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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
79
GRADE
C
FIX
1
REVIEW
5
PASS
3
INFO
0
Probed from New York, United Stated
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
3 PASS 5 REVIEW 1 FIX
D
CDN & Delivery
Action
No CDN detected
FIX
No CDN detected
Warning::
No CDN detected
A CDN can significantly improve load times for users around the world by caching content at edge nodes closer to them.
No CDN detected

Consider using a CDN to improve global delivery speed and reduce origin load.

B
Redirect Chain
1 redirect(s), 1294 ms total
REVIEW
1 redirect(s), 1294 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://qt.io → https://www.qt.io/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect
Warning::
Redirect overhead: 1294 ms total
Got: 1294 ms

https://qt.io

413 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.qt.io/

881 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://qt.io301413 msHTTP/1.1Apache
2https://www.qt.io/200881 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

C
IPv6 Readiness
Action
No IPv6 support
REVIEW
No IPv6 support
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records found
IPv6 support is increasingly important for global accessibility. About 40% of internet users have IPv6 connectivity.
No IPv6 Support
About 40% of internet users have IPv6. Consider adding AAAA records.

IPv6 support is increasingly important for global accessibility. About 40% of internet users have IPv6 connectivity.

Why this matters

No AAAA records — same impact as 'no IPv6 (AAAA) records'; IPv6-preferring clients pay extra latency falling back to IPv4.

Source: Google IPv6 stats

B
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 4065 URLs
REVIEW
robots.txt present, sitemap with 4065 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 244 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Warning::
sitemap.xml contains invalid XML
Search engines may not be able to parse the sitemap. Fix XML validation errors.
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 4065 entries
Info::
robots.txt does not reference a sitemap
Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

Search engines may not be able to parse the sitemap. Fix XML validation errors.

Why this matters

An unparseable sitemap is silently ignored by Google — the URLs it advertises are never queued for crawl.

Learn more

Google's sitemap parser is strict about XML validity. A single unescaped `&` or unclosed tag invalidates the whole file. Run your sitemap through a validator (Search Console's Sitemaps report flags it) and fix the offending entry. Most generators escape correctly; mistakes usually come from manually-written entries.

Source: sitemaps.org / Google Search Central

Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

Why this matters

robots.txt omits Sitemap: directive — crawlers must fetch /sitemap.xml by convention; reliable but missing the explicit hint.

Source: sitemaps.org

robots.txt 200 OK
Size 244 B Sitemaps referenced 0 User-agents * Blocking No — crawling allowed
User-agent: *
Disallow: /qt-microncontrollers-mcu
Disallow: /faq/tag/quality-assurance-tools
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

B
URL Variants
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
REVIEW
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Critical::
Both www and non-www versions serve content
Got: Both variants return 200 Expected: One variant 301-redirects to the other
Info::
HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

www / non-www

200https://www.qt.io/
200https://qt.io/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://qt.io/ https://www.qt.io/

Consistent

B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
72 days until leaf cert expires — 4 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

72
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Prefer TLS 1.3 — TLS 1.2 is acceptable but TLS 1.3 removes RSA key exchange and improves latency
  • Add the preload directive and submit to hstspreload.org once max-age + includeSubDomains are in place
  • Enable DNSSEC on your domain for DNS spoofing protection
  • Enable OCSP stapling on your TLS server to remove a CA roundtrip and protect user privacy
A+
DNS Records
1 A records, 91 ms lookup
PASS
1 A records, 91 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 52.18.144.254
Info::
Single A record — no DNS redundancy
Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
Info::
No IPv6 (AAAA) records
Info::
3 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns-175-a.gandi.net, ns-243-b.gandi.net, ns-49-c.gandi.net
Info::
1 mail exchanger(s) configured
Info::
CAA records not checked
CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.
Info::
SPF record present in TXT
Info::
DNS resolution time: 91 ms
Got: 91 ms
A52.18.144.254
AAAA
CNAME
NSns-175-a.gandi.net, ns-243-b.gandi.net, ns-49-c.gandi.net
MX
11 qt-io.mail.protection.outlook.com
TXT
d358f430575bfe0c07fe7d85e526cda4
MS=ms34905030
google-site-verification=x8WScTrJ9ix9wGVVMih54OmbjQlcTb93z1HWxVZSOKo
google-site-verification=bIhnm2Ko3OmLAEP0Dqp0_aJNyJz9zj6KyJKAb1Lo-es
adobe-idp-site-verification=5a9d3918e132584ef70084471019760d1f5fb941fe9b3ddc4a77...
apple-domain-verification=GWcDIO9uyCe4GGpL
google-site-verification=XaLRKRce2ApHGZ6a8Q9VYSPgfygWOFbPYBRA8eE4Zvg
arcules-domain-verification=92HOwpXQ4tbPBwDdib1idz8C7aQti4XGrIdVw6iaDQ3
google-site-verification=dnHgPPxUI9getHLFrlO7Fpx8GY4Pd9230AELyJkvgNs
google-site-verification=d8jqwffKE2mRhvhJdZTPxD9XLjwpsYON51TAzNZZfx8
atlassian-domain-verification=KRzg78ZwrC/vsGe46xjVujbUKgaktsrwFKVMEyxTJJDtHGMYpG...
heroku-domain-verification=0acrf/kb66cr7//nvtsxtsgd9y25ko9anug/jektua
miro-verification=1c7af488d2ace09f31a534a1368692bc11edf243
99276D386F
mongodb-site-verification=0qQyK8XwDiC6yjd0jk6jDkCbChQvLmgc
bw=hR3GkePw0j1SPsYgU6F4JKXXIp2P39YapY8zrdhsWlPa
_hzw8eeg9uhc5xj936jv9ppo0ou0mj4m
onetrust-domain-verification=27fb6526511f414991230f79866be4b6
atlassian-domain-verification=i8pPqj4ggCz3/YBvj8DMzCG58lyu3fzsJPutfJTAkiaPAOQu08...
anthropic-domain-verification-ch5kez=eYXhvn33RZy2cVDWORssUT311
atlassian-domain-verification=yYhrDkw8Rnnyok67W7yQhZpOtA6NL0Kie9/lt/IqUNx0PyL16B...
SPF v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com ip4:217.11.52.118 ip4:109.75.234.198 i...
atlassian-domain-verification=qOx2x54JGZLNHHWOtVunc0TVNvi5l7J5x8eunJ7Qo6Dd5Rpvka...
_uke11iecfkh76pdy9fvt1scsxjv5guz
hpe-greenlake-domain-verification=52335378636f3149675a5679637a7863696c6e44696131...
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 91 ms

Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.

Why this matters

Single A record means a single point of failure — if that IP goes down, your site is unreachable until DNS TTL expires.

Learn more

Add multiple A records for round-robin failover, or use a managed DNS provider with health-checked failover (Route 53, Cloudflare, NS1). Short TTL (60-300s) lets clients recover faster on outages.

Source: SRE practice / DNS architecture

CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.

Why this matters

Informational: CAA (Certification Authority Authorization) records weren't checked in this scan.

A+
Domain Intelligence
qt.io — via Gandi SAS, 12 years, 8 months old, hosted on AWS
PASS
qt.io — via Gandi SAS, 12 years, 8 months old, hosted on AWS
Info::
Domain registered until Oct 5, 2026 (5 months remaining)
Info::
Registrar: Gandi SAS
Info::
Registrar lock is enabled
Domain cannot be transferred without explicit unlock from the registrar. This protects against unauthorized transfers.
Info::
Hosting: AWS
Got: AS16509
Domain expiry

111 days

October 5, 2026

SSL certificate

72 days

Issued by Let's Encrypt

Domain age

12 years, 8 months

Registered October 5, 2013

DNSSEC

Status unknown

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

AWS

ASN AS16509

52.18.144.254

Registrar

Gandi SAS

Locked 3 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Registrar Gandi SAS
Created October 5, 2013 (12 years, 8 months ago)
Expires October 5, 2026 (5 months)
Last Updated August 24, 2025
Name Servers ns-175-a.gandi.net, ns-49-c.gandi.net, ns-243-b.gandi.net
Registrant The Qt Company Oy
Hosting
IP Address 52.18.144.254
ASN AS16509 (AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US)
Provider AWS
Data source: whois (0.7s)

Domain cannot be transferred without explicit unlock from the registrar. This protects against unauthorized transfers.

Why this matters

Registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited et al.) prevents unauthorized domain transfers — strongest defense against domain hijacking.

Source: ICANN / domain-security best practice

A+
HTTP Probe Timing
Total 328 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
5 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
80 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
163 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
328 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
328 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 5 ms TCP Connect 80 ms TLS Handshake 163 ms Server Processing 80 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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