fixture-auth-cname-a

Purpose

Authoritative peers expand a fixture CNAME to the target A in the answer. Through Conduit, clients should see that same CNAME+A chain — Conduit does not drop the CNAME or invent a different address set.

How it works

1. The peer loads example.test, including alias CNAME www.
2. A client asks Conduit for alias.example.test A.
3. The answer must match the committed fixture and a direct query to the peer.

Outcomes

Outcome	Meaning for operators
pass	CNAME+A through Conduit matches the fixture and the peer.
fail	Missing CNAME or A, wrong rcode, or Conduit 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: fixture, property, parity