development. Regular users should refer to :ref:`Release Notes <relnotes>`
for changes relevant to them.
+.. include:: ../changelog/changelog-9.18.45.rst
.. include:: ../changelog/changelog-9.18.44.rst
.. include:: ../changelog/changelog-9.18.43.rst
.. include:: ../changelog/changelog-9.18.42.rst
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+.. Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+..
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+..
+.. This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+.. License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
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+
+BIND 9.18.45
+------------
+
+Feature Changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Update requirements for system test suite. ``37bd997a39``
+
+ Python 3.10 or newer is now required for running the system test
+ suite. The required python packages and their version requirements are
+ now tracked in `bin/tests/system/requirements.txt`.
+
+ Support for pytest 9.0.0 has been added its minimum supported version
+ has been raised to 7.0.0. The minimum supported dnspython version has
+ been raised to 2.3.0. :gl:`#5690` :gl:`#5614` :gl:`!11470`
+
+Bug Fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Use const pointer with strchr of const pointer. ``2b10ee4f13``
+
+ :gl:`#5694` :gl:`!11464`
+
+- Fix brid and hhit implementation. ``e3caaa16f1``
+
+ Fix bugs in BRID and HHIT implementation and enable the unit tests.
+ :gl:`#5710` :gl:`!11493`
+
+- DSYNC record incorrectly used two octets for the Scheme Field.
+ ``6fd748d1fc``
+
+ When creating the `DSYNC` record from a structure, `uint16_tobuffer`
+ was used instead of `uint8_tobuffer` when adding the scheme, causing a
+ `DSYNC` record that was one octet too long. This has been fixed.
+ :gl:`#5711` :gl:`!11484`
+
+