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title: "LEGACY - Advanced DNS Alerts"
slug: "legacy-advanced-dns-alerts"
updated: 2025-06-20T18:11:07Z
published: 2025-06-20T18:11:07Z
canonical: "docs.catchpoint.com/legacy-advanced-dns-alerts"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.catchpoint.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Advanced DNS Alerts

When configuring alerts specific to the DNS Test type, there is a **Record Type** option which provides the ability to alert against various aspects of the response received, including:

- **A**
- **A or AAAA**
- **AAAA**
- **CNAME**
- **HTTPS**
- **NS**
- **Other**
- **SVCB**

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cb4af8f9-6751-4fd2-b39c-07aae832badb/Images/Documentation/image%28458%29.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-13T12%3A17%3A08Z&se=2026-10-13T13%3A17%3A08Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=WDN60VZlCpQthSWh1ycSpRyq7wdUyYKPE484BkZX7Mc%3D)

Select the record type that you want to alert against, input the regex to match, and select whether you want to be alerted when it is **Equal** or **Not Equal to** the specified value.