Hi,

This is a good suggestion, we'll check what it takes (maybe some new all-probe periodic measurements are in order)

Regards,
Robert


On Sat, Nov 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM Stephane Bortzmeyer via ripe-atlas <ripe-atlas@ripe.net> wrote:
I see a probe (31874) which can resolve A and AAAA (and has system
tags for that) but always SERVFAIL for TXT records.

% blaeu-resolve --probes 31874 --type TXT  ietf.org
[ERROR: SERVFAIL] : 1 occurrences
Test #136741617 done at 2025-11-08T16:31:22Z

% blaeu-resolve --probes 31874 --type A  ietf.org
[104.16.44.99 104.16.45.99] : 1 occurrences
Test #136741646 done at 2025-11-08T16:31:36Z

(You can check with other domains such as ripe.net.)

Suggestion: a system tag "Resolves TXT".
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