Changes for version v0.3.8 - 2026-05-17

  • Security
    • Metrics names and values are now validated to ensure they do not contain characters below ASCII 32 (including newlines), colon (":") or pipe ("|") characters that might allow metric injection. CVE-2026-46720
  • Documentation
    • Generate the README with the UsefulReadme plugin.
    • Added a SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS section to the POD.
    • Added a security policy.
    • Documented the Perl version support policy.
    • Updated copyright year.
    • Updated author email address.
    • Fixed SOURCE link.
  • Tests
    • Moved author tests into xt directory.
  • Toolchain
    • Stopped signing releases with Module::Signature.
    • Reorganised Dist::Zilla and Pod::Weaver configuration.

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A tiny StatsD client that supports multimetric packets