Dear EPP User,

We’re pleased to announce the availability of EPP 5.0.2, containing several minor bug fixes.

The release will be made available in both our sandbox and production environment on Thursday, September 25th, 2025.

Furthermore, a new draft XML Schema Definition (XSD) is ready for your feedback.

Key Updates

Bug Fixes:

qDate missing from poll messages
Validation not allowing line breaks in xsi:schemaLocation and related attributes
Missing support for mobilephone and secondaryEmail in contact.create

New XSD Available:

A draft of the DKHM 4.5 XML Schema Definition (XSD) is now available for review. The draft version is available at https://github.com/Punktum-dk/epp-xsd-files/blob/draft/dkhm-4.5.xsd
Incorporates structural changes to support EU NIS2 (Network and Information Security Directive) compliance, including new data elements for enhanced functionality. These changes include two new extensions:
- dkhm:sole_proprietorship
  - A simple type containing information if the contact is a sole proprietorship company and therefore needs to have contact email hidden from public available WHOIS information.
- dkhm:contact_verification
  - A complex type containing information regarding the contact verification process and status, including who is responsible for performing the verifcation process (registrar/registry), which type and verification process (identity/e-mail) and status of the verification process.

Please provide comments and feedback by reaching out to our support via the usual channels.

Upcoming Releases

As part of our preparation for fully supporting NIS2 related features in EPP, a couple of additional releases are currently planned for the near future:

EPP-5.1.0 currently planned for production release early October 2025 is a minor feature and bug fix release that will require dkhm:orderconfirmationToken to be set when performing change registrant on domains.
EPP-5.2.0 currently planned for sandbox release early October 2025, will include support for DKHM 4.5 XSD and contain all NIS2 related features. Production release for this version is currently scheduled for January 14th, 2026.