Changes for version v0.9.0 - 2026-05-16
- Security
- Metrics names are now validated to ensure they do not contain newlines, ":" or "|" characters that might allow metric injection. CVE-2026-46719
- Documentation
- Added a security policy.
- Updated copyright year.
- Updated author email address.
- Fixed SOURCE link in README.
- Removed INSTALL guide.
- Added doap.xml.
- Generate README with the UsefulReadme plugin.
- Improved Pod::Weaver configuration and reorganised POD sections.
- Added a SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS section.
- Tests
- Added more author tests.
- Moved author tests to xt directory.
- Toolchain
- Stopped signing distributions with Module::Signature.
- Updated Dist::Zilla configuration.
Modules
A lightweight StatsD client that supports multimetric packets