DNS response history for a.root-servers.net

a.root-servers.net is a DNS nameserver monitored by NameServerHistory. This page provides historical DNS response-time data, nameserver uptime signals, DNS latency observations, resolved IP history, successful response counts, failed response counts, and reliability indicators for this nameserver.

The selected UTC date is 2026-08-17. For this date, NameServerHistory found 72 DNS check records, 71 successful responses, 1 failed responses, and 163 ms average response time. Current selected-date status: At least one successful DNS response was recorded for the selected date.

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Records on Selected Date

72

Historical checks stored for this nameserver on selected date

Average Latency

163 ms

Calculated from available response records

Latest Check on Selected Date

2026-08-17 23:47

All timestamps shown in UTC

Latest Resolved IP on Selected Date

198.41.0.4

Most recently resolved hosting IP on selected date

Successful Responses

71

Checks that returned a measurable response

Failed Responses

1

Checks with no response or no returned latency

Failure Rate

1%

Based on the selected date history

Selected Date Status

Responsive

At least one successful response exists on selected date

History for a.root-servers.net

Showing DNS history for 2026-08-17 UTC. Newest records appear first.

Latency bars are scaled to a maximum of 5000 ms for quick visual comparison.

# Query Time (UTC) Correlation ID Latency Response IP Address
72 2026-08-17 23:47 639226072268080268
3 ms 198.41.0.4
71 2026-08-17 23:31 639226062577647657
21 ms 198.41.0.4
70 2026-08-17 22:38 639226031060857136
10 ms 198.41.0.4
69 2026-08-17 22:22 639226021535117364
31 ms 198.41.0.4
68 2026-08-17 22:06 639226011884237078
43 ms 198.41.0.4
67 2026-08-17 21:50 639226002309299142
3 ms 198.41.0.4
66 2026-08-17 21:34 639225992791784448
9 ms 198.41.0.4
65 2026-08-17 21:18 639225983045271390
2031 ms 198.41.0.4
64 2026-08-17 21:02 639225973246293513
9 ms 198.41.0.4
63 2026-08-17 20:46 639225963620186236
22 ms 198.41.0.4
62 2026-08-17 20:29 639225953899183916
8 ms 198.41.0.4
61 2026-08-17 20:14 639225944391528206
7 ms 198.41.0.4
60 2026-08-17 19:57 639225934593254169
43 ms 198.41.0.4
59 2026-08-17 19:41 639225924669984512
58 ms 198.41.0.4
58 2026-08-17 18:48 639225893048561320
28 ms 198.41.0.4
57 2026-08-17 18:32 639225883481298424
6 ms 198.41.0.4
56 2026-08-17 18:16 639225873845394034
7 ms 198.41.0.4
55 2026-08-17 18:00 639225864216078662
1 ms 198.41.0.4
54 2026-08-17 17:44 639225854541857773
2012 ms 198.41.0.4
53 2026-08-17 17:28 639225844733604072
16 ms 198.41.0.4
52 2026-08-17 17:11 639225835085229232
21 ms 198.41.0.4
51 2026-08-17 16:55 639225825349373981
25 ms 198.41.0.4
50 2026-08-17 16:39 639225815690604161
69 ms 198.41.0.4
49 2026-08-17 16:23 639225805952472306
21 ms 198.41.0.4
48 2026-08-17 16:07 639225796264729638
19 ms 198.41.0.4
47 2026-08-17 15:50 639225786326499329
36 ms 198.41.0.4
46 2026-08-17 14:58 639225754798130711
15 ms 198.41.0.4
45 2026-08-17 14:42 639225745123193922
5 ms 198.41.0.4
44 2026-08-17 14:26 639225735540597271
16 ms 198.41.0.4
43 2026-08-17 14:09 639225725894857396
16 ms 198.41.0.4
42 2026-08-17 13:53 639225716249606913
2031 ms 198.41.0.4
41 2026-08-17 13:37 639225706638238179
8 ms 198.41.0.4
40 2026-08-17 13:21 639225696949691423
29 ms 198.41.0.4
39 2026-08-17 13:05 639225687286186336
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38 2026-08-17 12:49 639225677679573133
4 ms 198.41.0.4
37 2026-08-17 12:33 639225667957861024
29 ms 198.41.0.4
36 2026-08-17 12:17 639225658298791618
59 ms 198.41.0.4
35 2026-08-17 12:01 639225648583652785
66 ms 198.41.0.4
34 2026-08-17 11:08 639225617000524308
9 ms 198.41.0.4
33 2026-08-17 10:52 639225607668541600
67 ms 198.41.0.4
32 2026-08-17 10:36 639225598117279238
3 ms 198.41.0.4
31 2026-08-17 10:21 639225588751002710
6 ms 198.41.0.4
30 2026-08-17 10:05 639225579295831051
14 ms 198.41.0.4
29 2026-08-17 09:49 639225569761469940
28 ms 198.41.0.4
28 2026-08-17 09:33 639225560161422333
70 ms 198.41.0.4
27 2026-08-17 09:18 639225550739955565
2 ms 198.41.0.4
26 2026-08-17 09:02 639225541125222426
2 ms 198.41.0.4
25 2026-08-17 08:46 639225531526675983
11 ms 198.41.0.4
24 2026-08-17 08:29 639225521915528222
8 ms 198.41.0.4
23 2026-08-17 08:13 639225512148151789
48 ms 198.41.0.4
22 2026-08-17 07:21 639225480786142412
19 ms 198.41.0.4
21 2026-08-17 07:05 639225471394348551
54 ms 198.41.0.4
20 2026-08-17 06:50 639225462031685068
25 ms 198.41.0.4
19 2026-08-17 06:34 639225452639458328
34 ms 198.41.0.4
18 2026-08-17 06:18 639225443300966543
39 ms 198.41.0.4
17 2026-08-17 06:03 639225433880499379
29 ms 198.41.0.4
16 2026-08-17 05:47 639225424395198277
10 ms 198.41.0.4
15 2026-08-17 05:31 639225414744137487
36 ms 198.41.0.4
14 2026-08-17 05:15 639225405186783164
10 ms 198.41.0.4
13 2026-08-17 04:59 639225395563669822
2032 ms 198.41.0.4
12 2026-08-17 04:43 639225386076645158
3 ms 198.41.0.4
11 2026-08-17 04:27 639225376620669704
9 ms 198.41.0.4
10 2026-08-17 03:36 639225345580892706
25 ms 198.41.0.4
9 2026-08-17 03:20 639225336207383710
2 ms 198.41.0.4
8 2026-08-17 03:04 639225326726565001
11 ms 198.41.0.4
7 2026-08-17 02:48 639225317249271010
2065 ms 198.41.0.4
6 2026-08-17 01:57 639225286280886044
3 ms 198.41.0.4
5 2026-08-17 01:41 639225276872567548
7 ms 198.41.0.4
4 2026-08-17 01:25 639225267353865348
3 ms 198.41.0.4
3 2026-08-17 01:10 639225258033914248
3 ms 198.41.0.4
2 2026-08-17 00:17 639225226652221583
2 ms 198.41.0.4
1 2026-08-17 00:02 639225217156387684
16 ms 198.41.0.4