passthrough-aa-auth-a

Purpose

Authoritative answers carry the AA (authoritative answer) flag. When Conduit forwards a successful A from an auth peer, clients should still see AA set — Conduit does not clear that bit on the default forward path.

How it works

1. The peer serves fixture zone example.test and answers www.example.test A.
2. A client queries that name through Conduit.
3. The reply must be successful with AA set, matching a direct query to the peer.

Outcomes

Outcome	Meaning for operators
pass	Through Conduit, the A answer is authoritative (AA) and matches querying the peer directly.
fail	AA was cleared or altered via Conduit, or the answer otherwise disagreed with the peer.
skip	Peer is not authoritative for this matrix (or profile out of scope).
characterized	Not used for this case today. If it appeared, it would mean a documented peer-specific quirk rather than a Conduit regression.

Matrix: peer (by publisher)

Suites: full

Oracles: property, parity