## Summary
When `DNSWATCHER_TARGETS` is empty (the default), dnswatcher previously started successfully and ran indefinitely monitoring nothing. This is a common misconfiguration — forgetting to set the variable or making a typo in its name — and gave no indication anything was wrong.
## Changes
- Added `ErrNoTargets` sentinel error in `internal/config/config.go`
- Extracted `parseAndValidateTargets()` helper to validate that at least one domain or hostname is configured after target classification
- If no targets are configured, dnswatcher now exits with a clear error: `"no monitoring targets configured: set DNSWATCHER_TARGETS environment variable"`
- Updated README.md to document that `DNSWATCHER_TARGETS` is required and dnswatcher will refuse to start without it
## How it works
The validation runs during config construction (via uber/fx), before the watcher or any other component starts. If `DNSWATCHER_TARGETS` is empty or contains only whitespace/empty entries, `buildConfig()` returns `ErrNoTargets`, which causes fx to fail startup with a clear error message.
This is fail-fast behavior: a monitoring daemon with nothing to monitor is a misconfiguration and should not silently run.
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## Summary
Port state keys are `ip:port` with a single `hostname` field. When multiple hostnames resolve to the same IP (shared hosting, CDN), only one hostname was associated. This caused orphaned port state when that hostname removed the IP from DNS while the IP remained valid for other hostnames.
## Changes
### State (`internal/state/state.go`)
- `PortState.Hostname` (string) → `PortState.Hostnames` ([]string)
- Custom `UnmarshalJSON` for backward compatibility: reads old single `hostname` field and migrates to a single-element `hostnames` slice
- Added `DeletePortState` and `GetAllPortKeys` methods for cleanup
### Watcher (`internal/watcher/watcher.go`)
- Refactored `checkAllPorts` into three phases:
1. Build IP:port → hostname associations from current DNS data
2. Check each unique IP:port once with all associated hostnames
3. Clean up stale port state entries with no hostname references
- Port change notifications now list all associated hostnames (`Hosts:` instead of `Host:`)
- Added `buildPortAssociations`, `parsePortKey`, and `cleanupStalePorts` helper functions
### README
- Updated state file format example: `hostname` → `hostnames` (array)
- Updated notification description to reflect multiple hostnames
## Backward Compatibility
Existing state files with the old single `hostname` string are handled gracefully via custom JSON unmarshaling — they are read as single-element `hostnames` slices.
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## Summary
DNS checks now always complete before port or TLS checks begin, ensuring those checks use freshly resolved IP addresses instead of potentially stale ones from a previous cycle.
## Problem
Port and TLS checks read IP addresses from state that was populated during the most recent DNS check. If DNS changes between cycles, port/TLS checks may target stale IPs. In particular, when the TLS ticker fired (every 12h), it ran `runTLSChecks` without refreshing DNS first — meaning TLS checks could use IPs that were up to 12 hours old.
## Changes
- **Extract `runDNSChecks()`** from the former `runDNSAndPortChecks()` so DNS resolution can be invoked independently as a prerequisite for any check type.
- **TLS ticker now runs DNS first**: When the TLS ticker fires, DNS checks run before TLS checks, ensuring fresh IPs.
- **`RunOnce` uses explicit 3-phase ordering**: DNS → ports → TLS. Port checks must complete before TLS because TLS checks only target IPs where port 443 is open.
- **New test `TestDNSRunsBeforePortAndTLSChecks`**: Verifies that when DNS IPs change between cycles, port and TLS checks pick up the new IPs.
- **README updated**: Monitoring lifecycle section now documents the DNS-first ordering guarantee.
## Check ordering
| Trigger | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | Phase 3 |
|---------|---------|---------|----------|
| Startup (`RunOnce`) | DNS | Ports | TLS |
| DNS ticker | DNS | Ports | — |
| TLS ticker | DNS | — | TLS |
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35 tests define the full resolver contract using live DNS queries
against *.dns.sneak.cloud (Cloudflare). Tests cover:
- FindAuthoritativeNameservers: iterative NS discovery, sorting,
determinism, trailing dot handling, TLD and subdomain cases
- QueryNameserver: A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, NXDOMAIN, per-NS
response model with status field, sorted record values
- QueryAllNameservers: independent per-NS queries, consistency
verification, NXDOMAIN from all NS
- LookupNS: NS record lookup matching FindAuthoritative
- ResolveIPAddresses: basic, multi-A, IPv6, dual-stack, CNAME
following, deduplication, sorting, NXDOMAIN returns empty
- Context cancellation for all methods
- Iterative resolution proof (resolves example.com from root)
Also adds DNSSEC validation to planned future features in README.
Replace DNSWATCHER_DOMAINS and DNSWATCHER_HOSTNAMES with a single
DNSWATCHER_TARGETS env var. Names are automatically classified as apex
domains or hostnames using the Public Suffix List
(golang.org/x/net/publicsuffix).
- ClassifyDNSName() uses EffectiveTLDPlusOne to determine type
- Public suffixes themselves (e.g. co.uk) are rejected with an error
- Old DOMAINS/HOSTNAMES vars removed entirely (pre-1.0, no compat needed)
- README updated with pre-1.0 warning
Closes#10
Full project structure following upaas conventions: uber/fx DI, go-chi
routing, slog logging, Viper config. State persisted as JSON file with
per-nameserver record tracking for inconsistency detection. Stub
implementations for resolver, portcheck, tlscheck, and watcher.
