From 5c87de60817930bacf8f6c472401ef7e951b5617 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Nicki=20K=C5=99=C3=AD=C5=BEek?= <nicki@isc.org>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 20:16:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add release note for [GL #5201]

---
 doc/notes/notes-9.18.36.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/notes/notes-9.18.36.rst b/doc/notes/notes-9.18.36.rst
index ddf4bc9f8b..458d3d9599 100644
--- a/doc/notes/notes-9.18.36.rst
+++ b/doc/notes/notes-9.18.36.rst
@@ -48,3 +48,10 @@ Bug Fixes
   the DNSKEY implementation was built on top of KEY, the ``_NOAUTH``
   flag prevented authentication in DNSKEYs as well. This has been
   corrected. :gl:`#5240`
+
+- Fix inconsistency in CNAME/DNAME handling during resolution.
+
+  Previously, in some cases, the resolver could return rdatasets of type
+  CNAME or DNAME without the result code being set to ``DNS_R_CNAME`` or
+  ``DNS_R_DNAME``. This could trigger an assertion failure. This has
+  been fixed. :gl:`#5201`