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!!! quote "Changes in sing-box 1.14.0"
:material-delete-clock: [independent_cache](#independent_cache)
:material-plus: [optimistic](#optimistic)
!!! quote "Changes in sing-box 1.12.0"
:material-decagram: [servers](#servers)
!!! quote "Changes in sing-box 1.11.0"
:material-plus: [cache_capacity](#cache_capacity)
# DNS
### Structure
```json
{
"dns": {
"servers": [],
"rules": [],
"final": "",
"strategy": "",
"disable_cache": false,
"disable_expire": false,
"independent_cache": false,
"cache_capacity": 0,
"optimistic": false, // or {}
"reverse_mapping": false,
"client_subnet": "",
"fakeip": {}
}
}
```
### Fields
| Key | Format |
|----------|---------------------------------|
| `server` | List of [DNS Server](./server/) |
| `rules` | List of [DNS Rule](./rule/) |
| `fakeip` | :material-note-remove: [FakeIP](./fakeip/) |
#### final
Default dns server tag.
The first server will be used if empty.
#### strategy
Default domain strategy for resolving the domain names.
One of `prefer_ipv4` `prefer_ipv6` `ipv4_only` `ipv6_only`.
#### disable_cache
Disable dns cache.
Conflict with `optimistic`.
#### disable_expire
Disable dns cache expire.
Conflict with `optimistic`.
#### independent_cache
!!! failure "Deprecated in sing-box 1.14.0"
`independent_cache` is deprecated and will be removed in sing-box 1.14.0, check [Migration](/migration/#migrate-independent-dns-cache).
Make each DNS server's cache independent for special purposes. If enabled, will slightly degrade performance.
#### cache_capacity
!!! question "Since sing-box 1.11.0"
LRU cache capacity.
Value less than 1024 will be ignored.
#### optimistic
!!! question "Since sing-box 1.14.0"
Enable optimistic DNS caching. When a cached DNS entry has expired but is still within the timeout window,
the stale response is returned immediately while a background refresh is triggered.
Conflict with `disable_cache` and `disable_expire`.
Accepts a boolean or an object. When set to `true`, the default timeout of `3d` is used.
```json
{
"enabled": true,
"timeout": "3d"
}
```
##### enabled
Enable optimistic DNS caching.
##### timeout
The maximum time an expired cache entry can be served optimistically.
`3d` is used by default.
#### reverse_mapping
Stores a reverse mapping of IP addresses after responding to a DNS query in order to provide domain names when routing.
Since this process relies on the act of resolving domain names by an application before making a request, it can be
problematic in environments such as macOS, where DNS is proxied and cached by the system.
#### client_subnet
!!! question "Since sing-box 1.9.0"
Append a `edns0-subnet` OPT extra record with the specified IP prefix to every query by default.
If value is an IP address instead of prefix, `/32` or `/128` will be appended automatically.
Can be overridden by `servers.[].client_subnet` or `rules.[].client_subnet`.