watcher: a name removed from the targets leaves the state (closes #223)

The port checks, which the first check after startup runs after its DNS
checks, now also remove the domain and hostname entries of names no
longer in DNSWATCHER_TARGETS, and the certificate entries of those names
and of addresses a name no longer resolves to. A configured domain's own
records, saved as a hostname entry under its name, are kept, and so are
the certificate entries of a configured name none of whose nameservers
answered, as its port entries already were. Nothing is notified.

Model: opus-5-5

README.md

@@ -201,9 +201,7 @@ includes:
 - **NS recoveries**: Which nameserver recovered, which hostname/domain.
 - **NS inconsistencies**: Which nameservers disagree, what each one returned,
   which hostname or domain affected.
-- **Port changes**: Which IP:port, its new state, and the domains and the
-  hostnames that resolve to it, on a `Domains:` line and a `Hostnames:` line. A
-  line that would name nothing is left out.
+- **Port changes**: Which IP:port, its new state, all associated hostnames.
 - **TLS expiry warnings**: Expiry date and days remaining, CN, associated
   hostname and IP.
 - **TLS certificate changes**: Old and new CN and issuer, associated hostname
@@ -230,11 +228,10 @@ clears them.
   false-positive change notifications.
 - State is written atomically (write to temp file, then rename) to prevent
   corruption.
-- A name removed from `DNSWATCHER_TARGETS` is removed from the state at startup,
-  before the first check, without a notification: its domain, hostname and
-  certificate entries go, so the dashboard and `/api/v1/status` no longer list
-  or count it. The first check's port checks remove the port entries of
-  addresses no configured name has.
+- A name removed from `DNSWATCHER_TARGETS` is removed from the state at the
+  first check after startup, without a notification: its domain, hostname and
+  certificate entries go, as do the port entries of addresses no configured name
+  has. The dashboard and `/api/v1/status` then no longer list or count it.
 - Each port check also removes the certificate entries for an address their name
   no longer resolves to, except while none of the name's nameservers answer.
 
@@ -248,8 +245,7 @@ dnswatcher includes an unauthenticated, read-only web dashboard at the root URL
   per nameserver and status, shown as a hostname's are.
 - **Hostnames** with per-nameserver DNS records and status. For a nameserver
   whose query failed, the reason is shown in place of the records.
-- **Ports** with open/closed state and the domains and hostnames that resolve to
-  each address, in separate columns.
+- **Ports** with open/closed state and associated hostnames.
 - **TLS certificates** with CN, issuer, expiry, and status. For a failed check,
   the reason is shown in place of CN, issuer and expiry.
 - **Recent alerts** (last 100 notifications sent since the process started),
@@ -282,9 +278,7 @@ In `/api/v1/status`, each nameserver entry and certificate entry whose `status`
 is `error` also has `error`, the reason, as in the state file (see State File
 Format). A domain's own records are in its entry in `domains`, under
 `recordsByNameserver`, in the form a hostname's entry in `hostnames` has them
-under `nameservers`; `hostnames` and `counts.hostnames` hold no domain. A port
-entry lists the domains that resolve to its address in `domains`, and the
-hostnames in `hostnames`.
+under `nameservers`; `hostnames` and `counts.hostnames` hold no domain.
 
 `/metrics` is served only when `DNSWATCHER_METRICS_USERNAME` is set, behind
 Basic Auth. It has the Prometheus Go client's default metrics only (Go runtime,
@@ -573,9 +567,8 @@ previous check's list is kept, or `null` when no earlier check saved one. A
 state file without it loads, and the first check after that saves it without a
 notification.
 
-A port entry's `hostnames` lists every name that resolves to its address,
-domains included. A port entry in the older format, with one `hostname` instead
-of the `hostnames` list, loads as a list of that one name.
+A port entry in the older format, with one `hostname` instead of the `hostnames`
+list, loads as a list of that one name.
 
 ---
 
@@ -719,8 +712,7 @@ docker run -d \
 1. **Startup**: Check that the data directory can be written, and exit with an
    error naming it if not. Load state from disk. If no state file exists, start
    with empty state (first check will establish baseline without triggering
-   change notifications). Remove from the state the names no longer in
-   `DNSWATCHER_TARGETS` (see State Management).
+   change notifications).
 2. **Initial check**: Immediately perform all DNS, port, and TLS checks on
    startup.
 3. **Periodic checks** (DNS always runs first):

TODO.md

@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@ trial run of the finished image: https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/dnswatcher/issues/149
 # Completed Steps
 
 - 2026-10-02: a name removed from `DNSWATCHER_TARGETS` leaves the state, and so
-  the dashboard and API, at startup, before the first check (closes #223).
-- 2026-10-02: a Port Change notification lists the port's domains on a
-  `Domains:` line and its hostnames on a `Hostnames:` line (closes #248).
-- 2026-10-02: the dashboard's Ports table and `/api/v1/status` port entries list
-  a port's domains apart from its hostnames (closes #245).
+  the dashboard and API, at the first check after startup (closes #223).
 - 2026-10-02: nameservers a referral names without addresses are looked up,
   three deep at most; `pool.ntp.org`'s nameservers resolve (closes #221).
 - 2026-10-02: an apex domain is not counted or listed as a hostname; its records

internal/handlers/dashboard.go

@@ -45,14 +45,11 @@ func newDashboardTemplate() *template.Template {
 
 // dashboardData is the data passed to the dashboard template. Hostnames
 // and DomainRecords split the records in Snapshot.Hostnames, which also
-// holds the apex domains' own (see splitHostnames). Ports holds
-// Snapshot.Ports with each port's names split into domains and
-// hostnames, as /api/v1/status gives them (see buildPorts).
+// holds the apex domains' own (see splitHostnames).
 type dashboardData struct {
 	Snapshot      state.Snapshot
 	Hostnames     map[string]*state.HostnameState
 	DomainRecords map[string]*state.HostnameState
-	Ports         map[string]*statusPortInfo
 	Alerts        []notify.AlertEntry
 	StateAge      string
 	GeneratedAt   string
@@ -74,7 +71,6 @@ func (h *Handlers) HandleDashboard() http.HandlerFunc {
 			Snapshot:      snap,
 			Hostnames:     hostnames,
 			DomainRecords: domainRecords,
-			Ports:         buildPorts(snap),
 			Alerts:        alerts,
 			StateAge:      relTime(snap.LastUpdated),
 			GeneratedAt:   time.Now().UTC().Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05"),

internal/handlers/dashboard_test.go

@@ -205,51 +205,3 @@ func TestDashboardShowsDomainRecordsUnderDomains(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("summary bar does not say %q", summary)
 	}
 }
-
-// rowCells returns the text of each cell of a dashboard table row
-// whose cells start with tag, "<th" or "<td".
-func rowCells(row string, tag string) []string {
-	tags := regexp.MustCompile(`<[^>]*>`)
-	parts := strings.Split(row, tag)[1:]
-	cells := make([]string, 0, len(parts))
-
-	for _, cell := range parts {
-		text := tags.ReplaceAllString(tag+cell, " ")
-		cells = append(cells, strings.Join(strings.Fields(text), " "))
-	}
-
-	return cells
-}
-
-// TestDashboardPortsTellDomainsFromHostnames checks that the Ports
-// table lists an apex domain under Domains and a hostname under
-// Hostnames when both resolve to the port's address.
-func TestDashboardPortsTellDomainsFromHostnames(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	page := get(t, newHandlersWithFailures(t).HandleDashboard())
-	ports := dashboardSection(t, page, "Ports")
-
-	headings := rowCells(dashboardRow(t, ports, "Address</th>"), "<th")
-	cells := rowCells(dashboardRow(t, ports, sharedPort), "<td")
-
-	if len(cells) != len(headings) {
-		t.Fatalf("row of %s has cells %q under headings %q",
-			sharedPort, cells, headings)
-	}
-
-	under := make(map[string]string)
-	for i, heading := range headings {
-		under[heading] = cells[i]
-	}
-
-	if under["Domains"] != testDomain {
-		t.Errorf("row of %s lists %q under Domains, want %q",
-			sharedPort, under["Domains"], testDomain)
-	}
-
-	if under["Hostnames"] != testHostname {
-		t.Errorf("row of %s lists %q under Hostnames, want %q",
-			sharedPort, under["Hostnames"], testHostname)
-	}
-}

internal/handlers/status.go

@@ -32,11 +32,8 @@ type statusHostnameInfo struct {
 }
 
 // statusPortInfo holds status information for a monitored port.
-// Domains and Hostnames list the apex domains and the hostnames that
-// resolve to its address.
 type statusPortInfo struct {
 	Open        bool      `json:"open"`
-	Domains     []string  `json:"domains"`
 	Hostnames   []string  `json:"hostnames"`
 	LastChecked time.Time `json:"lastChecked"`
 }
@@ -102,6 +99,7 @@ func buildStatusResponse(
 		LastUpdated:  snap.LastUpdated,
 		Domains:      make(map[string]*statusDomainInfo),
 		Hostnames:    make(map[string]*statusHostnameInfo),
+		Ports:        make(map[string]*statusPortInfo),
 		Certificates: make(map[string]*statusCertificateInfo),
 	}
 
@@ -109,7 +107,7 @@ func buildStatusResponse(
 
 	buildDomains(snap, domainRecords, resp)
 	buildHostnames(hostnames, resp)
-	resp.Ports = buildPorts(snap)
+	buildPorts(snap, resp)
 	buildCertificates(snap, resp)
 	buildCounts(resp)
 
@@ -197,36 +195,21 @@ func nameserverInfo(
 	return info
 }
 
-// buildPorts returns the port entries saved in snap. A port entry
-// saves apex domains with its hostnames; they are told apart as in
-// splitHostnames, by a domain entry in snap.Domains.
-func buildPorts(snap state.Snapshot) map[string]*statusPortInfo {
-	ports := make(map[string]*statusPortInfo, len(snap.Ports))
-
+func buildPorts(
+	snap state.Snapshot,
+	resp *statusResponse,
+) {
 	for key, ps := range snap.Ports {
-		domains := []string{}
-		hostnames := []string{}
-
-		for _, name := range ps.Hostnames {
-			if _, isDomain := snap.Domains[name]; isDomain {
-				domains = append(domains, name)
-			} else {
-				hostnames = append(hostnames, name)
-			}
-		}
-
-		sort.Strings(domains)
+		hostnames := make([]string, len(ps.Hostnames))
+		copy(hostnames, ps.Hostnames)
 		sort.Strings(hostnames)
 
-		ports[key] = &statusPortInfo{
+		resp.Ports[key] = &statusPortInfo{
 			Open:        ps.Open,
-			Domains:     domains,
 			Hostnames:   hostnames,
 			LastChecked: ps.LastChecked,
 		}
 	}
-
-	return ports
 }
 
 func buildCertificates(

internal/handlers/status_test.go

@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ import (
 // The state the handler tests serve: www.example.com has one nameserver
 // that answered and one whose query failed, and its certificate check
 // failed. example.net is an apex domain, whose own records are saved
-// with the hostnames' records, as the watcher saves them. Both names
-// resolve to domainAddress, whose port 443 entry lists them.
+// with the hostnames' records, as the watcher saves them.
 const (
 	testHostname     = "www.example.com"
 	answeringNS      = "ns1.example.com."
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ const (
 	testDomain       = "example.net"
 	domainNS         = "a.iana-servers.net."
 	domainAddress    = "192.0.2.2"
-	sharedPort       = domainAddress + ":443"
 )
 
 // newHandlersWithFailures builds real Handlers whose state holds the
@@ -67,31 +65,12 @@ func newHandlersWithFailures(t *testing.T) *handlers.Handlers {
 		t.Fatalf("state.New: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	setTestState(st)
-
-	hnd, err := handlers.New(nil, handlers.Params{
-		Logger:  log,
-		Globals: glob,
-		State:   st,
-		Notify:  notifier,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("handlers.New: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	return hnd
-}
-
-// setTestState sets the entries described above in st.
-func setTestState(st *state.State) {
 	now := time.Now()
 
 	st.SetHostnameState(testHostname, &state.HostnameState{
 		RecordsByNameserver: map[string]*state.NameserverRecordState{
 			answeringNS: {
-				Records: map[string][]string{
-					"A": {"192.0.2.1", domainAddress},
-				},
+				Records:     map[string][]string{"A": {"192.0.2.1"}},
 				Status:      "ok",
 				LastChecked: now,
 			},
@@ -127,11 +106,17 @@ func setTestState(st *state.State) {
 		LastChecked: now,
 	})
 
-	st.SetPortState(sharedPort, &state.PortState{
-		Open:        true,
-		Hostnames:   []string{testDomain, testHostname},
-		LastChecked: now,
+	hnd, err := handlers.New(nil, handlers.Params{
+		Logger:  log,
+		Globals: glob,
+		State:   st,
+		Notify:  notifier,
 	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("handlers.New: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return hnd
 }
 
 // get serves one GET request to handler and returns the response body.
@@ -232,36 +217,3 @@ func TestStatusGivesDomainRecordsUnderTheDomain(t *testing.T) {
 			testDomain, domainNS, records, domainAddress)
 	}
 }
-
-// TestStatusPortsTellDomainsFromHostnames checks that a port entry in
-// /api/v1/status lists an apex domain in domains and a hostname in
-// hostnames when both resolve to its address.
-func TestStatusPortsTellDomainsFromHostnames(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	body := get(t, newHandlersWithFailures(t).HandleStatus())
-
-	var resp struct {
-		Ports map[string]struct {
-			Domains   []string `json:"domains"`
-			Hostnames []string `json:"hostnames"`
-		} `json:"ports"`
-	}
-
-	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(body), &resp)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("decoding response: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	port := resp.Ports[sharedPort]
-
-	if !slices.Equal(port.Domains, []string{testDomain}) {
-		t.Errorf("port %s domains = %v, want [%s]",
-			sharedPort, port.Domains, testDomain)
-	}
-
-	if !slices.Equal(port.Hostnames, []string{testHostname}) {
-		t.Errorf("port %s hostnames = %v, want [%s]",
-			sharedPort, port.Hostnames, testHostname)
-	}
-}

internal/handlers/templates/dashboard.html

@@ -157,20 +157,19 @@
         >
           Ports
         </h2>
-        {{ if .Ports }}
+        {{ if .Snapshot.Ports }}
         <div class="overflow-x-auto">
           <table class="w-full text-left text-xs">
             <thead>
               <tr class="text-slate-500 uppercase tracking-wider">
                 <th class="py-2 px-3">Address</th>
                 <th class="py-2 px-3">State</th>
-                <th class="py-2 px-3">Domains</th>
                 <th class="py-2 px-3">Hostnames</th>
                 <th class="py-2 px-3">Checked</th>
               </tr>
             </thead>
             <tbody class="divide-y divide-slate-800">
-              {{ range $key, $ps := .Ports }}
+              {{ range $key, $ps := .Snapshot.Ports }}
               <tr class="hover:bg-surface-800/50">
                 <td class="py-2 px-3 text-slate-200 font-medium">
                   {{ $key }}
@@ -188,9 +187,6 @@
                   >
                   {{ end }}
                 </td>
-                <td class="py-2 px-3 text-slate-400 break-all">
-                  {{ joinStrings $ps.Domains ", " }}
-                </td>
                 <td class="py-2 px-3 text-slate-400 break-all">
                   {{ joinStrings $ps.Hostnames ", " }}
                 </td>

internal/watcher/export_test.go

@@ -107,11 +107,6 @@ func (w *Watcher) MaybeSendTestNotification(ctx context.Context) {
 	w.maybeSendTestNotification(ctx)
 }
 
-// CleanupRemovedTargets exports cleanupRemovedTargets for testing.
-func (w *Watcher) CleanupRemovedTargets() {
-	w.cleanupRemovedTargets()
-}
-
 // CheckAllPorts exports checkAllPorts for testing.
 func (w *Watcher) CheckAllPorts(ctx context.Context) {
 	w.checkAllPorts(ctx)

internal/watcher/message_test.go

@@ -165,51 +165,3 @@ func TestStartupNotificationCountsConfiguredNames(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("sent %v, want one message with %q", notifications, counts)
 	}
 }
-
-// A Port Change notification lists the configured apex domain and the
-// hostname that resolve to the port's address on separate lines. The
-// port checks read the saved hostname state and look nothing up, so the
-// watcher has no resolver.
-func TestPortChangeListsDomainsApartFromHostnames(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	cfg := defaultTestConfig(t)
-	cfg.Domains = []string{domain}
-	cfg.Hostnames = []string{host}
-
-	deps := newTestDeps(t, cfg)
-	w := watcher.NewForTest(
-		cfg, deps.state, nil,
-		deps.portChecker, deps.tlsChecker, deps.notifier,
-	)
-	w.SetFirstRun(false)
-
-	// Both names resolve to ip1, whose port 443 the previous check
-	// found open. It is closed now.
-	for _, name := range []string{domain, host} {
-		deps.state.SetHostnameState(name, saved(
-			map[string]*state.NameserverRecordState{
-				nsA: answered(map[string][]string{"A": {ip1}}),
-			},
-		))
-	}
-
-	key := ip1 + ":443"
-	deps.state.SetPortState(key, &state.PortState{
-		Open: true, Hostnames: []string{domain, host},
-	})
-	deps.portChecker.closed = true
-
-	w.CheckAllPorts(t.Context())
-
-	title := "Port Change: " + key
-	want := `Domains: example.net
-Hostnames: www.example.net
-Address: 192.0.2.1:443
-Port now closed`
-
-	got := deps.notifier.getNotifications()
-	if len(got) != 1 || got[0].Title != title || got[0].Message != want {
-		t.Errorf("sent %v, want one %q with message:\n%s", got, title, want)
-	}
-}

internal/watcher/removed_test.go

@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ import (
 
 // TestRemovedTargetsLeaveTheState loads a state saved while a domain
 // and a hostname now removed from the configuration were still in it,
-// and runs the removal that Run does before the first check. The
-// removed names' domain, hostname and certificate entries are gone,
-// the configured names' are kept, and nothing is notified. Nothing is
-// looked up: the watcher has no resolver.
+// and runs the port checks, which the first check after startup runs
+// after its DNS checks. The removed names' domain, hostname and
+// certificate entries are gone, the configured names' are kept, and
+// nothing is notified. Nothing is looked up: the watcher has no
+// resolver.
 func TestRemovedTargetsLeaveTheState(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ func TestRemovedTargetsLeaveTheState(t *testing.T) {
 		deps.portChecker, deps.tlsChecker, deps.notifier,
 	)
 
+	// A state file is loaded, so changes are notified from the first
+	// check on.
+	w.SetFirstRun(false)
+
 	// The state a check of all four names saves, each name at ip1.
 	for _, name := range []string{domain, removedDomain} {
 		deps.state.SetDomainState(name, &state.DomainState{
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@ func TestRemovedTargetsLeaveTheState(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("loading the state: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	w.CleanupRemovedTargets()
+	w.CheckAllPorts(t.Context())
 
 	snap := deps.state.GetSnapshot()
 

internal/watcher/watcher.go

@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ func (w *Watcher) Run(ctx context.Context) {
 		"tlsInterval", w.config.TLSInterval.String(),
 	)
 
-	w.cleanupRemovedTargets()
 	w.RunOnce(ctx)
 	w.maybeSendTestNotification(ctx)
 
@@ -164,31 +163,6 @@ func (w *Watcher) Run(ctx context.Context) {
 	}
 }
 
-// cleanupRemovedTargets removes from the loaded state the domain,
-// hostname and certificate entries of names no longer in the
-// configuration, which changes only at a restart. Nothing is notified.
-// A configured domain's own records are saved as a hostname entry under
-// its name, which is kept.
-func (w *Watcher) cleanupRemovedTargets() {
-	for _, name := range w.state.GetAllDomainNames() {
-		if !w.isDomain(name) {
-			w.state.DeleteDomainState(name)
-		}
-	}
-
-	for _, name := range w.state.GetAllHostnames() {
-		if !w.isConfigured(name) {
-			w.state.DeleteHostnameState(name)
-		}
-	}
-
-	for _, key := range w.state.GetAllCertificateKeys() {
-		if _, hostname := parseCertKey(key); !w.isConfigured(hostname) {
-			w.state.DeleteCertificateState(key)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 // RunOnce performs a single complete monitoring cycle.
 // DNS checks run first so that port and TLS checks use
 // freshly resolved IP addresses. Port checks run before
@@ -568,50 +542,17 @@ func (w *Watcher) detectHostnameChanges(
 	w.detectCNAMEAddressChanges(ctx, hostname, prev, current)
 }
 
-// isDomain reports whether name is a configured apex domain, whose own
-// records are checked and saved as a hostname's are.
-func (w *Watcher) isDomain(name string) bool {
-	return slices.Contains(w.config.Domains, name)
-}
-
 // nameLine is the line a notification about name's records starts with:
-// "Domain: " and the name for a configured apex domain, and
-// "Hostname: " otherwise.
+// "Domain: " and the name for a configured apex domain, whose own
+// records are checked as a hostname's are, and "Hostname: " otherwise.
 func (w *Watcher) nameLine(name string) string {
-	if w.isDomain(name) {
+	if slices.Contains(w.config.Domains, name) {
 		return "Domain: " + name
 	}
 
 	return "Hostname: " + name
 }
 
-// portNameLines lists the names that resolve to a port's address, the
-// configured apex domains on one line and the hostnames on the next,
-// leaving out a line that would name nothing.
-func (w *Watcher) portNameLines(names []string) string {
-	var domains, hostnames []string
-
-	for _, name := range names {
-		if w.isDomain(name) {
-			domains = append(domains, name)
-		} else {
-			hostnames = append(hostnames, name)
-		}
-	}
-
-	var lines []string
-
-	if len(domains) > 0 {
-		lines = append(lines, "Domains: "+strings.Join(domains, ", "))
-	}
-
-	if len(hostnames) > 0 {
-		lines = append(lines, "Hostnames: "+strings.Join(hostnames, ", "))
-	}
-
-	return strings.Join(lines, "\n")
-}
-
 // detectCNAMEAddressChanges notifies when the addresses at the end of
 // hostname's CNAME chain differ from those the previous check saved,
 // including a change from or to none. When the previous addresses are
@@ -833,9 +774,11 @@ func (w *Watcher) checkAllPorts(ctx context.Context) {
 	}
 
 	// Phase 3: Remove port state entries that no longer have
-	// any hostname referencing them, and certificate entries for
-	// an address their name no longer has.
+	// any hostname referencing them, the domain, hostname and
+	// certificate entries of names no longer configured, and
+	// certificate entries for an address their name no longer has.
 	w.cleanupStalePorts(associations)
+	w.cleanupRemovedTargets()
 	w.cleanupStaleCertificates()
 }
 
@@ -920,16 +863,38 @@ func (w *Watcher) cleanupStalePorts(
 	}
 }
 
-// cleanupStaleCertificates removes the certificate entries for an
-// address their name no longer resolves to. An entry saved for a name
-// none of whose nameservers answered is kept: that name's addresses are
-// not known, not gone.
+// cleanupRemovedTargets removes the domain and hostname state entries
+// of names no longer in the configuration. A configured domain's own
+// records are saved as a hostname entry under its name, which is kept.
+func (w *Watcher) cleanupRemovedTargets() {
+	for _, name := range w.state.GetAllDomainNames() {
+		if !slices.Contains(w.config.Domains, name) {
+			w.state.DeleteDomainState(name)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, name := range w.state.GetAllHostnames() {
+		if !w.isConfigured(name) {
+			w.state.DeleteHostnameState(name)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// cleanupStaleCertificates removes the certificate entries of names no
+// longer configured, and those for an address their name no longer
+// resolves to. 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) cleanupStaleCertificates() {
 	for _, key := range w.state.GetAllCertificateKeys() {
 		ip, hostname := parseCertKey(key)
 
-		if slices.Contains(w.collectIPs(hostname), ip) ||
-			w.noNameserverAnswered(hostname) {
+		if w.isConfigured(hostname) &&
+			slices.Contains(w.collectIPs(hostname), ip) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if w.noNameserverAnswered(hostname) {
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -952,7 +917,8 @@ func parseCertKey(key string) (string, string) {
 
 // isConfigured reports whether name is a configured domain or hostname.
 func (w *Watcher) isConfigured(name string) bool {
-	return w.isDomain(name) || slices.Contains(w.config.Hostnames, name)
+	return slices.Contains(w.config.Domains, name) ||
+		slices.Contains(w.config.Hostnames, name)
 }
 
 // noNameserverAnswered reports whether name is a configured domain or
@@ -1047,8 +1013,8 @@ func (w *Watcher) checkSinglePort(
 		}
 
 		msg := fmt.Sprintf(
-			"%s\nAddress: %s\nPort now %s",
-			w.portNameLines(hostnames), key, stateStr,
+			"Hosts: %s\nAddress: %s\nPort now %s",
+			strings.Join(hostnames, ", "), key, stateStr,
 		)
 
 		w.notify.SendNotification(