bind918 malfunction?

[Peter]

On Fri, Sep 06, 2024 at 08:05:18PM +0200, Ondřej Surý wrote:
! Try using running `named -d 9 (plus other existing args)` to see why there are 31+ queries. There must be something wonky going on.
! 

Alright. "-d 9" does nothing.

Changing the named.conf does something:
        channel named_log {
                syslog local0;
                // severity info;
                severity debug 99;
                print-category yes;
                print-severity yes;
        };
        channel activity_log {
                syslog local1;
                // severity info;
                severity debug 99;
                print-category yes;
                print-severity yes;
        };
        category client          { activity_log; };
        category config          { named_log; };
        category database        { named_log; };
        category dnssec          { activity_log; };
        category general         { named_log; };
        category network         { named_log; };
        category notify          { named_log; };
        category queries         { null; };
        category query-errors    { activity_log; };
        category resolver        { activity_log; };
        category security        { named_log; };
        category update          { named_log; };
        category update-security { named_log; };
        category xfer-in         { named_log; };
        category xfer-out        { named_log; };
        category unmatched       { named_log; };
        category default         { named_log; };

Not sure if this is all we need. "queries" got me bored, as I
have dnstap anyway. If we need it, I must try to repeat - it
does not always happen. Here it did:

20:31:59# host ns4.edns.t-ipnet.de
Host ns4.edns.t-ipnet.de not found: 2(SERVFAIL)

Apparently the 99 is now a bit more than you wanted.
But - voila!

Sep  6 20:31:59 <local1.debug> pole named[71152]: resolver: debug 3: exceeded max queries resolving 'ns1.edns.t-ipnet.de/AAAA' (querycount=33, maxqueries=32)

cheerio,
PMc