DNS monitoring that catches every record change the moment it happens
Uptura watches your A, MX, CNAME, TXT, and NS records from around the world — with a full history and instant alerts. Catch hijacks, propagation issues, and accidental edits before they take a site or your email offline.
example.com
DNS records
- A@192.0.2.24
- AAAA@2606:4700:...:8a3f
- CNAMEwwwexample.com
- MX@mail.example.com (10)Changed
- TXT@v=spf1 include:...
Why it matters
A single bad DNS record can take everything down
DNS is the quiet layer under your entire online presence. When a record changes — by mistake or by attack — sites stop loading and email stops arriving, often with no warning. DNS monitoring is how you find out first.
Everything
sits behind DNS
Websites, email, and APIs all resolve through DNS. One wrong record can take the whole lot offline at once.
Silent
is how it usually breaks
A changed MX or A record rarely throws an error — traffic and email just quietly stop, or go somewhere they shouldn't.
Minutes
is all a hijack needs
An unauthorized nameserver change can redirect your domain fast. Early detection is the difference between a scare and an incident.
What we monitor
Everything a DNS monitoring tool should watch
Uptura goes beyond a one-off lookup. It watches every record that matters, worldwide, and keeps the history so nothing about your DNS changes without you knowing.
Record change detection
Watch A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, and NS records for any edit. The moment a record changes — expected or not — you get the exact before-and-after.
Worldwide propagation checks
Queries run from resolvers around the globe, so you can confirm a change has fully propagated instead of guessing whether it's live everywhere.
DNS history & audit trail
Every check is timestamped into a full history, so you can see exactly what a record looked like last week — and who changed what, when.
Resolution & nameserver health
Confirm the domain actually resolves and your nameservers respond on every check — not just that a record exists on paper.
Email record monitoring
Keep an eye on MX, SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records so a silent DNS edit never quietly breaks your email deliverability.
Hijack & misconfig alerts
An unexpected record change can mean a hijack or a fat-finger edit. Uptura flags it instantly across email, Slack, or Discord.
How it works
Set it once, then know about every change
DNS monitoring shouldn't mean running manual lookups. Point Uptura at your domains and it does the watching from there.
- 1
Add your domains
Point Uptura at the domains you manage. It reads the current DNS records automatically — no zone files to upload, no agents to install.
- 2
We check worldwide, on a schedule
Uptura resolves your records from multiple global locations around the clock, recording every value into a timestamped history.
- 3
You get alerted on any change
The instant a record changes or stops resolving, we notify your team with the exact diff — so you catch hijacks and mistakes in minutes, not days.
One platform
DNS is just one signal Uptura watches
Healthy DNS is only half the story — the site and services behind it have to be healthy too. Uptura pairs DNS monitoring with uptime, SSL, SEO, performance, accessibility, and more, so every part of a website's health lives in one dashboard and one alert stream.
Uptime Monitoring
Minute-by-minute checks from multiple regions catch outages the instant they happen — before your customers do.
SSL & Domain
Track SSL certificate, issuer, and domain expiry across every site, with alerts well before anything lapses.
API & EndpointSoon
Test REST endpoints for status codes, latency, and JSON validity — and watch business-critical endpoints separately.
SEO Monitoring
Catch metadata, canonical, robots.txt, and sitemap regressions that quietly tank rankings — the moment they ship.
Core Web VitalsSoon
Track LCP, CLS, and INP over time with Lighthouse scans, and get alerted when performance regresses.
Synthetic & Forms
Run scripted checks on logins, checkouts, and contact forms so broken user journeys never go unnoticed.
Visual RegressionSoon
Capture daily screenshots and highlight visual differences between deployments before anyone else spots them.
AccessibilitySoon
Continuous WCAG and Axe scans with historical reports, so accessibility regressions get caught — not shipped.
Plus everything else that keeps a website healthy
- Domain & WHOIS monitoring
- robots.txt monitoring
- Sitemap monitoring
- Broken link scanner
- Lighthouse scans
- Screenshot diffing
- Deployment comparison
- Email, Slack & Discord alerts
- Daily digests & PDF reports
FAQ
DNS monitoring, answered
What is DNS monitoring?
DNS monitoring is the continuous checking of a domain's DNS records — A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, and NS — for changes, misconfigurations, and resolution failures. Instead of only noticing a problem when a site or email stops working, a DNS monitoring tool watches your records on a schedule and alerts you the moment anything changes.
Why is DNS monitoring important?
DNS sits in front of everything — websites, email, and APIs. A single wrong or hijacked record can take a domain offline, redirect traffic to an attacker, or silently break email delivery, often with no obvious error. Monitoring DNS means you learn about a change in minutes and can fix it before it causes real damage.
What DNS records can Uptura monitor?
Uptura tracks the records that matter most: A and AAAA (addresses), CNAME (aliases), MX (mail routing), NS (nameservers), and TXT records including SPF, DKIM, and DMARC for email authentication. Each is re-checked on a schedule and stored in a full history.
How do I track DNS changes and view DNS history?
Uptura records the value of every monitored record on each check, building a timestamped history you can scroll back through. When a value changes, it's highlighted with the previous and new value side by side — so tracking DNS changes doesn't rely on anyone remembering to check manually.
Can DNS monitoring detect hijacking or unauthorized changes?
Yes. Because Uptura alerts on any unexpected record change, it surfaces the classic signs of DNS hijacking or an accidental edit — a changed nameserver, a redirected A record, or a modified MX record — the moment it happens, not after the damage is done.
How does Uptura check DNS propagation?
Uptura resolves your records from multiple locations worldwide, so you can confirm a legitimate change has propagated everywhere rather than assuming it's live because it works from your own network. Inconsistent results across regions are flagged for you.
Never get blindsided by a DNS change again
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