Delegation path

Trace the delegation path

Walk the delegation chain label by label, from the top-level domain down to a domain’s authoritative nameservers.

When to use it

Use this when

  • You want to see exactly where resolution is delegated at each level.
  • A lame or missing delegation is causing intermittent or partial failures.

Steps

Do this

  1. Enter a hostOpen Trace and enter a fully-qualified host such as www.example.com.
  2. Follow each stepEach delegation hop — TLD → domain → host — is listed with the NS records that own it and any DS record that secures it.
  3. Spot the breakA missing NS or DS at a hop pinpoints where delegation or DNSSEC stops.

Examples

Copyable commands

REST
curl 'https://dnsbin.ca/api/v1/trace?name=www.google.com'

Operational notes

Keep in mind

  • This is a recursive-view trace of the delegation chain the server observes, not an iterative dig +trace run from your own machine.
  • Pair it with the DNSSEC tool to confirm each DS hand-off actually validates.