Issues

• AWS: alias records with aws-target-hosted-zone are UPSERTed every sync (aws/target-hosted-zone never read back in records())

  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6778 · Filter by author camcelroy opened on Sep 30, 2026
  1

• feat(source): support NodePort and ClusterIP service targets

  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6769 · Filter by author andrew-c-hay opened on Sep 27, 2026
  1

• rfc2136 provider can write MX records but cannot read them back (AXFR handler has no MX case)

  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6754 · Filter by author saikatdas0790 opened on Sep 24, 2026

• Update multiple Piholes on change

  kind/feature
  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6753 · Filter by author robertlagrant opened on Sep 24, 2026

• RFC2136 Provider Fails to Update DNS When First Nameserver is Down

  kind/bug
  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6733 · Filter by author Yasminkundur opened on Sep 16, 2026
  7

• RFC2136: AXFR error: dns: no signature found on multi-message AXFR despite successful transfer on server side

  kind/bug
  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6732 · Filter by author g0k8s opened on Sep 16, 2026
  1

• Google Cloud DNS provider: changes.create carries no context or timeout, so one slow response stalls the reconcile loop indefinitely

  kind/bug
  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6729 · Filter by author jukie opened on Sep 15, 2026
  2

• rfc2136-min-ttl results in record recreation in each reconciliation cycle

  kind/bug
  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6723 · Filter by author mateuszdrab opened on Sep 12, 2026
  4

• Add service level info to telemetry

  kind/feature
  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6719 · Filter by author cpreciad opened on Sep 10, 2026

• TXT records are write-once: the txt registry cannot map a TXT ownership record back, so updates and deletes are silently dropped

  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6718 · Filter by author berkkulaksiz opened on Sep 10, 2026
  1

• Bug: RFC2136 reports multiple nameservers as failed when only one nameserver is unreachable

  kind/bug
  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6715 · Filter by author Yasminkundur opened on Sep 10, 2026
  1

• Semantic releases to prevent breaking changes causing issues

  kind/feature
  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6712 · Filter by author runningman84 opened on Sep 8, 2026
  6

• automountServiceAccountToken: false fatally crashes the pod despite being a documented option

  kind/bug
  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6704 · Filter by author Md-Arif-Hasan opened on Sep 7, 2026

• Cloudflare custom hostname applied to every headless-service record, not just the annotated hostname

  kind/bug
  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6698 · Filter by author ThisIsQasim opened on Sep 2, 2026
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• upsert-only leaves an ownership TXT behind when Route 53 rejects a record type change

  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6683 · Filter by author thc1006 opened on Aug 29, 2026

• AWS Route53 DNS migration doesn't update txtOwnerId if there is no change

  kind/bug
  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6671 · Filter by author Harrison-Seow opened on Aug 28, 2026

• Gateway API: HTTPRoute still publish old listener hostname after sectionName change

  kind/bug
  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6639 · Filter by author thc1006 opened on Aug 17, 2026
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• Enable require-error checker in testifylint

  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6636 · Filter by author andrew-c-hay opened on Aug 17, 2026
  2

• external-dns creates and deletes constantly the Cloudflare records for kind: HTTPRoute

  kind/bug
  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6632 · Filter by author zentavr opened on Aug 16, 2026
  1

• Records created without ownership TXTs when a same-named TXT owned by a different owner ID is present

  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6617 · Filter by author dnraitzyk opened on Aug 7, 2026
  2

• Gateway API: external-dns creates wildcard DNS record from Gateway listener hostname

  kind/bug
  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6596 · Filter by author paxlo opened on Jul 31, 2026
  2

• Gateway API source: support decoupled DNS hostname from listener hostname via annotations (consistent with Ingress source)

  kind/feature
  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6594 · Filter by author cleman95 opened on Jul 31, 2026

• secretConfiguration deprecation points to ESO, but ESO doesn't cover its actual use case

  kind/feature
  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6587 · Filter by author shcherbak opened on Jul 27, 2026
  5

• Allow Policy to be Settable from annotation

  kind/feature
  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6577 · Filter by author Syndlex opened on Jul 24, 2026
  1

• RFC2136/GSS-TSIG against Active Directory broken on external-dns >= 0.18.0 (works fine on 0.15.0)

  kind/bug
  kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#6573 · Filter by author Mick46 opened on Jul 22, 2026
  4