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How Codynet Limits Query Analytics

Codynet resolves lookups server-side and retains limited operational metadata: here is what leaves your browser, what is retained, and what remains local.

By Codynet · 4 min read · Published · Updated

Policy update — August 2026

This note originally described Codynet’s June 2026 no-retention architecture. Codynet now discloses limited 90-day operational query analytics in Microsoft Application Insights. The current policy is on the Privacy page.

The boundary remains narrow: full result payloads are not retained, the user-controlled History drawer stays in the browser, and sensitive HTTP URL components, credentials, malformed input, and raw User-Agent strings are excluded.

What actually leaves your browser

When you run a lookup, the value you type — a hostname, a domain, an IP — is sent to Codynet's server. The server makes the corresponding request on your behalf: a DNS query to a resolver, an RDAP call to the registry, an HTTPS request to a host, or a TLS handshake to read a certificate. The result comes back, gets formatted, and is shown to you.

This server-side model is deliberate: it keeps the tools consistent, avoids exposing your browser directly to arbitrary endpoints, and lets the same lookup paths stay guarded against unsafe server-side requests.

What is and is not retained

  • No account. There is nothing to sign into, so nothing ties a lookup to an identity.
  • Limited 90-day analytics. A validated normalized target and request metadata may be retained in Application Insights.
  • History stays on your device. Your user-controlled recent-lookup list lives in browser local storage and can be cleared whenever you like.
  • Full results are excluded. Query analytics do not retain full DNS/RDAP responses, certificate payloads, or HTTP response headers.
  • Ads do not receive your queries. Ads are off entirely today; if shown later, they are not handed your query content.

How you can verify it

You do not have to take this on faith. Every result panel includes the equivalent dig or curl command, so you can run the exact same lookup yourself from your own machine and compare. The privacy page states the same commitments in policy form, and the lookup paths are the same SSRF-guarded code for every tool. If something here is ever inaccurate, the contact page is the way to call it out.

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FAQ

Does Codynet keep a history of my lookups?
Your user-controlled History drawer is stored in your browser's local storage and can be cleared at any time. Separately, Codynet may retain limited normalized query and request metadata in Application Insights for 90 days; it does not retain full result payloads.
Do my queries leave my browser?
Yes. DNS, RDAP, HTTP, and TLS lookups are resolved server-side, so the name or address is sent to Codynet's server, which makes the lookup to a resolver, registry, or host on your behalf. Limited normalized query and request metadata may be retained for 90 days.
Is the query content written to server logs?
Operational analytics may contain the validated normalized target, tool, outcome, timing, and anonymous per-tab session ID. Server-side query events exclude the client IP and derived geography. Full result payloads, malformed input, HTTP paths and query strings, credentials, and raw User-Agent strings are excluded.
Will ads see what I looked up?
Ads are currently disabled entirely. If and when ads are shown, they are not given your query content; the lookup value is used to perform your request, not handed to an ad system.

Last reviewed: 2026-08-04.