BIND zone validation

DNS zone check

Paste or upload a BIND-format zone. The checker verifies that BIND can load it and applies strict integrity checks to record names and right-hand-side targets, including MX or SRV records that point to CNAMEs.

This is the zone origin passed to BIND, not a filename.
or upload a file
Maximum 512 KB. Uploaded content is checked from a temporary file and then deleted.

What is checked?

Zone syntaxSOA, records, TTLs, names, classes, and values must parse as a BIND primary zone.
RHS integrityMX and SRV targets, CNAME misuse, NS targets, glue, and address relationships are checked strictly.
Safe processing$INCLUDE and $GENERATE are disabled for public uploads. No submitted zone is retained.

This validates a zone file as supplied. It does not publish the zone or compare it with the currently live DNS.