# CoreDNS v1.13.0

- Product: CoreDNS (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/coredns)
- Vendor: CNCF
- Date: 2025-10-06
- Version: v1.13.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/coredns/coredns/releases/tag/v1.13.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/coredns/releases/v1.13.0

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- **added** — Add a Nomad plugin for integrating CoreDNS with HashiCorp Nomad
- **added** — Export timeout values in dnsserver.Server
- **added** — Add bounds for plugin args in dnstap plugin
- **changed** — Rely on dns.Server.ShutdownContext to gracefully stop
- **changed** — No failover to next upstream when receiving SERVFAIL or REFUSED response codes in forward plugin
- **fixed** — Fix Corefile infinite loop on unclosed braces
- **fixed** — Fix Corefile related import cycle issue
- **fixed** — Normalize panics on invalid origins
- **fixed** — Fix data race in tree Elem.Name in file plugin
- **fixed** — Enforce DNS message size limits in grpc plugin
- **fixed** — Prevent panic when ListenHosts is empty in loop plugin
- **fixed** — Avoid panic on invalid server block in loop plugin
- **fixed** — Prevent SIGTERM/reload deadlock in reload plugin

This release introduces a new Nomad plugin for integrating CoreDNS with HashiCorp Nomad.
It also fixes major Corefile issues on infinite loops and import cycles, improves shutdown
handling, normalizes core panics, addresses data races in the file plugin, enforces gRPC size
limits, adjusts forward failover behavior, as well as prevents reload deadlocks.

##### Brought to You By

Fitz_dev
Ilya Kulakov
Olli Janatuinen
Ville Vesilehto
Yong Tang

##### Noteworthy Changes

* core: Export timeout values in dnsserver.Server (https://github.com/coredns/coredns/pull/7497)
* core: Fix Corefile infinite loop on unclosed braces (https://github.com/coredns/coredns/pull/7571)
* core: Fix Corefile related import cycle issue (https://github.com/coredns/coredns/pull/7567)
* core: Normalize panics on invalid origins (https://github.com/coredns/coredns/pull/7563)
* core: Rely on dns.Server.ShutdownContext to gracefully stop (https://github.com/coredns/coredns/pull/7517)
* plugin/dnstap: Add bounds for plugin args (https://github.com/coredns/coredns/pull/7557)
* plugin/file: Fix data race in tree Elem.Name (https://github.com/coredns/coredns/pull/7574)
* plugin/forward: No failover to next upstream when receiving SERVFAIL or REFUSED response codes (https://github.com/coredns/coredns/pull/7458)
* plugin/grpc: Enforce DNS message size limits (https://github.com/coredns/coredns/pull/7490)
* plugin/loop: Prevent panic when ListenHosts is empty (https://github.com/coredns/coredns/pull/7565)
* plugin/loop: Avoid panic on invalid server block  (https://github.com/coredns/coredns/pull/7568)
* plugin/nomad: Add a Nomad plugin (https://github.com/coredns/coredns/pull/7467)
* plugin/reload: Prevent SIGTERM/reload deadlock (https://github.com/coredns/coredns/pull/7562)