# DNS

LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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## DNS Attributes

This document defines the shared attributes used to report a DNS query.

**Attributes:**

| Key | Stability | Value Type | Description | Example Values |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| <a id="dns-answers" href="#dns-answers">`dns.answers`</a> | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) | string[] | The list of IPv4 or IPv6 addresses resolved during DNS lookup. | `["10.0.0.1", "2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334"]` |
| <a id="dns-question-name" href="#dns-question-name">`dns.question.name`</a> | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) | string | The name being queried. [1] | `www.example.com`; `opentelemetry.io` |

**[1] `dns.question.name`:** The name represents the queried domain name as it appears in the DNS query without any additional normalization.