server configuration
- Add verbose flag for detailed per-record action output (Added, Removed, Changed, Skipped)
- Full diff mode support for --diff flag
- Improve error messages with clear validation feedback

Bugfixes
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- Fix zone parameter to accept optional dns_server (now truly optional with global parameter)
- Improve record normalization handling

v1.0.0
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Release Summary
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Initial release of the valid.nsupdate_zone collection providing efficient DNS zone management.

New Modules
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- valid.nsupdate_zone.nsupdate_zone - Manage complete DNS zones using AXFR and atomic batched DNS UPDATE messages per RFC 2136

New Features
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- Fetch complete zone state via AXFR zone transfer
- Compare current state with desired state specified in YAML
- Apply all changes atomically in single UPDATE message per zone
- Configurable ignore patterns for record types and names (e.g., NS, ACME challenges)
- Optional parallel processing for multiple zones
- Full check mode support
- 50x faster than individual record updates for large zones