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DNS record lookup

Every record a domain publishes right now: A, AAAA, NS, MX, TXT, SOA and CAA in one place.

What to look at first

This is the plain view: everything the domain publishes, resolved now rather than from a cache we kept. It is the page to open when something is wrong and you do not yet know what.

Two things are worth a deliberate look. NS records tell you who is actually authoritative, which is often not who somebody believes is authoritative after a migration. And CAA names which certificate authorities may issue for the domain: publish none and any public CA may issue for you, which is a decision most people have not realised they are making.

Queries here use EDNS0 with a TCP fallback, so a large record set comes back complete. A truncated reply is how a lookup tool ends up showing you a domain's records with the important one missing.

Common questions

Why do I see fewer TXT records than I expect?

Usually caching somewhere between you and the authority. This page resolves fresh each time, so a difference from another tool is often that the other tool cached.

Is this the same as a propagation check?

No. This asks one resolver what the answer is now. A propagation check asks many resolvers around the world whether they agree yet, which is what you want during a migration.