DNS Monitoring
Resolution that works — and returns the records you expect.
A DNS monitor resolves a name against a public resolver from each region and can require the answer to contain specific values, so a hijacked or silently changed record is caught, not just a lookup failure.
What it detects
- A name that stops resolving
- Records that no longer match the values you expect
- Slow lookups
- Missing or changed SPF, DKIM and DMARC records (see Email Authentication)
How you're alerted
- Create an alert rule on the DNS result, or use a TXT expectation as an always-on check.
Notifications go to any of 8 channels — see notifications.
- Runs from
- Every probe region you assign — down only when all of them agree
- Record types
- A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT and NS, with expected values
- Dashboard
- Uptime, lookup time p50/p95/p99, answer / authority / additional record counts and the resolve–connect–request phase breakdown
- Available on
- Free, Professional · Enterprise and Custom on request
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