// METHODOLOGY

DNS Lookup

Which DNS record types are queried, which resolvers answer, and why results can differ from other checkers.

// What is tested

Seven record types for the domain entered: A, AAAA, MX, NS, TXT, CNAME and SOA.
All seven are queried concurrently and reported separately, including the TTL each resolver returns.
An empty result for a type means the resolver returned no answer for it, which is reported as such rather than as an error.

Cloudflare DNS over HTTPS: https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query — the primary resolver for every query.
Google Public DNS over HTTPS: https://dns.google/resolve — used only when Cloudflare fails to answer. Queries are not split across both.

This reports what a public recursive resolver currently holds, not what the domain's authoritative name servers say. During a change the two differ until caches expire.
TTL values are counted down from the resolver's cache, so the number shown is the remaining life of a cached entry rather than the zone's configured TTL.
Results are not compared across multiple geographic vantage points, so a domain using geographic DNS routing may answer differently elsewhere.
DNSSEC validation status is not reported.

Last reviewed against the code on 2 August 2026.