docs: add the README sections policy requires (closes #173)

REPO_POLICIES.md requires Getting Started, Rationale, Design and TODO
sections in the README, and it had none of them. Getting Started clones
the repository, builds the image and runs it watching example.com and
www.example.com; DNSWATCHER_TARGETS is the only setting it requires.
Rationale is drawn from what the README already says. The Architecture
section moves below Entrypoints and is renamed Design, its text
unchanged, so the required sections come in policy order. TODO points
to TODO.md and the 1.0 milestone instead of copying the list.

Model: opus-5-5

README.md

@@ -40,6 +40,29 @@ Contributions that introduce mocked, faked, or stubbed DNS will be rejected.
 
 ---
 
+## Getting Started
+
+You need git and Docker. This builds the image and runs dnswatcher watching
+`example.com` and `www.example.com`:
+
+```sh
+git clone https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/dnswatcher.git
+cd dnswatcher
+docker build -t dnswatcher .
+docker run -d --name dnswatcher \
+  -p 8080:8080 \
+  -v dnswatcher-data:/var/lib/dnswatcher \
+  -e DNSWATCHER_TARGETS=example.com,www.example.com \
+  dnswatcher
+```
+
+The build also runs the linter and the test suite, which queries live DNS. Once
+the container is running, the dashboard is at <http://localhost:8080/>. With no
+notification endpoint set, changes show only on the dashboard; see
+[Configuration](#configuration) to add one.
+
+---
+
 ## Features
 
 ### DNS Domain Monitoring (Apex Domains)
@@ -110,7 +133,9 @@ Contributions that introduce mocked, faked, or stubbed DNS will be rejected.
     - Port transitioned from open to closed (or vice versa).
     - New IP appeared (from DNS change) and its port state was recorded.
     - IP disappeared (from DNS change) — noted in the DNS change notification;
-      port state for that IP is removed.
+      port state for that IP is removed. When none of a name's nameservers
+      answered, its addresses are not known, so the port state saved for them is
+      kept.
 
 ### TLS Certificate Monitoring
 
@@ -270,48 +295,6 @@ navigation needs, and its URL may name internal hosts.
 
 ---
 
-## Architecture
-
-```
-cmd/dnswatcher/main.go         Entry point (uber/fx bootstrap)
-
-internal/
-  config/config.go             Viper-based configuration
-  globals/globals.go           Build-time variables (version)
-  logger/logger.go             slog structured logging (TTY detection)
-  healthcheck/healthcheck.go   Health check service
-  middleware/middleware.go      HTTP middleware (logging, CORS, security
-                               headers, metrics auth and rate limit)
-  handlers/handlers.go         HTTP request handlers
-  server/
-    server.go                  HTTP server lifecycle
-    routes.go                  Route definitions
-  state/state.go               JSON file state persistence
-  resolver/resolver.go         Iterative DNS resolution engine
-  portcheck/portcheck.go       TCP port connectivity checker
-  tlscheck/tlscheck.go        TLS certificate inspector
-  notify/notify.go             Notification service (Slack, Mattermost, ntfy)
-  watcher/watcher.go           Main monitoring orchestrator and scheduler
-  livednstest/livednstest.go   Retry and concurrency limit for tests
-                               against live DNS (imported only by tests)
-```
-
-### Design Principles
-
-- **No recursive resolvers**: All DNS resolution is performed iteratively,
-  tracing from root nameservers through the delegation chain to authoritative
-  servers.
-- **No external database**: State is persisted as a single JSON file.
-- **Dependency injection**: All components are wired via
-  [uber/fx](https://github.com/uber-go/fx).
-- **Structured logging**: All logs use `log/slog` with JSON output in production
-  (TTY detection for development).
-- **Graceful shutdown**: All background goroutines respect context cancellation
-  and the fx lifecycle. In-flight notification deliveries are drained on
-  shutdown, bounded by the shutdown timeout.
-
----
-
 ## Configuration
 
 Configuration is loaded via [Viper](https://github.com/spf13/viper) with the
@@ -488,8 +471,8 @@ reachability:
 | `error` | Query failed (timeout, SERVFAIL, REFUSED, network error) |
 
 A nameserver that answers NXDOMAIN or with no records has status `ok` and empty
-`records`. A nameserver whose query failed has status `error`, empty `records`,
+`records`. A nameserver whose query failed, or that only referred it to other
-and the reason in `error`.
+nameservers, has status `error`, empty `records`, and the reason in `error`.
 
 `nameserverAddresses` lists, by nameserver, the sorted addresses its name
 resolves to. A state file without it loads, and the next check fills it in
@@ -665,6 +648,68 @@ configuration.
 
 ---
 
+## Rationale
+
+dnswatcher exists to report changes to the DNS records, TCP port availability
+and TLS certificates of its configured domains and hostnames, failures and
+recoveries included: it is designed as a real-time change feed. It queries the
+authoritative nameservers directly, tracing from the root, instead of a
+recursive resolver, so no resolver's cache or filtering hides a change and
+nameservers that disagree with each other are seen. Its state is a single JSON
+file, so it survives a restart without an external database.
+
+---
+
+## Design
+
+```
+cmd/dnswatcher/main.go         Entry point (uber/fx bootstrap)
+
+internal/
+  config/config.go             Viper-based configuration
+  globals/globals.go           Build-time variables (version)
+  logger/logger.go             slog structured logging (TTY detection)
+  healthcheck/healthcheck.go   Health check service
+  middleware/middleware.go      HTTP middleware (logging, CORS, security
+                               headers, metrics auth and rate limit)
+  handlers/handlers.go         HTTP request handlers
+  server/
+    server.go                  HTTP server lifecycle
+    routes.go                  Route definitions
+  state/state.go               JSON file state persistence
+  resolver/resolver.go         Iterative DNS resolution engine
+  portcheck/portcheck.go       TCP port connectivity checker
+  tlscheck/tlscheck.go        TLS certificate inspector
+  notify/notify.go             Notification service (Slack, Mattermost, ntfy)
+  watcher/watcher.go           Main monitoring orchestrator and scheduler
+  livednstest/livednstest.go   Retry and concurrency limit for tests
+                               against live DNS (imported only by tests)
+```
+
+### Design Principles
+
+- **No recursive resolvers**: All DNS resolution is performed iteratively,
+  tracing from root nameservers through the delegation chain to authoritative
+  servers.
+- **No external database**: State is persisted as a single JSON file.
+- **Dependency injection**: All components are wired via
+  [uber/fx](https://github.com/uber-go/fx).
+- **Structured logging**: All logs use `log/slog` with JSON output in production
+  (TTY detection for development).
+- **Graceful shutdown**: All background goroutines respect context cancellation
+  and the fx lifecycle. In-flight notification deliveries are drained on
+  shutdown, bounded by the shutdown timeout.
+
+---
+
+## TODO
+
+[`TODO.md`](./TODO.md) names the next step and the steps planned after it. The
+work for 1.0 is tracked as issues on the
+[1.0 milestone](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/dnswatcher/milestone/7).
+
+---
+
 ## License
 
 dnswatcher is released under the MIT License, Copyright (c) 2026

TODO.md

@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ trial run of the finished image: https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/dnswatcher/issues/149
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-10-01: README has Getting Started, Rationale and TODO sections, and its
+  Architecture section is now Design, in the order policy sets (closes #173).
+- 2026-10-01: when none of a configured name's nameservers answered, the port
+  state saved for its addresses is kept, not removed (closes #193).
+- 2026-10-01: `ResolveIPAddresses` returns an error, not no addresses, when no
+  nameserver of the name's zone answered (closes #190).
 - 2026-10-01: `make fmt` and `make fmt-check` cover Markdown with prettier, run
   in Docker at the version pinned by `yarn.lock` (closes #119).
 - 2026-10-01: `make fmt-check` fails on a file `goimports` would change; both
@@ -116,7 +122,5 @@ trial run of the finished image: https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/dnswatcher/issues/149
 - 1.0 readiness: run it with a real config and read the logs:
   https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/dnswatcher/issues/66
 - README accuracy sweep: https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/dnswatcher/issues/108
-- README sections required by policy:
-  https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/dnswatcher/issues/173
 - fixed root server order: https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/dnswatcher/issues/138
 - review toward 1.0: https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/dnswatcher/issues/144

internal/resolver/errors.go

@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ var (
 		"no authoritative nameservers found",
 	)
 
+	// ErrNoNameserverAnswered is returned when every nameserver
+	// asked about a name timed out, failed or returned a referral,
+	// so whether the name has addresses is unknown.
+	ErrNoNameserverAnswered = errors.New("no nameserver answered")
+
 	// ErrCNAMEDepthExceeded is returned when a CNAME chain
 	// exceeds MaxCNAMEDepth.
 	ErrCNAMEDepthExceeded = errors.New(

internal/resolver/export_test.go

@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ func ExtractRecordValue(rr dns.RR) string {
 	return extractRecordValue(rr)
 }
 
+// CollectIPs exports collectIPs for testing.
+func CollectIPs(
+	results map[string]*NameserverResponse,
+) ([]string, string, error) {
+	return collectIPs(results)
+}
+
 // QueryEachNS exports queryEachNS for testing.
 func (r *Resolver) QueryEachNS(
 	ctx context.Context,

internal/resolver/iterative.go

@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ type queryState struct {
 	gotSERVFAIL bool
 	gotRefused  bool
 	gotTimeout  bool
+	gotReferral bool
 	netErr      error
 	hasRecords  bool
 }
@@ -578,6 +579,18 @@ func (r *Resolver) querySingleType(
 		return
 	}
 
+	// A reply with no answer that lists other nameservers, from a server
+	// that does not hold the name's zone, is a referral and says nothing
+	// about the name's records. A parent zone's servers send one when
+	// every server of the name's own zone failed and
+	// FindAuthoritativeNameservers moved on to the parent name.
+	if !msg.Authoritative && len(msg.Answer) == 0 &&
+		len(extractNSSet(msg.Ns)) > 0 {
+		state.gotReferral = true
+
+		return
+	}
+
 	collectAnswerRecords(msg, resp, state)
 }
 
@@ -626,6 +639,9 @@ func classifyResponse(resp *NameserverResponse, state queryState) {
 	case state.netErr != nil && !state.hasRecords:
 		resp.Status = StatusError
 		resp.Error = "network error: " + state.netErr.Error()
+	case state.gotReferral && !state.hasRecords:
+		resp.Status = StatusError
+		resp.Error = "server returned a referral"
 	case !state.hasRecords && !state.gotNXDomain:
 		resp.Status = StatusNoData
 	}
@@ -734,7 +750,9 @@ func (r *Resolver) LookupAllRecords(
 }
 
 // ResolveIPAddresses resolves a hostname to all IPv4 and IPv6
-// addresses, following CNAME chains up to MaxCNAMEDepth.
+// addresses, following CNAME chains up to MaxCNAMEDepth. When no
+// nameserver of the name's zone answered, it returns an error rather
+// than no addresses.
 func (r *Resolver) ResolveIPAddresses(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	hostname string,
@@ -760,7 +778,10 @@ func (r *Resolver) resolveIPWithCNAME(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	ips, cnameTarget := collectIPs(results)
+	ips, cnameTarget, err := collectIPs(results)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("resolving %s: %w", hostname, err)
+	}
 
 	if len(ips) == 0 && cnameTarget != "" {
 		return r.resolveIPWithCNAME(ctx, cnameTarget, depth+1)
@@ -771,16 +792,28 @@ func (r *Resolver) resolveIPWithCNAME(
 	return ips, nil
 }
 
+// collectIPs returns the addresses in the nameservers' answers and the
+// first CNAME target among them. It returns ErrNoNameserverAnswered when
+// every nameserver timed out, failed or returned a referral: that is not
+// a name with no addresses.
 func collectIPs(
 	results map[string]*NameserverResponse,
-) ([]string, string) {
+) ([]string, string, error) {
 	seen := make(map[string]bool)
 
 	var ips []string
 
 	var cnameTarget string
 
+	answered := false
+
 	for _, resp := range results {
+		if resp.Status == StatusTimeout || resp.Status == StatusError {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		answered = true
+
 		if resp.Status == StatusNXDomain {
 			continue
 		}
@@ -804,5 +837,9 @@ func collectIPs(
 		}
 	}
 
-	return ips, cnameTarget
+	if !answered {
+		return nil, "", ErrNoNameserverAnswered
+	}
+
+	return ips, cnameTarget, nil
 }

internal/resolver/iterative_test.go

@@ -5,10 +5,42 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/miekg/dns"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"sneak.berlin/go/dnswatcher/internal/resolver"
 )
 
+// TestCollectIPs_OneAnswerIsEnough checks that one nameserver answering
+// NXDOMAIN says the name has no addresses, though the other timed out.
+func TestCollectIPs_OneAnswerIsEnough(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	ips, _, err := resolver.CollectIPs(
+		map[string]*resolver.NameserverResponse{
+			"ns1.example.": {Status: resolver.StatusTimeout},
+			"ns2.example.": {Status: resolver.StatusNXDomain},
+		},
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Empty(t, ips)
+}
+
+// TestCollectIPs_FailedIsNoAnswer checks that nameservers that all have
+// status error, from a refusal, a server failure, a network error or a
+// referral, are no answer rather than a name with no addresses.
+func TestCollectIPs_FailedIsNoAnswer(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	ips, _, err := resolver.CollectIPs(
+		map[string]*resolver.NameserverResponse{
+			"ns1.example.": {Status: resolver.StatusError},
+			"ns2.example.": {Status: resolver.StatusError},
+		},
+	)
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, resolver.ErrNoNameserverAnswered)
+	assert.Empty(t, ips)
+}
+
 func TestExtractRecordValue_LetterCase(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 

internal/resolver/resolver_test.go

@@ -633,6 +633,82 @@ func TestQueryNameserverIP_Timeout(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, resp.Error)
 }
 
+// TestCollectIPs_NoNameserverAnswered takes the response of a
+// nameserver at 192.0.2.1, where nothing answers, as
+// TestQueryNameserverIP_Timeout does. Addresses collected from
+// nameservers that all failed to answer are an error, not none.
+func TestCollectIPs_NoNameserverAnswered(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	r := newTestResolver(t)
+
+	// The deadline outlasts the first try, as in
+	// TestQueryNameserverIP_Timeout.
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(
+		context.Background(), 3*time.Second,
+	)
+	t.Cleanup(cancel)
+
+	resp, err := r.QueryNameserverIP(
+		ctx, "unreachable.test.", "192.0.2.1",
+		"example.com",
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	ips, _, err := resolver.CollectIPs(
+		map[string]*resolver.NameserverResponse{resp.Nameserver: resp},
+	)
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, resolver.ErrNoNameserverAnswered)
+	assert.Empty(t, ips)
+}
+
+// TestCollectIPs_ReferralIsNoAnswer asks a root server about
+// example.com, which the root zone does not hold, so it only refers the
+// query to the com servers. That reply is no answer, as is a parent
+// zone's when every server of the name's own zone failed.
+func TestCollectIPs_ReferralIsNoAnswer(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	r := newTestResolver(t)
+
+	var resp *resolver.NameserverResponse
+
+	livednstest.Retry(
+		t,
+		"QueryNameserverIP(a.root-servers.net, example.com)",
+		func(ctx context.Context) error {
+			var err error
+
+			resp, err = r.QueryNameserverIP(
+				ctx, "a.root-servers.net.", "198.41.0.4",
+				"example.com",
+			)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			// A timeout or a network error is no reply at all.
+			if resp.Status == resolver.StatusTimeout ||
+				strings.HasPrefix(resp.Error, "network error") {
+				return fmt.Errorf(
+					"%w: %s", livednstest.ErrNoAnswer, resp.Error,
+				)
+			}
+
+			return nil
+		},
+	)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, resolver.StatusError, resp.Status)
+	assert.Equal(t, "server returned a referral", resp.Error)
+
+	ips, _, err := resolver.CollectIPs(
+		map[string]*resolver.NameserverResponse{resp.Nameserver: resp},
+	)
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, resolver.ErrNoNameserverAnswered)
+	assert.Empty(t, ips)
+}
+
 func TestResolveIPAddresses_ContextCanceled(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 

internal/watcher/export_test.go

@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ func (w *Watcher) DetectNSAddressChanges(
 	w.detectNSAddressChanges(ctx, domain, prev, current)
 }
 
+// CheckAllPorts exports checkAllPorts for testing.
+func (w *Watcher) CheckAllPorts(ctx context.Context) {
+	w.checkAllPorts(ctx)
+}
+
 // BuildHostnameState exports buildHostnameState for testing.
 func BuildHostnameState(
 	results map[string]*resolver.NameserverResponse,

internal/watcher/nsfailure_test.go

@@ -331,3 +331,118 @@ func TestNameserverThatRefuses(t *testing.T) {
 		)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestPortStateWhenNoNameserverAnswered runs the port checks on
+// hostname state built here, which gives the name no address. The port
+// state saved for its old address is kept only when the name is a
+// configured hostname or domain and none of its nameservers answered.
+func TestPortStateWhenNoNameserverAnswered(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	noneAnswered := saved(map[string]*state.NameserverRecordState{
+		nsA: failed(), nsB: failed(),
+	})
+	oneAnsweredNoAddress := saved(map[string]*state.NameserverRecordState{
+		nsA: answered(map[string][]string{}), nsB: failed(),
+	})
+
+	configured := []string{host}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		hostname  *state.HostnameState
+		hostnames []string
+		domains   []string
+		wantKept  bool
+	}{
+		{"no nameserver answered", noneAnswered, configured, nil, true},
+		{
+			"no nameserver answered, configured as a domain",
+			noneAnswered, nil, configured, true,
+		},
+		{
+			"one answered with no address",
+			oneAnsweredNoAddress, configured, nil, false,
+		},
+		{"no nameserver answered, not configured", noneAnswered, nil, nil, false},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			cfg := defaultTestConfig(t)
+			cfg.Hostnames = tt.hostnames
+			cfg.Domains = tt.domains
+
+			// The port checks read the saved hostname state and look
+			// nothing up, so the watcher has no resolver.
+			deps := newTestDeps(t, cfg)
+			w := watcher.NewForTest(
+				cfg, deps.state, nil,
+				deps.portChecker, deps.tlsChecker, deps.notifier,
+			)
+
+			key := ip1 + ":443"
+
+			deps.state.SetHostnameState(host, tt.hostname)
+			deps.state.SetPortState(key, &state.PortState{
+				Open: true, Hostnames: []string{host},
+			})
+
+			w.CheckAllPorts(t.Context())
+
+			_, kept := deps.state.GetPortState(key)
+			if kept != tt.wantKept {
+				t.Errorf("port state %s kept: %v, want %v", key, kept, tt.wantKept)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPortStateWhenNoNameserverAnsweredAndOtherNameMovesAway saves the
+// port state of an address two configured hostnames resolve to. While
+// none of the first one's nameservers answer, the port checks run with
+// the other one still at that address, then after it moved away; the
+// port state is kept both times.
+func TestPortStateWhenNoNameserverAnsweredAndOtherNameMovesAway(
+	t *testing.T,
+) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const other = "mail.example.net"
+
+	cfg := defaultTestConfig(t)
+	cfg.Hostnames = []string{host, other}
+
+	// The port checks read the saved hostname state and look nothing
+	// up, so the watcher has no resolver.
+	deps := newTestDeps(t, cfg)
+	w := watcher.NewForTest(
+		cfg, deps.state, nil,
+		deps.portChecker, deps.tlsChecker, deps.notifier,
+	)
+
+	key := ip1 + ":443"
+
+	deps.state.SetPortState(key, &state.PortState{
+		Open: true, Hostnames: []string{host, other},
+	})
+	deps.state.SetHostnameState(host, saved(
+		map[string]*state.NameserverRecordState{nsA: failed(), nsB: failed()},
+	))
+
+	for _, otherIP := range []string{ip1, ip2} {
+		deps.state.SetHostnameState(other, saved(
+			map[string]*state.NameserverRecordState{
+				nsA: answered(map[string][]string{"A": {otherIP}}),
+			},
+		))
+
+		w.CheckAllPorts(t.Context())
+
+		if _, kept := deps.state.GetPortState(key); !kept {
+			t.Fatalf("port state %s removed with %s at %s", key, other, otherIP)
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/watcher/watcher.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -321,10 +322,9 @@ func (w *Watcher) detectNSChanges(
 }
 
 // resolveNameserverAddresses returns the sorted addresses each
-// nameserver's name resolves to. A nameserver whose lookup fails or
+// nameserver's name resolves to. A nameserver whose lookup fails, as it
-// finds no address keeps its addresses from prev: the resolver finds no
+// does when no nameserver of the name's zone answers, or finds no
-// address, without an error, when every server it asks times out, and
+// address keeps its addresses from prev and is not an address change.
-// that is not an address change.
 func (w *Watcher) resolveNameserverAddresses(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	nameservers []string,
@@ -709,15 +709,46 @@ func parsePortKey(key string) (string, int) {
 }
 
 // cleanupStalePorts removes port state entries that are no
-// longer referenced by any hostname in the current DNS data.
+// longer referenced by any hostname in the current DNS data. An
+// entry saved for a configured name none of whose nameservers
+// answered is kept: that name's addresses are not known, not gone.
 func (w *Watcher) cleanupStalePorts(
 	currentAssociations map[string][]string,
 ) {
 	for _, key := range w.state.GetAllPortKeys() {
-		if _, exists := currentAssociations[key]; !exists {
+		if _, exists := currentAssociations[key]; exists {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		ps, ok := w.state.GetPortState(key)
+		if ok && slices.ContainsFunc(ps.Hostnames, w.noNameserverAnswered) {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		w.state.DeletePortState(key)
 	}
 }
+
+// noNameserverAnswered reports whether name is a configured domain or
+// hostname and none of its nameservers answered on its last check.
+func (w *Watcher) noNameserverAnswered(name string) bool {
+	if !slices.Contains(w.config.Hostnames, name) &&
+		!slices.Contains(w.config.Domains, name) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	hs, ok := w.state.GetHostnameState(name)
+	if !ok {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for _, nsState := range hs.RecordsByNameserver {
+		if nsState.Status == statusOK {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true
 }
 
 func (w *Watcher) collectIPs(hostname string) []string {
@@ -796,9 +827,24 @@ func (w *Watcher) checkSinglePort(
 		)
 	}
 
+	// A configured name on the saved list none of whose nameservers
+	// answered stays on it, so the entry is kept when the other names
+	// stop resolving to this address.
+	savedHostnames := slices.Clone(hostnames)
+
+	if hasPrev {
+		for _, name := range prev.Hostnames {
+			if !slices.Contains(hostnames, name) && w.noNameserverAnswered(name) {
+				savedHostnames = append(savedHostnames, name)
+			}
+		}
+
+		sort.Strings(savedHostnames)
+	}
+
 	w.state.SetPortState(key, &state.PortState{
 		Open:        result.Open,
-		Hostnames:   hostnames,
+		Hostnames:   savedHostnames,
 		LastChecked: now,
 	})
 }