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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
94
GRADE
A
FIX
0
REVIEW
2
PASS
7
INFO
0
Probed from Amsterdam, Netherlands
301 Moved Permanently
Checks
9
7 PASS 2 REVIEW
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.branch.io/
200https://branch.io/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

301http://branch.io/ → https://branch.io/

Consistent

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

Certificate validity

126
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Add includeSubDomains to the HSTS directive
  • 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
4 A records, 12 ms lookup
PASS
4 A records, 12 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 4 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 108.156.60.34, 108.156.60.24, 108.156.60.119, 108.156.60.76
Info::
Has 8 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
Got: 2600:9000:2394:ce00:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:7c00:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:5a00:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:4600:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:e000:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:d800:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:ba00:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:9200:e:6c93:2e80:93a1
Info::
4 nameserver(s) configured
Got: ns-1091.awsdns-08.org, ns-1809.awsdns-34.co.uk, ns-236.awsdns-29.com, ns-991.awsdns-59.net
Info::
5 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: 12 ms
Got: 12 ms
A108.156.60.34, 108.156.60.24, 108.156.60.119, 108.156.60.76
AAAA2600:9000:2394:ce00:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:7c00:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:5a00:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:4600:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:e000:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:d800:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:ba00:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:9200:e:6c93:2e80:93a1
CNAME—
NSns-1091.awsdns-08.org, ns-1809.awsdns-34.co.uk, ns-236.awsdns-29.com, ns-991.awsdns-59.net
MX
1 aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
10 aspmx2.googlemail.com
10 aspmx3.googlemail.com
TXT
adobe-idp-site-verification=2a89b891432143ce2403c051e2ba92b042188556f48ed29a21f5...
atlassian-domain-verification=cQVPHGxF7xozv8YN7f0YFszavoQXsa4jIyy0YTh1l703iGGjj1...
box-domain-verification=b50bb9d4c71875c10b09cd6e310b592b20353cd15bbbefb4fad5b398...
bugcrowd-verification=c44172c0849844f8508e7908047a84bf
canva-site-verification=5aT9JJUuponuDnyrDMzOpw
docker-verification=8e34f3f0-0aa5-4d34-bb94-f54b00bb7e81
docusign=6295a189-1693-4624-bfae-ebdd192e05c1
figma-domain-verification=6b48ca69b772dd85a5eafc93089ccbce085476786d8eaf45e1609b...
gc-ai-domain-verification-fyngm9=DmVW9GtGZRxbjMeek7HHZoGyV
google-site-verification=A6Wokcxexs3h8RCPep5ikPj_5Ou35JR9zynIBt4_VOs
google-site-verification=IT9U2rOS45RPU4SahdQirbmjpGxqlIDq2WZX4NDmwSs
google-site-verification=QTcEoV1p6n5Wlr0HAHzEe5RBESSyKsi_fWsLRYGwOPo
google-site-verification=QkSu5Qzm3bnrSyy0MRphM8GB8wL3gbISeqrGOwnV0h8
google-site-verification=VYcubAv9DhS-FXW62xNkvua2iyEN-0SfyyY7xP47Zw4
google-site-verification=ZEAcwPyVJrLK8UiyTfLALfAb3RtGeKMm9GHQf62PROk
google-site-verification=d-LV6kMUE24jvMMrtDY8uzCXNhljPeWP4pho55cHBuE
google-site-verification=mOSvNFm6z5fqbFkSxjQly5TWxPyScSXCEdSXSur_Siw
lyb8vwnk417tpq35llqvmnkt5fhgrvtk
notion-domain-verification=h4Hv4k0X4eQZsSUGQGXLDeJTULRMzfxchQE9lZEv8df
rippling-domain-verification=96f39fac3e0393f3
status-page-domain-verification=l8kq9jjk7nvg
uber-domain-verification=ce94fe1c-f3e0-4dc4-8497-0880cb913fa8
SPF v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mg-spf.greenhouse.io include:stspg-custom...
zapier-domain-verification-challenge=8cf9e29c-60c9-4452-a2db-9a86307fdbe3
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 12 ms

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
Redirect Chain
1 redirect(s), 169 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 169 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://branch.io → https://www.branch.io/ (301)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect

https://branch.io

18 ms · HTTP/1.1

301

https://www.branch.io/

151 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://branch.io30118 msHTTP/1.1AmazonS3
2https://www.branch.io/200151 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

A+
IPv6 Readiness
IPv6 reachable (1 ms)
PASS
IPv6 reachable (1 ms)
Info::
IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2600:9000:2394:ce00:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:7c00:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:5a00:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:4600:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:e000:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:d800:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:ba00:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:9200:e:6c93:2e80:93a1
Got: 1 ms connect
IPv6 Ready
AAAA Records 2600:9000:2394:ce00:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:7c00:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:5a00:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:4600:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:e000:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:d800:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:ba00:e:6c93:2e80:93a1, 2600:9000:2394:9200:e:6c93:2e80:93a1 Connection Reachable (1 ms)
A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 8 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 8 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 1783 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 8 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 8 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 1783 B Sitemaps referenced 1 User-agents *, GPTBot, CCBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot, anthropic-ai, Applebot-Extended Blocking No — crawling allowed
# ======================================================
# robots.txt for Branch.io
# ======================================================

# Default policy
User-agent: *
Allow: /

# -----------------------------
# Explicit ALLOW for AI/LLM crawlers
# -----------------------------
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

# -----------------------------
# Crawl hygiene (limit noisy URLs)
# -----------------------------
# Common tracking parameters
Disallow: /*utm_
Disallow: /*gclid=
Disallow: /*fbclid=
Disallow: /*msclkid=
Disallow: /*ref=

# Additional query params / WP patterns
Disallow: /*?currency=
Disallow: /*?page_id=
Disallow: /*?wvideo=
Disallow: /*?p=
Disallow: /*?amp

# WP endpoints - Security: Block REST API discovery
Disallow: /wp-json/

# Deep link/debug parameters that create infinite combinations
Disallow: /*&deeplink_path
Disallow: /*&branch

# Internal assets that don't need indexing
Disallow: /assets/
Disallow: /scripts/

# -----------------------------
# Security: Block sensitive paths
# -----------------------------
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /wp-content/plugins/
Disallow: /wp-content/themes/*/assets/
Disallow: /*.php$
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
Disallow: /wp-trackback.php
Disallow: /wp-cron.php
Disallow: /readme.html
Disallow: /license.txt

# Allow specific needed paths
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Allow: /wp-content/uploads/

# -----------------------------
# Sitemaps (production)
# Yoast sitemap index links to all section sitemaps
# -----------------------------
Sitemap: https://www.branch.io/sitemap_index.xml
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type Sitemap Index URLs 8 entries Valid XML Yes
Child Sitemaps:
A+
Domain Intelligence
branch.io — via Gandi SAS, 14 years, 7 months old
PASS
branch.io — via Gandi SAS, 14 years, 7 months old
Info::
Domain registered until Nov 10, 2026 (6 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.
Domain expiry

148 days

November 10, 2026

SSL certificate

126 days

Issued by Amazon

Domain age

14 years, 7 months

Registered November 10, 2011

DNSSEC

Status unknown

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Unknown

2600:9000:2394:c600:e:6c93:2e80:93a1

Registrar

Gandi SAS

Locked 4 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
Domain expiry SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Registrar Gandi SAS
Created November 10, 2011 (14 years, 7 months ago)
Expires November 10, 2026 (6 months)
Last Updated November 14, 2025
Name Servers ns-1091.awsdns-08.org, ns-991.awsdns-59.net, ns-1809.awsdns-34.co.uk, ns-236.awsdns-29.com
Registrant Branch
Hosting
IP Address 2600:9000:2394:c600:e:6c93:2e80:93a1
Data source: whois (0.8s)

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 19 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
11 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
1 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
4 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
20 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
20 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 11 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 4 ms Server Processing 4 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
A+
CDN & Delivery
AWS CloudFront (Hit from cloudfront)
PASS
AWS CloudFront (Hit from cloudfront)
Info::
Site is served via AWS CloudFront CDN (edge: AMS1-P2)
Got: x-amz-cf-id: DzxUGiz5_ccQG0degas0gb-WWTXluVHHw-_qgu4YvEvTOznleQbl9Q==
Info::
CDN cache status: Hit from cloudfront
CDN Detected: AWS CloudFront
Provider AWS CloudFront Cache Status Hit from cloudfront Evidence x-amz-cf-id: DzxUGiz5_ccQG0degas0gb-WWTXluVHHw-_qgu4YvEvTOznleQbl9Q==
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