<commit_before>+++
title = "CoreDNS-1.8.1 Release"
description = "CoreDNS-1.8.1 Release Notes."
tags = ["Release", "1.8.1", "Notes"]
release = "1.8.1"
date = 2021-01-20T08:00:00+00:00
author = "coredns"
draft = true
+++

DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT

The CoreDNS team has released
[CoreDNS-1.8.1](https://github.com/coredns/coredns/releases/tag/v1.8.1).

## Brought to You By

<NAME>, Bob, <NAME>, <NAME>, <NAME>, Gunadhya, <NAME>, <NAME>, luanphantiki, <NAME>, mgugger, <NAME>, Serge, sschepens, <NAME>, ZouYu.

## Noteworthy Changes
<commit_msg>Remove draft draft from notes, and prepare to release (#4413)<commit_after>+++
title = "CoreDNS-1.8.1 Release"
description = "CoreDNS-1.8.1 Release Notes."
tags = ["Release", "1.8.1", "Notes"]
release = "1.8.1"
date = 2021-01-20T07:00:00+00:00
author = "coredns"
+++

The CoreDNS team has released
[CoreDNS-1.8.1](https://github.com/coredns/coredns/releases/tag/v1.8.1).

This release fixes a bunch of bugs, and adds a (very) simple new plugin
called [local](https://coredns.io/plugins/local/) to answer "local" queries. Bunch of work in
the [kubernetes](https://coredns.io/plugins/kubernetes) plugin to add support for new upstream
feautres.

## Brought to You By

<NAME>, Bob, <NAME>, <NAME>, <NAME>, Gunadhya, <NAME>, <NAME>, luanphantiki, <NAME>, mgugger, <NAME>, Serge, sschepens, <NAME>, ZouYu.

## Noteworthy Changes

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