check_propagation
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Use this when the user asks whether a DNS change has propagated globally, or why a record shows in one place and not another. Check whether a DNS change has propagated GLOBALLY: six vantage points (five owner-run probes across four continents plus this server's own resolver) each read the same name through several resolvers, and the grid plus a deterministic verdict comes back. Call it after the human publishes a record — you have ONE network vantage point, and a record that resolves for you can still be missing elsewhere. name is the exact name (www. is not stripped, _dmarc.example.com works), record_type is A|AAAA|CNAME|MX|TXT|NS, and the optional expected_value turns each cell into match or mismatch instead of agreement-only. Observation only: no record is ever composed here. A cell that did not answer is unavailable, which is NOT a negative result, and when fewer than three vantage points were reached the verdict downgrades to unknown — report vantage_reached of vantage_total rather than calling a name converged on partial coverage.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | string | yes | The exact DNS name to look up, e.g. example.com, www.example.com or _dmarc.example.com. It is used as given — a leading www. is NOT stripped and underscore labels are kept — so pass the name the record is actually published at, not the registrable domain. |
| record_type | string | no | The record type to read at that exact name (default A). SPF and DMARC records are TXT — pass TXT with the right name rather than expecting a derived query name. |
| expected_value | any | no | Optional value the record should now hold, e.g. '1.2.3.4' or the new DMARC record text. Supply it and each cell is reported as match or mismatch against it; omit it and the check only reports whether the vantage points agree with each other. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"properties": {
"name": {
"description": "The exact DNS name to look up, e.g. example.com, www.example.com or _dmarc.example.com. It is used as given — a leading www. is NOT stripped and underscore labels are kept — so pass the name the record is actually published at, not the registrable domain.",
"title": "Name",
"type": "string"
},
"record_type": {
"default": "A",
"description": "The record type to read at that exact name (default A). SPF and DMARC records are TXT — pass TXT with the right name rather than expecting a derived query name.",
"enum": [
"A",
"AAAA",
"CNAME",
"MX",
"TXT",
"NS"
],
"title": "Record Type",
"type": "string"
},
"expected_value": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Optional value the record should now hold, e.g. '1.2.3.4' or the new DMARC record text. Supply it and each cell is reported as match or mismatch against it; omit it and the check only reports whether the vantage points agree with each other.",
"title": "Expected Value"
}
},
"required": [
"name"
],
"type": "object",
"title": "check_propagationArguments"
}