[gtld-tech] .gov zone file downloads stale since November 16?

[Viktor Dukhovni]

On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 04:52:49PM +0900, Joe Wein via gtld-tech wrote:

> I am getting strange results where if I download a zone file from the
> browser after logging into the ICANN acount, I get yesterday's version
> as expected, yet the scripted downloads pick up a .gz that when
> extracted has a file dated November 16 and a serial in the vicinity of
> that date's epoch count: 1700092762 (2023-11-15 23:59:22)

That's approximately the time of the transition of the .gov registry
from Verisign to Cloudflare.  The git log from CISA shows:

    commit ee3fe5a5828e2c6d13e6cee55ec05f478c150798 (HEAD -> master, o2/main)
    Author: Cameron Dixon <cameron.dixon at cisa.dhs.gov>
    Date:   Tue Dec 12 15:26:35 2023 -0500

        Update gov.txt

    commit c456fbfb036a52f0be724d3aad0f48b6f90e5220
    Merge: 988e573 77895a1
    Author: Cameron Dixon <cameron.dixon at cisa.dhs.gov>
    Date:   Fri Dec 8 16:39:59 2023 -0500

        Merge pull request #108 from cisagov/8-dec-zone

        Update zone file post-registry transition

    commit 77895a12d67c64575d16607c49c19746d4fd885c
    Author: Cameron Dixon <cameron.dixon at cisa.dhs.gov>
    Date:   Fri Dec 8 16:23:16 2023 -0500

        Update gov.txt

    commit 988e57384a790aa90c4ac6b0005edbdb678256ff
    Author: Cameron Dixon <cameron.dixon at cisa.dhs.gov>
    Date:   Thu Nov 16 16:52:39 2023 -0500

        Update gov.txt

    commit 509ce8b0233ea27ff898fda8200382359a5c87dc
    Merge: 422b98b f4ab233
    Author: Cameron Dixon <cameron.dixon at cisa.dhs.gov>
    Date:   Wed Nov 15 06:00:15 2023 -0500

        Merge pull request #105 from cisagov/signveri

        Update current-full.csv, a final cut

FWIW, today's .gov file from CZDS shows some new data.

-- 
    Viktor.