bind/bind-9.11-serve-stale.patch

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Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 14:31:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Implement serve-stale in 9.11
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Squashed commit of the following:

commit 32f47f36e545223b2a4757588d7bd4af8c5f5760
Author: Petr Menšík <pemensik@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 3 18:45:54 2019 +0200

    convert serve_stale to db_test

    Manual checkout from commit e8f61dd315c5d1c88915bb79361182241e42e47a.
    Use test modified for cmocka, including serve-stale tests.

commit 071eb1fb0786f6d614955813d99c3caabff33383
Author: Michał Kępień <michal@isc.org>
Date:   Fri Apr 27 09:13:26 2018 +0200

    Detect recursion loops during query processing

    Interrupt query processing when query_recurse() attempts to ask the same
    name servers for the same QNAME/QTYPE tuple for two times in a row as
    this indicates that query processing may be stuck for an indeterminate
    period of time, e.g. due to interactions between features able to
    restart query_lookup().

    (cherry picked from commit 46bb4dd124ed031d4c219d1e37a3c6322092e30c)

commit c12090bc361c7fa4522ace73899e778e44e9b295
Author: Petr Menšík <pemensik@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon Sep 2 11:12:32 2019 +0200

    Fix test name used in whole test-suite

    Correct name is serve-stale

commit ff4d826f295d268a248ca06941d65c903e1b405c
Author: Petr Menšík <pemensik@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri Aug 30 17:43:28 2019 +0200

    Clean files in more generic rules

commit 8d81ed15eda9a2a11e1433d1fdddacfc772708b6
Author: Petr Menšík <pemensik@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu Aug 29 21:27:57 2019 +0200

    [rt46602] Pass port numbers to tests via environment variables

    Manually applied commit f5d8f079008b648d2e343543e66dd728054c6101

commit 94fafa477891576286def8c4041ad127734af2d1
Author: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
Date:   Tue Apr 10 16:17:57 2018 +0100

    Move serve-stale logging to its own category, so that its verbosity can be curtailed.

    (cherry picked from commit 4b442c309dfb2c8880b19af4133047655bb734df)

commit e0c884bee98c3d2533dfaa667f58c6a80d8a3a00
Author: Michał Kępień <michal@isc.org>
Date:   Fri Apr 27 09:13:26 2018 +0200

    Prevent check_stale_header() from leaking rdataset headers

    check_stale_header() fails to update the pointer to the previous header
    while processing rdataset headers eligible for serve-stale, thus
    enabling rdataset headers to be leaked (i.e. disassociated from a node
    and left on the relevant TTL heap) while iterating through a node.  This
    can lead to several different assertion failures.  Add the missing
    pointer update.

    (cherry picked from commit 391fac1fc8d2e470287b5cc4344b3adb90c6f54a)

commit d724cc1d80ee8d46113eaf82549d49636739b67c
Author: Matthijs Mekking <matthijs@isc.org>
Date:   Thu Jan 24 10:24:44 2019 +0100

    Print in dump-file stale ttl

    This change makes rndc dumpdb correctly print the "; stale" line.
    It also provides extra information on how long this data may still
    be served to clients (in other words how long the stale RRset may
    still be used).

    (cherry picked from commit 924ebc605db798e2a383ee5eaaebad739e7c789c)

commit 625da4bd4590ac6108bb30eddd23ceffb245ae49
Author: Michał Kępień <michal@isc.org>
Date:   Mon Oct 22 15:26:45 2018 +0200

    Check serve-stale behavior with a cold cache

    Ensure that serve-stale works as expected when returning stale answers
    is enabled, the authoritative server does not respond, and there is no
    cached answer available.

    (cherry picked from commit 27cfe83a388147edfa0451b28c06c746912ea684)

commit d67ae10461c409fdafdbbe64f857db2552b71059
Author: Michał Kępień <michal@isc.org>
Date:   Mon Oct 22 15:26:45 2018 +0200

    Check TTL of stale answers

    Make sure that stale answers returned when the serve-stale feature is
    enabled have a TTL matching the value of the stale-answer-ttl setting.

    (cherry picked from commit 893ab37ce78c658215bd3a019f25afe795b37d5a)

commit 50459107805e68e4a63a8e497bf58ef3ce013ddb
Author: Michał Kępień <michal@isc.org>
Date:   Mon Jul 9 14:35:12 2018 +0200

    Do not use Net::DNS::Nameserver in the "serve-stale" system test

    Net::DNS versions older than 0.67 respond to queries sent to a
    Net::DNS::Nameserver even if its ReplyHandler returns undef.  This makes
    the "serve-stale" system test fail as it takes advantage of the newer
    behavior.  Since the latest Net::DNS version available with stock
    RHEL/CentOS 6 packages is 0.65 and we officially support that operating
    system, bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ans2/ans.pl should behave
    consistently for various Net::DNS versions.  Ensure that by reworking it
    so that it does not use Net::DNS::Nameserver.

    (cherry picked from commit c4209418a50c09142375f7edadca731c526f3d3a)

commit 4b5befc714bb386bd245b1c14ce3bce5ae6fb5fa
Author: Petr Menšík <pemensik@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue Jun 5 21:38:29 2018 +0200

    Fix server-stale requirement, skip without Time::HiRes

    (cherry picked from commit 7a0c7bf9c8e6a724e52635eed213ad25b9504e66)

commit 5ce51a3a7e5ef3087c4d022e3fca42fb2fd0c996
Author: Ondřej Surý <ondrej@sury.org>
Date:   Wed Oct 18 13:01:14 2017 +0200

    [rt46602] Update server-stale test to run on port passed from run.sh script

    (cherry picked from commit f83ebd34b9555a5a834c58146035173bcbd01dda)

commit 3954a9bf3437f6fab050294a7f2f954a23d161ec
Author: Ondřej Surý <ondrej@sury.org>
Date:   Wed Oct 18 14:18:59 2017 +0200

    [rt46602] Add serve-stale working files to .gitignore

    (cherry picked from commit cba162e70e7fac43435a606106841a69ce468526)

commit 112aa21f5fa875494820e4d1eb70e41e10e1aae7
Author: Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org>
Date:   Thu Oct 12 15:33:47 2017 +1100

    test for Net::DNS::Nameserver

    (cherry picked from commit 5b60d0608ac2852753180b762d1917163f9dc315)

commit 9d610e46af8a636f44914cee4cf8b2016054db1e
Author: Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org>
Date:   Thu Oct 12 15:19:45 2017 +1100

    add Net::DNS prerequiste test

    (cherry picked from commit fa644181f51559da3e3913acd72dbc3f6d916e71)

commit e4ea7ba88d9a9a0c79579400c68a5dabe03e8572
Author: Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 6 19:26:10 2017 +1000

    add quotes arount $send_response

    (cherry picked from commit 023ab19634b287543169e9b7b5259f3126cd60ff)

commit 0af0c5d33c2de34da164571288b650282c6be10a
Author: Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org>
Date:   Thu Nov 23 16:11:49 2017 +1100

    initalise serve_stale_ttl

    (cherry picked from commit 2f4e0e5a81278f59037bf06ae99ff52245cd57e9)

commit fbadd90ee81863d617c4c319d5f0079b877fe102
Author: Evan Hunt <each@isc.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 14 11:48:21 2017 -0700

    [master] add thanks to APNIC and add missing note for serve-stale

commit deb8adaa59955970b9d2f2fe58060a3cbf08312b
Author: Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 6 12:16:10 2017 +1000

    silence 'staleanswersok' may be used uninitialized in this function warning. [RT #14147

commit 0e2d03823768dc545015e6ce309777210f4a9f85
Author: Petr Menšík <pemensik@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu Aug 29 19:57:58 2019 +0200

    More fixes to merge

commit 360e25ffe7623ea0a2eec49395001f4940967776
Author: Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 6 09:58:29 2017 +1000

    4700.   [func]          Serving of stale answers is now supported. This
                            allows named to provide stale cached answers when
                            the authoritative server is under attack.
                            See max-stale-ttl, stale-answer-enable,
                            stale-answer-ttl. [RT #44790]

Signed-off-by: Petr Menšík <pemensik@redhat.com>
---
 bin/named/config.c                            |   9 +-
 bin/named/control.c                           |   2 +
 bin/named/include/named/control.h             |   1 +
 bin/named/include/named/log.h                 |   1 +
 bin/named/include/named/query.h               |  15 +
 bin/named/include/named/server.h              |  13 +-
 bin/named/log.c                               |   1 +
 bin/named/query.c                             | 164 +++++-
 bin/named/server.c                            | 177 +++++-
 bin/named/statschannel.c                      |   6 +
 bin/rndc/rndc.c                               |   2 +
 bin/rndc/rndc.docbook                         |  19 +
 bin/tests/system/chain/prereq.sh              |   7 +
 bin/tests/system/conf.sh.in                   |   2 +-
 bin/tests/system/dyndb/driver/db.c            |   2 +
 bin/tests/system/serve-stale/.gitignore       |  11 +
 bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ans2/ans.pl.in   | 178 ++++++
 bin/tests/system/serve-stale/clean.sh         |  15 +
 .../system/serve-stale/ns1/named1.conf.in     |  35 ++
 .../system/serve-stale/ns1/named2.conf.in     |  35 ++
 bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ns1/root.db      |   5 +
 .../system/serve-stale/ns3/named.conf.in      |  35 ++
 bin/tests/system/serve-stale/prereq.sh        |  38 ++
 bin/tests/system/serve-stale/setup.sh         |  13 +
 bin/tests/system/serve-stale/tests.sh         | 536 ++++++++++++++++++
 doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml                       |  77 ++-
 doc/arm/logging-categories.xml                |  11 +
 doc/arm/notes-rh-changes.xml                  |  14 +-
 doc/misc/options                              |  10 +
 lib/bind9/check.c                             |  78 ++-
 lib/dns/cache.c                               |  38 +-
 lib/dns/db.c                                  |  22 +
 lib/dns/ecdb.c                                |   4 +-
 lib/dns/include/dns/cache.h                   |  21 +
 lib/dns/include/dns/db.h                      |  35 ++
 lib/dns/include/dns/rdataset.h                |  11 +
 lib/dns/include/dns/resolver.h                |  43 +-
 lib/dns/include/dns/types.h                   |   6 +
 lib/dns/include/dns/view.h                    |   3 +
 lib/dns/master.c                              |  14 +-
 lib/dns/masterdump.c                          |  23 +
 lib/dns/rbtdb.c                               | 207 ++++++-
 lib/dns/resolver.c                            |  79 ++-
 lib/dns/sdb.c                                 |   4 +-
 lib/dns/sdlz.c                                |   4 +-
 lib/dns/tests/db_test.c                       | 198 ++++++-
 lib/dns/view.c                                |   3 +
 lib/isccfg/namedconf.c                        |   5 +
 48 files changed, 2126 insertions(+), 106 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 bin/tests/system/serve-stale/.gitignore
 create mode 100644 bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ans2/ans.pl.in
 create mode 100644 bin/tests/system/serve-stale/clean.sh
 create mode 100644 bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ns1/named1.conf.in
 create mode 100644 bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ns1/named2.conf.in
 create mode 100644 bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ns1/root.db
 create mode 100644 bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ns3/named.conf.in
 create mode 100644 bin/tests/system/serve-stale/prereq.sh
 create mode 100644 bin/tests/system/serve-stale/setup.sh
 create mode 100755 bin/tests/system/serve-stale/tests.sh

diff --git a/bin/named/config.c b/bin/named/config.c
index 9e071bb..d2cd3bc 100644
--- a/bin/named/config.c
+++ b/bin/named/config.c
@@ -182,13 +182,14 @@ options {\n\
 #ifdef HAVE_LMDB
 "	lmdb-mapsize 32M;\n"
 #endif
-"	max-acache-size 16M;\n\
-	max-cache-size 90%;\n\
+"	max-cache-size 90%;\n\
+	max-acache-size 16M;\n\
 	max-cache-ttl 604800; /* 1 week */\n\
 	max-clients-per-query 100;\n\
 	max-ncache-ttl 10800; /* 3 hours */\n\
 	max-recursion-depth 7;\n\
 	max-recursion-queries 100;\n\
+	max-stale-ttl 604800; /* 1 week */\n\
 	message-compression yes;\n\
 #	min-roots <obsolete>;\n\
 	minimal-any false;\n\
@@ -203,10 +204,14 @@ options {\n\
 	request-expire true;\n\
 	request-ixfr true;\n\
 	require-server-cookie no;\n\
+	resolver-nonbackoff-tries 3;\n\
+	resolver-retry-interval 800; /* in milliseconds */\n\
 #	rfc2308-type1 <obsolete>;\n\
 	root-key-sentinel yes;\n\
 	servfail-ttl 1;\n\
 #	sortlist <none>\n\
+	stale-answer-enable false;\n\
+	stale-answer-ttl 1; /* 1 second */\n\
 #	topology <none>\n\
 	transfer-format many-answers;\n\
 	v6-bias 50;\n\
diff --git a/bin/named/control.c b/bin/named/control.c
index 23620b4..0756c73 100644
--- a/bin/named/control.c
+++ b/bin/named/control.c
@@ -282,6 +282,8 @@ ns_control_docommand(isccc_sexpr_t *message, bool readonly,
 		result = ns_server_validation(ns_g_server, lex, text);
 	} else if (command_compare(command, NS_COMMAND_ZONESTATUS)) {
 		result = ns_server_zonestatus(ns_g_server, lex, text);
+	} else if (command_compare(command, NS_COMMAND_SERVESTALE)) {
+		result = ns_server_servestale(ns_g_server, lex, text);
 	} else {
 		isc_log_write(ns_g_lctx, NS_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL,
 			      NS_LOGMODULE_CONTROL, ISC_LOG_WARNING,
diff --git a/bin/named/include/named/control.h b/bin/named/include/named/control.h
index 56bad8d..37403f1 100644
--- a/bin/named/include/named/control.h
+++ b/bin/named/include/named/control.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 #define NS_COMMAND_MKEYS	"managed-keys"
 #define NS_COMMAND_DNSTAPREOPEN	"dnstap-reopen"
 #define NS_COMMAND_DNSTAP	"dnstap"
+#define NS_COMMAND_SERVESTALE	"serve-stale"
 
 isc_result_t
 ns_controls_create(ns_server_t *server, ns_controls_t **ctrlsp);
diff --git a/bin/named/include/named/log.h b/bin/named/include/named/log.h
index 76e3a51..0d1d985 100644
--- a/bin/named/include/named/log.h
+++ b/bin/named/include/named/log.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #define NS_LOGCATEGORY_UPDATE_SECURITY	(&ns_g_categories[6])
 #define NS_LOGCATEGORY_QUERY_ERRORS	(&ns_g_categories[7])
 #define NS_LOGCATEGORY_TAT		(&ns_g_categories[8])
+#define NS_LOGCATEGORY_SERVE_STALE	(&ns_g_categories[9])
 
 /*
  * Backwards compatibility.
diff --git a/bin/named/include/named/query.h b/bin/named/include/named/query.h
index ef1b172..53c052b 100644
--- a/bin/named/include/named/query.h
+++ b/bin/named/include/named/query.h
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ typedef struct ns_dbversion {
 	ISC_LINK(struct ns_dbversion)	link;
 } ns_dbversion_t;
 
+/*%
+ * nameserver recursion parameters, to uniquely identify a recursion
+ * query; this is used to detect a recursion loop
+ */
+typedef struct ns_query_recparam {
+	dns_rdatatype_t			qtype;
+	dns_name_t *			qname;
+	dns_fixedname_t			fqname;
+	dns_name_t *			qdomain;
+	dns_fixedname_t			fqdomain;
+} ns_query_recparam_t;
+
 /*% nameserver query structure */
 struct ns_query {
 	unsigned int			attributes;
@@ -63,6 +75,7 @@ struct ns_query {
 	unsigned int			dns64_aaaaoklen;
 	unsigned int			dns64_options;
 	unsigned int			dns64_ttl;
+
 	struct {
 		dns_db_t *      	db;
 		dns_zone_t *      	zone;
@@ -76,6 +89,8 @@ struct ns_query {
 		bool		authoritative;
 		bool		is_zone;
 	} redirect;
+
+	ns_query_recparam_t		recparam;
 	dns_keytag_t root_key_sentinel_keyid;
 	bool root_key_sentinel_is_ta;
 	bool root_key_sentinel_not_ta;
diff --git a/bin/named/include/named/server.h b/bin/named/include/named/server.h
index 0ba2627..08a02dc 100644
--- a/bin/named/include/named/server.h
+++ b/bin/named/include/named/server.h
@@ -227,7 +227,10 @@ enum {
 
 	dns_nsstatscounter_reclimitdropped = 58,
 
-	dns_nsstatscounter_max = 59
+	dns_nsstatscounter_trystale = 59,
+	dns_nsstatscounter_usedstale = 60,
+
+	dns_nsstatscounter_max = 61
 };
 
 /*%
@@ -766,4 +769,12 @@ ns_server_mkeys(ns_server_t *server, isc_lex_t *lex, isc_buffer_t **text);
 isc_result_t
 ns_server_dnstap(ns_server_t *server, isc_lex_t *lex, isc_buffer_t **text);
 
+
+/*%
+ * Control whether stale answers are served or not when configured in
+ * named.conf.
+ */
+isc_result_t
+ns_server_servestale(ns_server_t *server, isc_lex_t *lex,
+		     isc_buffer_t **text);
 #endif /* NAMED_SERVER_H */
diff --git a/bin/named/log.c b/bin/named/log.c
index acfa766..ea6f114 100644
--- a/bin/named/log.c
+++ b/bin/named/log.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ static isc_logcategory_t categories[] = {
 	{ "update-security",		0 },
 	{ "query-errors",		0 },
 	{ "trust-anchor-telemetry",	0 },
+	{ "serve-stale",                0 },
 	{ NULL, 			0 }
 };
 
diff --git a/bin/named/query.c b/bin/named/query.c
index b14f081..a95f5ad 100644
--- a/bin/named/query.c
+++ b/bin/named/query.c
@@ -149,10 +149,14 @@ last_cmpxchg(isc_stdtime_t *x, isc_stdtime_t *e, isc_stdtime_t r) {
 #define REDIRECT(c)		(((c)->query.attributes & \
 				  NS_QUERYATTR_REDIRECT) != 0)
 
-/*% No QNAME Proof? */
+/*% Does the rdataset 'r' have an attached 'No QNAME Proof'? */
 #define NOQNAME(r)		(((r)->attributes & \
 				  DNS_RDATASETATTR_NOQNAME) != 0)
 
+/*% Does the rdataset 'r' contain a stale answer? */
+#define STALE(r)		(((r)->attributes & \
+				  DNS_RDATASETATTR_STALE) != 0)
+
 #ifdef WANT_QUERYTRACE
 static inline void
 client_trace(ns_client_t *client, int level, const char *message) {
@@ -241,6 +245,10 @@ static bool
 rpz_ck_dnssec(ns_client_t *client, isc_result_t qresult,
 	      dns_rdataset_t *rdataset, dns_rdataset_t *sigrdataset);
 
+static void
+recparam_update(ns_query_recparam_t *param, dns_rdatatype_t qtype,
+		const dns_name_t *qname, const dns_name_t *qdomain);
+
 /*%
  * Increment query statistics counters.
  */
@@ -494,6 +502,7 @@ query_reset(ns_client_t *client, bool everything) {
 	client->query.isreferral = false;
 	client->query.dns64_options = 0;
 	client->query.dns64_ttl = UINT32_MAX;
+	recparam_update(&client->query.recparam, 0, NULL, NULL);
 	client->query.root_key_sentinel_keyid = 0;
 	client->query.root_key_sentinel_is_ta = false;
 	client->query.root_key_sentinel_not_ta = false;
@@ -4305,6 +4314,54 @@ log_quota(ns_client_t *client, isc_stdtime_t *last, isc_stdtime_t now,
 	}
 }
 
+/*%
+ * Check whether the recursion parameters in 'param' match the current query's
+ * recursion parameters provided in 'qtype', 'qname', and 'qdomain'.
+ */
+static bool
+recparam_match(const ns_query_recparam_t *param, dns_rdatatype_t qtype,
+	       const dns_name_t *qname, const dns_name_t *qdomain)
+{
+	REQUIRE(param != NULL);
+
+	return (param->qtype == qtype &&
+	        param->qname != NULL && qname != NULL &&
+	        param->qdomain != NULL && qdomain != NULL &&
+	        dns_name_equal(param->qname, qname) &&
+	        dns_name_equal(param->qdomain, qdomain));
+}
+
+/*%
+ * Update 'param' with current query's recursion parameters provided in
+ * 'qtype', 'qname', and 'qdomain'.
+ */
+static void
+recparam_update(ns_query_recparam_t *param, dns_rdatatype_t qtype,
+		const dns_name_t *qname, const dns_name_t *qdomain)
+{
+	isc_result_t result;
+
+	REQUIRE(param != NULL);
+
+	param->qtype = qtype;
+
+	if (qname == NULL) {
+		param->qname = NULL;
+	} else {
+		param->qname = dns_fixedname_initname(&param->fqname);
+		result = dns_name_copy(qname, param->qname, NULL);
+		RUNTIME_CHECK(result == ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+	}
+
+	if (qdomain == NULL) {
+		param->qdomain = NULL;
+	} else {
+		param->qdomain = dns_fixedname_initname(&param->fqdomain);
+		result = dns_name_copy(qdomain, param->qdomain, NULL);
+		RUNTIME_CHECK(result == ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+	}
+}
+
 static isc_result_t
 query_recurse(ns_client_t *client, dns_rdatatype_t qtype, dns_name_t *qname,
 	      dns_name_t *qdomain, dns_rdataset_t *nameservers,
@@ -4314,6 +4371,19 @@ query_recurse(ns_client_t *client, dns_rdatatype_t qtype, dns_name_t *qname,
 	dns_rdataset_t *rdataset, *sigrdataset;
 	isc_sockaddr_t *peeraddr;
 
+	/*
+	 * Check recursion parameters from the previous query to see if they
+	 * match.  If not, update recursion parameters and proceed.
+	 */
+	if (recparam_match(&client->query.recparam, qtype, qname, qdomain)) {
+		ns_client_log(client, NS_LOGCATEGORY_CLIENT,
+			      NS_LOGMODULE_QUERY, ISC_LOG_INFO,
+			      "recursion loop detected");
+		return (ISC_R_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	recparam_update(&client->query.recparam, qtype, qname, qdomain);
+
 	if (!resuming)
 		inc_stats(client, dns_nsstatscounter_recursion);
 
@@ -6821,6 +6891,7 @@ query_find(ns_client_t *client, dns_fetchevent_t *event, dns_rdatatype_t qtype)
 	int line = -1;
 	bool dns64_exclude, dns64, rpz;
 	bool nxrewrite = false;
+	bool want_stale = false;
 	bool redirected = false;
 	dns_clientinfomethods_t cm;
 	dns_clientinfo_t ci;
@@ -7130,6 +7201,7 @@ query_find(ns_client_t *client, dns_fetchevent_t *event, dns_rdatatype_t qtype)
 		type = qtype;
 
  restart:
+	// query_start
 	CTRACE(ISC_LOG_DEBUG(3), "query_find: restart");
 	want_restart = false;
 	authoritative = false;
@@ -7274,6 +7346,7 @@ query_find(ns_client_t *client, dns_fetchevent_t *event, dns_rdatatype_t qtype)
 	}
 
  db_find:
+	// query_lookup
 	CTRACE(ISC_LOG_DEBUG(3), "query_find: db_find");
 	/*
 	 * We'll need some resources...
@@ -7331,6 +7404,35 @@ query_find(ns_client_t *client, dns_fetchevent_t *event, dns_rdatatype_t qtype)
 	if (!is_zone)
 		dns_cache_updatestats(client->view->cache, result);
 
+	if (want_stale) {
+		char namebuf[DNS_NAME_FORMATSIZE];
+		bool success;
+
+		client->query.dboptions &= ~DNS_DBFIND_STALEOK;
+		want_stale = false;
+
+		if (dns_rdataset_isassociated(rdataset) &&
+		    dns_rdataset_count(rdataset) > 0 &&
+		    STALE(rdataset)) {
+			rdataset->ttl = client->view->staleanswerttl;
+			success = true;
+		} else {
+			success = false;
+		}
+
+		dns_name_format(client->query.qname,
+				namebuf, sizeof(namebuf));
+		isc_log_write(ns_g_lctx, NS_LOGCATEGORY_SERVE_STALE,
+			      NS_LOGMODULE_QUERY, ISC_LOG_INFO,
+			      "%s resolver failure, stale answer %s",
+			      namebuf, success ? "used" : "unavailable");
+
+		if (!success) {
+			QUERY_ERROR(DNS_R_SERVFAIL);
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
+	}
+
  resume:
 	CTRACE(ISC_LOG_DEBUG(3), "query_find: resume");
 
@@ -7676,6 +7778,7 @@ query_find(ns_client_t *client, dns_fetchevent_t *event, dns_rdatatype_t qtype)
 		 * The cache doesn't even have the root NS.  Get them from
 		 * the hints DB.
 		 */
+		// query_notfound
 		INSIST(!is_zone);
 		if (db != NULL)
 			dns_db_detach(&db);
@@ -7738,12 +7841,14 @@ query_find(ns_client_t *client, dns_fetchevent_t *event, dns_rdatatype_t qtype)
 		 */
 		/* FALLTHROUGH */
 	case DNS_R_DELEGATION:
+		// query_delegation
 		authoritative = false;
 		if (is_zone) {
 			/*
 			 * Look to see if we are authoritative for the
 			 * child zone if the query type is DS.
 			 */
+			// query_zone_delegation
 			if (!RECURSIONOK(client) &&
 			    (options & DNS_GETDB_NOEXACT) != 0 &&
 			    qtype == dns_rdatatype_ds) {
@@ -8130,6 +8235,7 @@ query_find(ns_client_t *client, dns_fetchevent_t *event, dns_rdatatype_t qtype)
 						       false, true);
 			}
 		}
+		// query_nxdomain
 		if (dns_rdataset_isassociated(rdataset)) {
 			/*
 			 * If we've got a NSEC record, we need to save the
@@ -8450,7 +8556,8 @@ query_find(ns_client_t *client, dns_fetchevent_t *event, dns_rdatatype_t qtype)
 		/*
 		 * If we have a zero ttl from the cache refetch it.
 		 */
-		if (!is_zone && !resuming && rdataset->ttl == 0 &&
+		// query_cname
+		if (!is_zone && !resuming && !STALE(rdataset) && rdataset->ttl == 0 &&
 		    RECURSIONOK(client))
 		{
 			if (dns_rdataset_isassociated(rdataset))
@@ -8676,7 +8783,11 @@ query_find(ns_client_t *client, dns_fetchevent_t *event, dns_rdatatype_t qtype)
 			 "query_find: unexpected error after resuming: %s",
 			 isc_result_totext(result));
 		CTRACE(ISC_LOG_ERROR, errmsg);
-		QUERY_ERROR(DNS_R_SERVFAIL);
+		if (resuming) {
+			want_stale = true;
+		} else {
+			QUERY_ERROR(DNS_R_SERVFAIL);
+		}
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
@@ -8932,7 +9043,7 @@ query_find(ns_client_t *client, dns_fetchevent_t *event, dns_rdatatype_t qtype)
 		/*
 		 * If we have a zero ttl from the cache refetch it.
 		 */
-		if (!is_zone && !resuming && rdataset->ttl == 0 &&
+		if (!is_zone && !resuming && !STALE(rdataset) && rdataset->ttl == 0 &&
 		    RECURSIONOK(client))
 		{
 			if (dns_rdataset_isassociated(rdataset))
@@ -8943,6 +9054,7 @@ query_find(ns_client_t *client, dns_fetchevent_t *event, dns_rdatatype_t qtype)
 			if (node != NULL)
 				dns_db_detachnode(db, &node);
 
+			// query_respond
 			INSIST(!REDIRECT(client));
 			result = query_recurse(client, qtype,
 					       client->query.qname,
@@ -9223,6 +9335,7 @@ query_find(ns_client_t *client, dns_fetchevent_t *event, dns_rdatatype_t qtype)
 				       dns_fixedname_name(&wildcardname),
 				       true, false);
  cleanup:
+	// query_done
 	CTRACE(ISC_LOG_DEBUG(3), "query_find: cleanup");
 	/*
 	 * General cleanup.
@@ -9279,6 +9392,49 @@ query_find(ns_client_t *client, dns_fetchevent_t *event, dns_rdatatype_t qtype)
 		goto restart;
 	}
 
+	if (want_stale) {
+		dns_ttl_t stale_ttl = 0;
+		isc_result_t result;
+		bool staleanswersok = false;
+
+		/*
+		 * Stale answers only make sense if stale_ttl > 0 but
+		 * we want rndc to be able to control returning stale
+		 * answers if they are configured.
+		 */
+		dns_db_attach(client->view->cachedb, &db);
+		result = dns_db_getservestalettl(db, &stale_ttl);
+		if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS && stale_ttl > 0)  {
+			switch (client->view->staleanswersok) {
+			case dns_stale_answer_yes:
+				staleanswersok = true;
+				break;
+			case dns_stale_answer_conf:
+				staleanswersok =
+					client->view->staleanswersenable;
+				break;
+			case dns_stale_answer_no:
+				staleanswersok = false;
+				break;
+			}
+		} else {
+			staleanswersok = false;
+		}
+
+		if (staleanswersok) {
+			client->query.dboptions |= DNS_DBFIND_STALEOK;
+			inc_stats(client, dns_nsstatscounter_trystale);
+			if (client->query.fetch != NULL)
+				dns_resolver_destroyfetch(
+						   &client->query.fetch);
+			goto db_find;
+		}
+		dns_db_detach(&db);
+		want_stale = false;
+		QUERY_ERROR(DNS_R_SERVFAIL);
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
 	if (eresult != ISC_R_SUCCESS &&
 	    (!PARTIALANSWER(client) || WANTRECURSION(client)
 	     || eresult == DNS_R_DROP)) {
diff --git a/bin/named/server.c b/bin/named/server.c
index 2bdf690..3a5ba91 100644
--- a/bin/named/server.c
+++ b/bin/named/server.c
@@ -1720,7 +1720,8 @@ static bool
 cache_sharable(dns_view_t *originview, dns_view_t *view,
 	       bool new_zero_no_soattl,
 	       unsigned int new_cleaning_interval,
-	       uint64_t new_max_cache_size)
+	       uint64_t new_max_cache_size,
+	       uint32_t new_stale_ttl)
 {
 	/*
 	 * If the cache cannot even reused for the same view, it cannot be
@@ -1735,6 +1736,7 @@ cache_sharable(dns_view_t *originview, dns_view_t *view,
 	 */
 	if (dns_cache_getcleaninginterval(originview->cache) !=
 	    new_cleaning_interval ||
+	    dns_cache_getservestalettl(originview->cache) != new_stale_ttl ||
 	    dns_cache_getcachesize(originview->cache) != new_max_cache_size) {
 		return (false);
 	}
@@ -3290,6 +3292,7 @@ configure_view(dns_view_t *view, dns_viewlist_t *viewlist,
 	size_t max_acache_size;
 	size_t max_adb_size;
 	uint32_t lame_ttl, fail_ttl;
+	uint32_t max_stale_ttl;
 	dns_tsig_keyring_t *ring = NULL;
 	dns_view_t *pview = NULL;	/* Production view */
 	isc_mem_t *cmctx = NULL, *hmctx = NULL;
@@ -3318,6 +3321,7 @@ configure_view(dns_view_t *view, dns_viewlist_t *viewlist,
 	bool old_rpz_ok = false;
 	isc_dscp_t dscp4 = -1, dscp6 = -1;
 	dns_dyndbctx_t *dctx = NULL;
+	unsigned int resolver_param;
 
 	REQUIRE(DNS_VIEW_VALID(view));
 
@@ -3732,6 +3736,24 @@ configure_view(dns_view_t *view, dns_viewlist_t *viewlist,
 	if (view->maxncachettl > 7 * 24 * 3600)
 		view->maxncachettl = 7 * 24 * 3600;
 
+	obj = NULL;
+	result = ns_config_get(maps, "max-stale-ttl", &obj);
+	INSIST(result == ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+	max_stale_ttl = cfg_obj_asuint32(obj);
+
+	obj = NULL;
+	result = ns_config_get(maps, "stale-answer-enable", &obj);
+	INSIST(result == ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+	view->staleanswersenable = cfg_obj_asboolean(obj);
+
+	result = dns_viewlist_find(&ns_g_server->viewlist, view->name,
+				   view->rdclass, &pview);
+	if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS) {
+		view->staleanswersok = pview->staleanswersok;
+		dns_view_detach(&pview);
+	} else
+		view->staleanswersok = dns_stale_answer_conf;
+
 	/*
 	 * Configure the view's cache.
 	 *
@@ -3765,7 +3787,8 @@ configure_view(dns_view_t *view, dns_viewlist_t *viewlist,
 	nsc = cachelist_find(cachelist, cachename, view->rdclass);
 	if (nsc != NULL) {
 		if (!cache_sharable(nsc->primaryview, view, zero_no_soattl,
-				    cleaning_interval, max_cache_size)) {
+				    cleaning_interval, max_cache_size,
+				    max_stale_ttl)) {
 			isc_log_write(ns_g_lctx, NS_LOGCATEGORY_GENERAL,
 				      NS_LOGMODULE_SERVER, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
 				      "views %s and %s can't share the cache "
@@ -3864,9 +3887,15 @@ configure_view(dns_view_t *view, dns_viewlist_t *viewlist,
 
 	dns_cache_setcleaninginterval(cache, cleaning_interval);
 	dns_cache_setcachesize(cache, max_cache_size);
+	dns_cache_setservestalettl(cache, max_stale_ttl);
 
 	dns_cache_detach(&cache);
 
+	obj = NULL;
+	result = ns_config_get(maps, "stale-answer-ttl", &obj);
+	INSIST(result == ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+	view->staleanswerttl = ISC_MAX(cfg_obj_asuint32(obj), 1);
+
 	/*
 	 * Resolver.
 	 *
@@ -4055,6 +4084,21 @@ configure_view(dns_view_t *view, dns_viewlist_t *viewlist,
 		maxbits = 4096;
 	view->maxbits = maxbits;
 
+	/*
+	 * Set resolver retry parameters.
+	 */
+	obj = NULL;
+	CHECK(ns_config_get(maps, "resolver-retry-interval", &obj));
+	resolver_param = cfg_obj_asuint32(obj);
+	if (resolver_param > 0)
+		dns_resolver_setretryinterval(view->resolver, resolver_param);
+
+	obj = NULL;
+	CHECK(ns_config_get(maps, "resolver-nonbackoff-tries", &obj));
+	resolver_param = cfg_obj_asuint32(obj);
+	if (resolver_param > 0)
+		dns_resolver_setnonbackofftries(view->resolver, resolver_param);
+
 	/*
 	 * Set supported DNSSEC algorithms.
 	 */
@@ -14559,3 +14603,132 @@ ns_server_dnstap(ns_server_t *server, isc_lex_t *lex, isc_buffer_t **text) {
 	return (ISC_R_NOTIMPLEMENTED);
 #endif
 }
+
+isc_result_t
+ns_server_servestale(ns_server_t *server, isc_lex_t *lex,
+		     isc_buffer_t **text)
+{
+	char *ptr, *classtxt, *viewtxt = NULL;
+	char msg[128];
+	dns_rdataclass_t rdclass = dns_rdataclass_in;
+	dns_view_t *view;
+	bool found = false;
+	dns_stale_answer_t staleanswersok = dns_stale_answer_conf;
+	bool wantstatus = false;
+	isc_result_t result = ISC_R_SUCCESS;
+
+	/* Skip the command name. */
+	ptr = next_token(lex, text);
+	if (ptr == NULL)
+		return (ISC_R_UNEXPECTEDEND);
+
+	ptr = next_token(lex, NULL);
+	if (ptr == NULL)
+		return (ISC_R_UNEXPECTEDEND);
+
+	if (strcasecmp(ptr, "on") == 0 || strcasecmp(ptr, "yes") == 0) {
+		staleanswersok = dns_stale_answer_yes;
+	} else if (strcasecmp(ptr, "off") == 0 || strcasecmp(ptr, "no") == 0) {
+		staleanswersok = dns_stale_answer_no;
+	} else if (strcasecmp(ptr, "reset") == 0) {
+		staleanswersok = dns_stale_answer_conf;
+	} else if (strcasecmp(ptr, "status") == 0) {
+		wantstatus = true;
+	} else
+		return (DNS_R_SYNTAX);
+
+	/* Look for the optional class name. */
+	classtxt = next_token(lex, text);
+	if (classtxt != NULL) {
+		/* Look for the optional view name. */
+		viewtxt = next_token(lex, text);
+	}
+
+	if (classtxt != NULL) {
+		isc_textregion_t r;
+
+		r.base = classtxt;
+		r.length = strlen(classtxt);
+		result = dns_rdataclass_fromtext(&rdclass, &r);
+		if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS) {
+			if (viewtxt == NULL) {
+				viewtxt = classtxt;
+				classtxt = NULL;
+				result = ISC_R_SUCCESS;
+			} else {
+				snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg),
+					 "unknown class '%s'", classtxt);
+				(void) putstr(text, msg);
+				goto cleanup;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	result = isc_task_beginexclusive(server->task);
+	RUNTIME_CHECK(result == ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+
+	for (view = ISC_LIST_HEAD(server->viewlist);
+	     view != NULL;
+	     view = ISC_LIST_NEXT(view, link))
+	{
+		dns_ttl_t stale_ttl = 0;
+		dns_db_t *db = NULL;
+
+		if (classtxt != NULL && rdclass != view->rdclass)
+			continue;
+
+		if (viewtxt != NULL && strcmp(view->name, viewtxt) != 0)
+			continue;
+
+		if (!wantstatus) {
+			view->staleanswersok = staleanswersok;
+			found = true;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		db = NULL;
+		dns_db_attach(view->cachedb, &db);
+		(void)dns_db_getservestalettl(db, &stale_ttl);
+		dns_db_detach(&db);
+		if (found)
+			CHECK(putstr(text, "\n"));
+		CHECK(putstr(text, view->name));
+		CHECK(putstr(text, ": "));
+		switch (view->staleanswersok) {
+		case dns_stale_answer_yes:
+			if (stale_ttl > 0)
+				CHECK(putstr(text, "on (rndc)"));
+			else
+				CHECK(putstr(text, "off (not-cached)"));
+			break;
+		case dns_stale_answer_no:
+			CHECK(putstr(text, "off (rndc)"));
+			break;
+		case dns_stale_answer_conf:
+			if (view->staleanswersenable && stale_ttl > 0)
+				CHECK(putstr(text, "on"));
+			else if (view->staleanswersenable)
+				CHECK(putstr(text, "off (not-cached)"));
+			else
+				CHECK(putstr(text, "off"));
+			break;
+		}
+		if (stale_ttl > 0) {
+			snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg),
+				 " (stale-answer-ttl=%u max-stale-ttl=%u)",
+				 view->staleanswerttl, stale_ttl);
+			CHECK(putstr(text, msg));
+		}
+		found = true;
+	}
+	isc_task_endexclusive(ns_g_server->task);
+
+	if (!found)
+		result = ISC_R_NOTFOUND;
+
+cleanup:
+	if (isc_buffer_usedlength(*text) > 0)
+		(void) putnull(text);
+
+	return (result);
+}
diff --git a/bin/named/statschannel.c b/bin/named/statschannel.c
index 12ab048..4938c03 100644
--- a/bin/named/statschannel.c
+++ b/bin/named/statschannel.c
@@ -300,6 +300,12 @@ init_desc(void) {
 	SET_NSSTATDESC(reclimitdropped,
 		       "queries dropped due to recursive client limit",
 		       "RecLimitDropped");
+	SET_NSSTATDESC(trystale,
+		       "attempts to use stale cache data after lookup failure",
+		       "QryTryStale");
+	SET_NSSTATDESC(usedstale,
+		       "successful uses of stale cache data after lookup failure",
+		       "QryUsedStale");
 	INSIST(i == dns_nsstatscounter_max);
 
 	/* Initialize resolver statistics */
diff --git a/bin/rndc/rndc.c b/bin/rndc/rndc.c
index 0acfe3a..2c21c1d 100644
--- a/bin/rndc/rndc.c
+++ b/bin/rndc/rndc.c
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ command is one of the following:\n\
   scan		Scan available network interfaces for changes.\n\
   secroots [view ...]\n\
 		Write security roots to the secroots file.\n\
+  serve-stale	( yes | no | reset ) [class [view]]\n\
+		Control whether stale answers are returned\n\
   showzone zone [class [view]]\n\
 		Print a zone's configuration.\n\
   sign zone [class [view]]\n\
diff --git a/bin/rndc/rndc.docbook b/bin/rndc/rndc.docbook
index 159ded9..12a7208 100644
--- a/bin/rndc/rndc.docbook
+++ b/bin/rndc/rndc.docbook
@@ -689,6 +689,25 @@
 	</listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><userinput>serve-stale ( on | off | reset | status) <optional><replaceable>class</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>view</replaceable></optional></optional></userinput></term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>
+	    Enable, disable, or reset the serving of stale answers
+	    as configured in named.conf. Serving of stale answers
+	    will remain disabled across <filename>named.conf</filename>
+	    reloads if disabled via rndc until it is reset via rndc.
+	  </para>
+	  <para>
+	    Status will report whether serving of stale answers is
+	    currently enabled, disabled or not configured for a
+	    view.  If serving of stale records is configured then
+	    the values of stale-answer-ttl and max-stale-ttl are
+	    reported.
+	  </para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
 	<term><userinput>secroots <optional>-</optional> <optional><replaceable>view ...</replaceable></optional></userinput></term>
 	<listitem>
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/chain/prereq.sh b/bin/tests/system/chain/prereq.sh
index 23bedcd..43385de 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/chain/prereq.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/chain/prereq.sh
@@ -48,3 +48,10 @@ else
     echo_i "This test requires the Net::DNS::Nameserver library." >&2
     exit 1
 fi
+if $PERL -e 'use Net::DNS::Nameserver;' 2>/dev/null
+then
+	:
+else
+    echo "I:This test requires the Net::DNS::Nameserver library." >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.in b/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.in
index f6412f6..26c8901 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.in
+++ b/bin/tests/system/conf.sh.in
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ PARALLELDIRS="dnssec rpzrecurse \
 	reclimit redirect resolver rndc rootkeysentinel rpz \
 	rrchecker rrl rrsetorder rsabigexponent runtime \
 	sfcache smartsign sortlist \
-	spf staticstub statistics statschannel stub \
+	spf serve-stale staticstub statistics statschannel stub \
 	tcp tsig tsiggss \
 	unknown upforwd verify views wildcard \
 	xfer xferquota zero zonechecks"
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/dyndb/driver/db.c b/bin/tests/system/dyndb/driver/db.c
index 02aa6ab..a77c7de 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/dyndb/driver/db.c
+++ b/bin/tests/system/dyndb/driver/db.c
@@ -629,6 +629,8 @@ static dns_dbmethods_t sampledb_methods = {
 	hashsize,
 	NULL,
 	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
 };
 
 /* Auxiliary driver functions. */
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/.gitignore b/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2272eef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/ans2/ans.pid
+/ans2/ans.pl
+/dig.out*
+/ns1/named.conf
+/ns3/named.conf
+/ns3/root.bk
+/rndc.out*
+named.lock
+named.pid
+named.port
+named.run
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ans2/ans.pl.in b/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ans2/ans.pl.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b39eca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ans2/ans.pl.in
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2014-2016  Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+#
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use IO::File;
+use IO::Socket;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use Net::DNS;
+use Time::HiRes qw(usleep nanosleep);
+
+my $pidf = new IO::File "ans.pid", "w" or die "cannot open pid file: $!";
+print $pidf "$$\n" or die "cannot write pid file: $!";
+$pidf->close or die "cannot close pid file: $!";
+sub rmpid { unlink "ans.pid"; exit 1; };
+
+$SIG{INT} = \&rmpid;
+$SIG{TERM} = \&rmpid;
+
+my $send_response = 1;
+
+my $localaddr = "10.53.0.2";
+my $localport = @PORT@;
+my $udpsock = IO::Socket::INET->new(LocalAddr => "$localaddr",
+   LocalPort => $localport, Proto => "udp", Reuse => 1) or die "$!";
+
+#
+# Delegation
+#
+my $SOA = "example 300 IN SOA . . 0 0 0 0 300";
+my $NS = "example 300 IN NS ns.example";
+my $A = "ns.example 300 IN A $localaddr";
+#
+# Records to be TTL stretched
+#
+my $TXT = "data.example 1 IN TXT \"A text record with a 1 second ttl\"";
+my $negSOA = "example 1 IN SOA . . 0 0 0 0 300";
+
+sub reply_handler {
+    my ($qname, $qclass, $qtype) = @_;
+    my ($rcode, @ans, @auth, @add);
+
+    print ("request: $qname/$qtype\n");
+    STDOUT->flush();
+
+    # Control whether we send a response or not.
+    # We always respond to control commands.
+    if ($qname eq "enable" ) {
+	if ($qtype eq "TXT") {
+	    $send_response = 1;
+            my $rr = new Net::DNS::RR("$qname 0 $qclass TXT \"$send_response\"");
+            push @ans, $rr;
+	}
+	$rcode = "NOERROR";
+        return ($rcode, \@ans, \@auth, \@add, { aa => 1 });
+    } elsif ($qname eq "disable" ) {
+	if ($qtype eq "TXT") {
+	    $send_response = 0;
+            my $rr = new Net::DNS::RR("$qname 0 $qclass TXT \"$send_response\"");
+            push @ans, $rr;
+	}
+	$rcode = "NOERROR";
+        return ($rcode, \@ans, \@auth, \@add, { aa => 1 });
+    }
+
+    # If we are not responding to queries we are done.
+    return if (!$send_response);
+
+    # Construct the response and send it.
+    if ($qname eq "ns.example" ) {
+	if ($qtype eq "A") {
+	    my $rr = new Net::DNS::RR($A);
+	    push @ans, $rr;
+	} else {
+	    my $rr = new Net::DNS::RR($SOA);
+	    push @auth, $rr;
+	}
+	$rcode = "NOERROR";
+    } elsif ($qname eq "example") {
+	if ($qtype eq "NS") {
+	    my $rr = new Net::DNS::RR($NS);
+	    push @auth, $rr;
+	    $rr = new Net::DNS::RR($A);
+	    push @add, $rr;
+	} elsif ($qtype eq "SOA") {
+	    my $rr = new Net::DNS::RR($SOA);
+	    push @ans, $rr;
+	} else {
+	    my $rr = new Net::DNS::RR($SOA);
+	    push @auth, $rr;
+	}
+	$rcode = "NOERROR";
+    } elsif ($qname eq "nodata.example") {
+	my $rr = new Net::DNS::RR($negSOA);
+	push @auth, $rr;
+	$rcode = "NOERROR";
+    } elsif ($qname eq "data.example") {
+	if ($qtype eq "TXT") {
+	    my $rr = new Net::DNS::RR($TXT);
+	    push @ans, $rr;
+	} else {
+	    my $rr = new Net::DNS::RR($negSOA);
+	    push @auth, $rr;
+	}
+	$rcode = "NOERROR";
+    } elsif ($qname eq "nxdomain.example") {
+	my $rr = new Net::DNS::RR($negSOA);
+	push @auth, $rr;
+	$rcode = "NXDOMAIN";
+    } else {
+        my $rr = new Net::DNS::RR($SOA);
+	push @auth, $rr;
+	$rcode = "NXDOMAIN";
+    }
+
+    # mark the answer as authoritive (by setting the 'aa' flag
+    return ($rcode, \@ans, \@auth, \@add, { aa => 1 });
+}
+
+GetOptions(
+    'port=i' => \$localport,
+);
+
+my $rin;
+my $rout;
+
+for (;;) {
+	$rin = '';
+	vec($rin, fileno($udpsock), 1) = 1;
+
+	select($rout = $rin, undef, undef, undef);
+
+	if (vec($rout, fileno($udpsock), 1)) {
+		my ($buf, $request, $err);
+		$udpsock->recv($buf, 512);
+
+		if ($Net::DNS::VERSION > 0.68) {
+			$request = new Net::DNS::Packet(\$buf, 0);
+			$@ and die $@;
+		} else {
+			my $err;
+			($request, $err) = new Net::DNS::Packet(\$buf, 0);
+			$err and die $err;
+		}
+
+		my @questions = $request->question;
+		my $qname = $questions[0]->qname;
+		my $qclass = $questions[0]->qclass;
+		my $qtype = $questions[0]->qtype;
+		my $id = $request->header->id;
+
+		my ($rcode, $ans, $auth, $add, $headermask) = reply_handler($qname, $qclass, $qtype);
+
+		if (!defined($rcode)) {
+			print "  Silently ignoring query\n";
+			next;
+		}
+
+		my $reply = Net::DNS::Packet->new();
+		$reply->header->qr(1);
+		$reply->header->aa(1) if $headermask->{'aa'};
+		$reply->header->id($id);
+		$reply->header->rcode($rcode);
+		$reply->push("question",   @questions);
+		$reply->push("answer",     @$ans)  if $ans;
+		$reply->push("authority",  @$auth) if $auth;
+		$reply->push("additional", @$add)  if $add;
+
+		my $num_chars = $udpsock->send($reply->data);
+		print "  Sent $num_chars bytes via UDP\n";
+	}
+}
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/clean.sh b/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/clean.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2397326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/clean.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2017  Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+#
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+rm -f test.output
+rm -f dig.out.test*
+rm -f ans2/ans.pl
+rm -f ns3/root.bk
+rm -f rndc.out.test*
+rm -f ns*/named.memstats
+rm -f ns*/managed-keys.bind
+rm -f ns*/named.conf
+rm -f ns*/named.run
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ns1/named1.conf.in b/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ns1/named1.conf.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a75a10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ns1/named1.conf.in
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017  Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+key rndc_key {
+        secret "1234abcd8765";
+        algorithm hmac-sha256;
+};
+
+controls {
+	inet 10.53.0.1 port @CONTROLPORT@ allow { any; } keys { rndc_key; };
+};
+
+options {
+	query-source address 10.53.0.1;
+	notify-source 10.53.0.1;
+	transfer-source 10.53.0.1;
+	port @PORT@;
+	pid-file "named.pid";
+	listen-on { 10.53.0.1; };
+	listen-on-v6 { none; };
+	recursion yes;
+	max-stale-ttl 3600;
+	stale-answer-ttl 1;
+	stale-answer-enable yes;
+};
+
+zone "." {
+	type master;
+	file "root.db";
+};
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ns1/named2.conf.in b/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ns1/named2.conf.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..072e6ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ns1/named2.conf.in
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017  Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+key rndc_key {
+        secret "1234abcd8765";
+        algorithm hmac-sha256;
+};
+
+controls {
+	inet 10.53.0.1 port @CONTROLPORT@ allow { any; } keys { rndc_key; };
+};
+
+options {
+	query-source address 10.53.0.1;
+	notify-source 10.53.0.1;
+	transfer-source 10.53.0.1;
+	port @PORT@;
+	pid-file "named.pid";
+	listen-on { 10.53.0.1; };
+	listen-on-v6 { none; };
+	recursion yes;
+	max-stale-ttl 7200;
+	stale-answer-ttl 2;
+	stale-answer-enable yes;
+};
+
+zone "." {
+	type master;
+	file "root.db";
+};
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ns1/root.db b/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ns1/root.db
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb9ad3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ns1/root.db
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.		300	SOA	. . 0 0 0 0 0
+.		300	NS	ns.nil.
+ns.nil.		300	A	10.53.0.1
+example.	300	NS	ns.example.
+ns.example.	300	A	10.53.0.2
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ns3/named.conf.in b/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ns3/named.conf.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24a3293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/ns3/named.conf.in
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017  Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+key rndc_key {
+        secret "1234abcd8765";
+        algorithm hmac-sha256;
+};
+
+controls {
+	inet 10.53.0.3 port @CONTROLPORT@ allow { any; } keys { rndc_key; };
+};
+
+options {
+	query-source address 10.53.0.3;
+	notify-source 10.53.0.3;
+	transfer-source 10.53.0.3;
+	port @PORT@;
+	pid-file "named.pid";
+	listen-on { 10.53.0.3; };
+	listen-on-v6 { none; };
+	recursion yes;
+	// max-stale-ttl 3600;
+	// stale-answer-ttl 3;
+};
+
+zone "." {
+	type slave;
+	masters { 10.53.0.1; };
+	file "root.bk";
+};
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/prereq.sh b/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/prereq.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3bbef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/prereq.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016  Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+#
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+SYSTEMTESTTOP=..
+. $SYSTEMTESTTOP/conf.sh
+
+if $PERL -e 'use Net::DNS;' 2>/dev/null
+then
+    if $PERL -e 'use Net::DNS; die if ($Net::DNS::VERSION >= 0.69 && $Net::DNS::VERSION <= 0.74);' 2>/dev/null
+    then
+        :
+    else
+        echo "I:Net::DNS versions 0.69 to 0.74 have bugs that cause this test to fail: please update." >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+else
+    echo "I:This test requires the Net::DNS library." >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+if $PERL -e 'use Net::DNS::Nameserver;' 2>/dev/null
+then
+	:
+else
+	echo "I:This test requires the Net::DNS::Nameserver library." >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+if $PERL -e 'use Time::HiRes;' 2>/dev/null
+then
+	:
+else
+	echo "I:This test requires the Time::HiRes library." >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/setup.sh b/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/setup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..690f43c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Copyright (C) 2017  Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+#
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+SYSTEMTESTTOP=..
+. $SYSTEMTESTTOP/conf.sh
+
+copy_setports ns1/named1.conf.in ns1/named.conf
+copy_setports ans2/ans.pl.in ans2/ans.pl
+copy_setports ns3/named.conf.in ns3/named.conf
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..201c996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/serve-stale/tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,536 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2009-2016  Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+#
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+SYSTEMTESTTOP=..
+. $SYSTEMTESTTOP/conf.sh
+
+while getopts "p:c:" flag; do
+    case "$flag" in
+	p) port=$OPTARG ;;
+	c) controlport=$OPTARG ;;
+	*) exit 1 ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+RNDCCMD="$RNDC -c $SYSTEMTESTTOP/common/rndc.conf -p ${CONTROLPORT} -s"
+
+echo "RNDCCMD: ${RNDCCMD}"
+
+status=0
+n=0
+
+#echo "I:check ans.pl server ($n)"
+#$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.2 example NS
+#$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.2 example SOA
+#$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.2 ns.example A
+#$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.2 ns.example AAAA
+#$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.2 txt enable
+#$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.2 txt disable
+#$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.2 ns.example AAAA
+#$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.2 txt enable
+#$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.2 ns.example AAAA
+##$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.2 data.example TXT
+#$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.2 nodata.example TXT
+#$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.2 nxdomain.example TXT
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:prime cache data.example ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.1 data.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: NOERROR" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 1," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:prime cache nodata.example ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.1 nodata.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: NOERROR" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 0," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:prime cache nxdomain.example ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.1 nxdomain.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: NXDOMAIN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 0," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:disable responses from authoritative server ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.2 txt disable  > dig.out.test$n
+grep "ANSWER: 1," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "TXT.\"0\"" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+sleep 1
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check 'rndc serve-stale status' ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.1 serve-stale status > rndc.out.test$n 2>&1 || ret=1
+grep '_default: on (stale-answer-ttl=1 max-stale-ttl=3600)' rndc.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check stale data.example ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.1 data.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: NOERROR" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 1," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "example.*1.*IN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check stale nodata.example ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.1 nodata.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: NOERROR" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 0," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "example.*1.*IN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check stale nxdomain.example ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.1 nxdomain.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: NXDOMAIN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 0," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "example.*1.*IN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:running 'rndc serve-stale off' ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.1 serve-stale off || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check 'rndc serve-stale status' ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.1 serve-stale status > rndc.out.test$n 2>&1 || ret=1
+grep '_default: off (rndc) (stale-answer-ttl=1 max-stale-ttl=3600)' rndc.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check stale data.example (serve-stale off) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.1 data.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: SERVFAIL" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check stale nodata.example (serve-stale off) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.1 nodata.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: SERVFAIL" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check stale nxdomain.example (serve-stale off) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.1 nxdomain.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: SERVFAIL" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:running 'rndc serve-stale on' ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.1 serve-stale on || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check 'rndc serve-stale status' ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.1 serve-stale status > rndc.out.test$n 2>&1 || ret=1
+grep '_default: on (rndc) (stale-answer-ttl=1 max-stale-ttl=3600)' rndc.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check stale data.example (serve-stale on) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.1 data.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: NOERROR" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 1," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "example.*1.*IN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check stale nodata.example (serve-stale on) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.1 nodata.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: NOERROR" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 0," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "example.*1.*IN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check stale nxdomain.example (serve-stale on) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.1 nxdomain.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: NXDOMAIN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 0," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "example.*1.*IN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:running 'rndc serve-stale no' ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.1 serve-stale no || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check 'rndc serve-stale status' ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.1 serve-stale status > rndc.out.test$n 2>&1 || ret=1
+grep '_default: off (rndc) (stale-answer-ttl=1 max-stale-ttl=3600)' rndc.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check stale data.example (serve-stale no) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.1 data.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: SERVFAIL" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check stale nodata.example (serve-stale no) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.1 nodata.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: SERVFAIL" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check stale nxdomain.example (serve-stale no) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.1 nxdomain.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: SERVFAIL" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:running 'rndc serve-stale yes' ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.1 serve-stale yes || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check 'rndc serve-stale status' ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.1 serve-stale status > rndc.out.test$n 2>&1 || ret=1
+grep '_default: on (rndc) (stale-answer-ttl=1 max-stale-ttl=3600)' rndc.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check stale data.example (serve-stale yes) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.1 data.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: NOERROR" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 1," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "example.*1.*IN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check stale nodata.example (serve-stale yes) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.1 nodata.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: NOERROR" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 0," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "example.*1.*IN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check stale nxdomain.example (serve-stale yes) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.1 nxdomain.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: NXDOMAIN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 0," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "example.*1.*IN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:running 'rndc serve-stale off' ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.1 serve-stale off || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:running 'rndc serve-stale reset' ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.1 serve-stale reset || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check 'rndc serve-stale status' ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.1 serve-stale status > rndc.out.test$n 2>&1 || ret=1
+grep '_default: on (stale-answer-ttl=1 max-stale-ttl=3600)' rndc.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check stale data.example (serve-stale reset) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.1 data.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: NOERROR" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 1," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "example.*1.*IN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check stale nodata.example (serve-stale reset) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.1 nodata.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: NOERROR" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 0," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "example.*1.*IN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check stale nxdomain.example (serve-stale reset) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.1 nxdomain.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: NXDOMAIN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 0," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "example.*1.*IN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:running 'rndc serve-stale off' ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.1 serve-stale off || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check 'rndc serve-stale status' ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.1 serve-stale status > rndc.out.test$n 2>&1 || ret=1
+grep '_default: off (rndc) (stale-answer-ttl=1 max-stale-ttl=3600)' rndc.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:updating ns1/named.conf ($n)"
+ret=0
+sed -e "s/@PORT@/${PORT}/g;s/@CONTROLPORT@/${CONTROLPORT}/g" < ns1/named2.conf.in > ns1/named.conf
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:running 'rndc reload' ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.1 reload > rndc.out.test$n 2>&1 || ret=1
+grep "server reload successful" rndc.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check 'rndc serve-stale status' ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.1 serve-stale status > rndc.out.test$n 2>&1 || ret=1
+grep '_default: off (rndc) (stale-answer-ttl=2 max-stale-ttl=7200)' rndc.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check 'rndc serve-stale' ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.1 serve-stale > rndc.out.test$n 2>&1 && ret=1
+grep "unexpected end of input" rndc.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check 'rndc serve-stale unknown' ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.1 serve-stale unknown > rndc.out.test$n 2>&1 && ret=1
+grep "syntax error" rndc.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo_i "flush cache, re-enable serve-stale and query again ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.1 flushtree example > rndc.out.test$n.1 2>&1 || ret=1
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.1 serve-stale on > rndc.out.test$n.2 2>&1 || ret=1
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.1 data.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: SERVFAIL" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 0," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.2 txt enable  > dig.out.test$n
+grep "ANSWER: 1," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "TXT.\"1\"" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:prime cache data.example (max-stale-ttl default) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.3 data.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: NOERROR" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 1," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "example.*1.*IN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:prime cache nodata.example (max-stale-ttl default) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.3 nodata.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: NOERROR" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 0," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "example.*1.*IN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:prime cache nxdomain.example (max-stale-ttl default) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.3 nxdomain.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: NXDOMAIN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 0," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "example.*1.*IN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:disable responses from authoritative server ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.2 txt disable  > dig.out.test$n
+grep "ANSWER: 1," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "TXT.\"0\"" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+sleep 1
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check 'rndc serve-stale status' ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.3 serve-stale status > rndc.out.test$n 2>&1 || ret=1
+grep '_default: off (stale-answer-ttl=1 max-stale-ttl=604800)' rndc.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check fail of data.example (max-stale-ttl default) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.3 data.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: SERVFAIL" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 0," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check fail of nodata.example (max-stale-ttl default) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.3 nodata.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: SERVFAIL" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 0," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check fail of nxdomain.example (max-stale-ttl default) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.3 nxdomain.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: SERVFAIL" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 0," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check 'rndc serve-stale on' ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.3 serve-stale on > rndc.out.test$n 2>&1 || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check 'rndc serve-stale status' ($n)"
+ret=0
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.3 serve-stale status > rndc.out.test$n 2>&1 || ret=1
+grep '_default: on (rndc) (stale-answer-ttl=1 max-stale-ttl=604800)' rndc.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check data.example (max-stale-ttl default) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.3 data.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: NOERROR" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 1," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "example.*1.*IN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check nodata.example (max-stale-ttl default) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.3 nodata.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: NOERROR" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 0," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "example.*1.*IN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo "I:check nxdomain.example (max-stale-ttl default) ($n)"
+ret=0
+$DIG -p ${PORT} @10.53.0.3 nxdomain.example TXT > dig.out.test$n
+grep "status: NXDOMAIN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "ANSWER: 0," dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+grep "example.*1.*IN" dig.out.test$n > /dev/null || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo "I:failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+echo "I:exit status: $status"
+[ $status -eq 0 ] || exit 1
diff --git a/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml b/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml
index 99c8680..5fbabfe 100644
--- a/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml
+++ b/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml
@@ -4336,6 +4336,9 @@ badresp:1,adberr:0,findfail:0,valfail:0]
 	  statement in the <filename>named.conf</filename> file:
 	</para>
 	<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="options.grammar.xml"/>
+  [ <command>max-stale-ttl</command> <replaceable>number</replaceable> ; ]
+  [ <command>stale-answer-enable</command> <replaceable>yes_or_no</replaceable> ; ]
+  [ <command>stale-answer-ttl</command> <replaceable>number</replaceable> ; ]
       </section>
 
       <section xml:id="options"><info><title><command>options</command> Statement Definition and
@@ -4429,6 +4432,7 @@ badresp:1,adberr:0,findfail:0,valfail:0]
 		  <command>dnssec-validation</command>,
 		  <command>max-cache-ttl</command>,
 		  <command>max-ncache-ttl</command>,
+		  <command>max-stale-ttl</command>,
 		  <command>max-cache-size</command>, and
 		  <command>zero-no-soa-ttl</command>.
 		</para>
@@ -5438,7 +5442,6 @@ options {
 	    </listitem>
 	  </varlistentry>
 
-
 	  <varlistentry>
 	    <term><command>max-zone-ttl</command></term>
 	    <listitem>
@@ -5474,6 +5477,21 @@ options {
 	    </listitem>
 	  </varlistentry>
 
+	  <varlistentry>
+	    <term><command>stale-answer-ttl</command></term>
+	    <listitem>
+	      <para>
+		Specifies the TTL to be returned on stale answers.
+		The default is 1 second. The minimal allowed is
+		also 1 second; a value of 0 will be updated silently
+		to 1 second.  For stale answers to be returned
+		<option>max-stale-ttl</option> must be set to a
+		non zero value and they must not have been disabled
+		by <command>rndc</command>.
+	      </para>
+	    </listitem>
+	  </varlistentry>
+
 	  <varlistentry>
 	    <term><command>serial-update-method</command></term>
 	    <listitem>
@@ -6227,6 +6245,22 @@ options {
 	      </listitem>
 	    </varlistentry>
 
+	    <varlistentry>
+	      <term><command>serve-stale-enable</command></term>
+	      <listitem>
+		<para>
+		  Enable the returning of stale answers when the
+		  nameservers for the zone are not answering.  This
+		  is off by default but can be enabled/disabled via
+		  <command>rndc server-stale on</command> and
+		  <command>rndc server-stale off</command> which
+		  override the named.conf setting.  <command>rndc
+		  server-stale reset</command> will restore control
+		  via named.conf.
+		</para>
+	      </listitem>
+	    </varlistentry>
+
 	    <varlistentry>
 	      <term><command>nocookie-udp-size</command></term>
 	      <listitem>
@@ -7449,13 +7483,19 @@ options {
 	      <term><command>resolver-query-timeout</command></term>
 	      <listitem>
 		<para>
-		  This is the amount of time in seconds that the
-		  resolver spends attempting to resolve a recursive
-		  query before failing.  The default and minimum
-		  is <literal>10</literal> and the maximum is
-		  <literal>30</literal>.  Setting it to
-		  <literal>0</literal> results in the default
-		  being used.
+		  The amount of time in milliseconds that the resolver
+ 		  will spend attempting to resolve a recursive
+ 		  query before failing.  The default and minimum
+		  is <literal>10000</literal> and the maximum is
+		  <literal>30000</literal>.  Setting it to
+ 		  <literal>0</literal> will result in the default
+ 		  being used.
+ 		</para>
+		<para>
+		  This value was originally specified in seconds.
+		  Values less than or equal to 300 will be be treated
+		  as seconds and converted to milliseconds before
+		  applying the above limits.
 		</para>
 	      </listitem>
 	    </varlistentry>
@@ -9016,6 +9056,27 @@ avoid-v6-udp-ports { 40000; range 50000 60000; };
 	      </listitem>
 	    </varlistentry>
 
+	    <varlistentry>
+	      <term><command>max-stale-ttl</command></term>
+	      <listitem>
+		<para>
+		  Sets the maximum time for which the server will
+		  retain records past their normal expiry to
+		  return them as stale records when the servers
+		  for those records are not reachable.  The default
+		  is to not retain the record.
+		</para>
+		<para>
+		  <command>rndc serve-stale</command> can be used
+		  to disable and re-enable the serving of stale
+		  records at runtime.  Reloading or reconfiguring
+		  <command>named</command> will not re-enable serving
+		  of stale records if they have been disabled via
+		  <command>rndc</command>.
+		</para>
+	      </listitem>
+	    </varlistentry>
+
 	    <varlistentry>
 	      <term><command>min-roots</command></term>
 	      <listitem>
diff --git a/doc/arm/logging-categories.xml b/doc/arm/logging-categories.xml
index 56d05e8..098342b 100644
--- a/doc/arm/logging-categories.xml
+++ b/doc/arm/logging-categories.xml
@@ -311,6 +311,17 @@
 	  </para>
 	</entry>
       </row>
+      <row rowsep="0">
+	<entry colname="1">
+	  <para><command>serve-stale</command></para>
+	</entry>
+	<entry colname="2">
+	  <para>
+	    Whether or not a stale answer is used
+	    following a resolver failure.
+	  </para>
+	</entry>
+      </row>
       <row rowsep="0">
 	<entry colname="1">
 	  <para><command>spill</command></para>
diff --git a/doc/arm/notes-rh-changes.xml b/doc/arm/notes-rh-changes.xml
index 89a4961..80b7dee 100644
--- a/doc/arm/notes-rh-changes.xml
+++ b/doc/arm/notes-rh-changes.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 <section xml:id="relnotes_rh_changes"><info><title>Red Hat Specific Changes</title></info>
   <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
+      <para>
+        This version includes some features not present in releases by ISC.
+      </para>
       <para>
         By default, BIND now uses the random number generation functions
         in the cryptographic library (i.e., OpenSSL or a PKCS#11
@@ -36,7 +39,16 @@
         case <filename>/dev/random</filename> will be the default
         entropy source.  [RT #31459] [RT #46047]
       </para>
-    </listitem>
+      <para>
+        When acting as a recursive resolver, <command>named</command>
+        can now continue returning answers whose TTLs have expired
+        when the authoritative server is under attack and unable to
+        respond. This is controlled by the
+        <command>stale-answer-enable</command>,
+        <command>stale-answer-ttl</command> and
+        <command>max-stale-ttl</command> options. [RT #44790]
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
 </section>
 
diff --git a/doc/misc/options b/doc/misc/options
index e11beed..fde93c7 100644
--- a/doc/misc/options
+++ b/doc/misc/options
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ options {
         max-refresh-time <integer>;
         max-retry-time <integer>;
         max-rsa-exponent-size <integer>;
+        max-stale-ttl <ttlval>;
         max-transfer-idle-in <integer>;
         max-transfer-idle-out <integer>;
         max-transfer-time-in <integer>;
@@ -298,7 +299,9 @@ options {
         request-sit <boolean>; // obsolete
         require-server-cookie <boolean>;
         reserved-sockets <integer>;
+        resolver-nonbackoff-tries <integer>;
         resolver-query-timeout <integer>;
+        resolver-retry-interval <integer>;
         response-policy { zone <string> [ log <boolean> ] [ max-policy-ttl
             <integer> ] [ policy ( cname | disabled | drop | given | no-op
             | nodata | nxdomain | passthru | tcp-only <quoted_string> ) ] [
@@ -328,6 +331,8 @@ options {
         sit-secret <string>; // obsolete
         sortlist { <address_match_element>; ... };
         stacksize ( default | unlimited | <sizeval> );
+        stale-answer-enable <boolean>;
+        stale-answer-ttl <ttlval>;
         startup-notify-rate <integer>;
         statistics-file <quoted_string>;
         statistics-interval <integer>; // not yet implemented
@@ -539,6 +544,7 @@ view <string> [ <class> ] {
         max-recursion-queries <integer>;
         max-refresh-time <integer>;
         max-retry-time <integer>;
+        max-stale-ttl <ttlval>;
         max-transfer-idle-in <integer>;
         max-transfer-idle-out <integer>;
         max-transfer-time-in <integer>;
@@ -600,7 +606,9 @@ view <string> [ <class> ] {
         request-nsid <boolean>;
         request-sit <boolean>; // obsolete
         require-server-cookie <boolean>;
+        resolver-nonbackoff-tries <integer>;
         resolver-query-timeout <integer>;
+        resolver-retry-interval <integer>;
         response-policy { zone <string> [ log <boolean> ] [ max-policy-ttl
             <integer> ] [ policy ( cname | disabled | drop | given | no-op
             | nodata | nxdomain | passthru | tcp-only <quoted_string> ) ] [
@@ -655,6 +663,8 @@ view <string> [ <class> ] {
         sig-signing-type <integer>;
         sig-validity-interval <integer> [ <integer> ];
         sortlist { <address_match_element>; ... };
+        stale-answer-enable <boolean>;
+        stale-answer-ttl <ttlval>;
         suppress-initial-notify <boolean>; // not yet implemented
         topology { <address_match_element>; ... }; // not implemented
         transfer-format ( many-answers | one-answer );
diff --git a/lib/bind9/check.c b/lib/bind9/check.c
index bf769fe..6c57fa4 100644
--- a/lib/bind9/check.c
+++ b/lib/bind9/check.c
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ check_orderent(const cfg_obj_t *ent, isc_log_t *logctx) {
 			cfg_obj_log(obj, logctx, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
 				    "rrset-order: invalid class '%s'",
 				    r.base);
-			result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
+			if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+				result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -112,7 +113,8 @@ check_orderent(const cfg_obj_t *ent, isc_log_t *logctx) {
 			cfg_obj_log(obj, logctx, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
 				    "rrset-order: invalid type '%s'",
 				    r.base);
-			result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
+			if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+				result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -126,7 +128,8 @@ check_orderent(const cfg_obj_t *ent, isc_log_t *logctx) {
 		if (tresult != ISC_R_SUCCESS) {
 			cfg_obj_log(obj, logctx, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
 				    "rrset-order: invalid name '%s'", str);
-			result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
+			if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+				result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -135,14 +138,16 @@ check_orderent(const cfg_obj_t *ent, isc_log_t *logctx) {
 	    strcasecmp("order", cfg_obj_asstring(obj)) != 0) {
 		cfg_obj_log(ent, logctx, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
 			    "rrset-order: keyword 'order' missing");
-		result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
+		if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+			result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
 	}
 
 	obj = cfg_tuple_get(ent, "ordering");
 	if (!cfg_obj_isstring(obj)) {
 	    cfg_obj_log(ent, logctx, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
 			"rrset-order: missing ordering");
-		result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
+		if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+			result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
 	} else if (strcasecmp(cfg_obj_asstring(obj), "fixed") == 0) {
 #if !DNS_RDATASET_FIXED
 		cfg_obj_log(obj, logctx, ISC_LOG_WARNING,
@@ -154,7 +159,8 @@ check_orderent(const cfg_obj_t *ent, isc_log_t *logctx) {
 		cfg_obj_log(obj, logctx, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
 			    "rrset-order: invalid order '%s'",
 			    cfg_obj_asstring(obj));
-		result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
+		if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+			result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
 	}
 	return (result);
 }
@@ -174,7 +180,7 @@ check_order(const cfg_obj_t *options, isc_log_t *logctx) {
 	     element = cfg_list_next(element))
 	{
 		tresult = check_orderent(cfg_listelt_value(element), logctx);
-		if (tresult != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+		if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS && tresult != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
 			result = tresult;
 	}
 	return (result);
@@ -204,7 +210,8 @@ check_dual_stack(const cfg_obj_t *options, isc_log_t *logctx) {
 		if (val > UINT16_MAX) {
 			cfg_obj_log(obj, logctx, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
 				    "port '%u' out of range", val);
-			result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
+			if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+				result = ISC_R_RANGE;
 		}
 	}
 	obj = cfg_tuple_get(alternates, "addresses");
@@ -224,7 +231,8 @@ check_dual_stack(const cfg_obj_t *options, isc_log_t *logctx) {
 		if (tresult != ISC_R_SUCCESS) {
 			cfg_obj_log(obj, logctx, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
 				    "bad name '%s'", str);
-			result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
+			if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+				result = tresult;
 		}
 		obj = cfg_tuple_get(value, "port");
 		if (cfg_obj_isuint32(obj)) {
@@ -232,7 +240,8 @@ check_dual_stack(const cfg_obj_t *options, isc_log_t *logctx) {
 			if (val > UINT16_MAX) {
 				cfg_obj_log(obj, logctx, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
 					    "port '%u' out of range", val);
-				result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
+				if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+					result = ISC_R_RANGE;
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -1271,7 +1280,8 @@ check_options(const cfg_obj_t *options, isc_log_t *logctx, isc_mem_t *mctx,
 			cfg_obj_log(obj, logctx, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
 				    "auto-dnssec may only be activated at the "
 				    "zone level");
-			result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
+			if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+				result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1291,7 +1301,7 @@ check_options(const cfg_obj_t *options, isc_log_t *logctx, isc_mem_t *mctx,
 		{
 			obj = cfg_listelt_value(element);
 			tresult = mustbesecure(obj, symtab, logctx, mctx);
-			if (tresult != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+			if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS && tresult != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
 				result = tresult;
 		}
 		if (symtab != NULL)
@@ -1310,7 +1320,8 @@ check_options(const cfg_obj_t *options, isc_log_t *logctx, isc_mem_t *mctx,
 				cfg_obj_log(obj, logctx, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
 					    "%s: invalid name '%s'",
 					    server_contact[i], str);
-				result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
+				if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+					result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -1330,7 +1341,8 @@ check_options(const cfg_obj_t *options, isc_log_t *logctx, isc_mem_t *mctx,
 			cfg_obj_log(obj, logctx, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
 				    "disable-empty-zone: invalid name '%s'",
 				    str);
-			result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
+			if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+				result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1344,11 +1356,12 @@ check_options(const cfg_obj_t *options, isc_log_t *logctx, isc_mem_t *mctx,
 	    strlen(cfg_obj_asstring(obj)) > 1024U) {
 		cfg_obj_log(obj, logctx, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
 			    "'server-id' too big (>1024 bytes)");
-		result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
+		if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+			result = ISC_R_FAILURE;
 	}
 
 	tresult = check_dscp(options, logctx);
-	if (tresult != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+	if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS && tresult != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
 		result = tresult;
 
 	obj = NULL;
@@ -1358,11 +1371,13 @@ check_options(const cfg_obj_t *options, isc_log_t *logctx, isc_mem_t *mctx,
 		if (lifetime > 604800) {	/* 7 days */
 			cfg_obj_log(obj, logctx, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
 				    "'nta-lifetime' cannot exceed one week");
-			result = ISC_R_RANGE;
+			if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+				result = ISC_R_RANGE;
 		} else if (lifetime == 0) {
 			cfg_obj_log(obj, logctx, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
 				    "'nta-lifetime' may not be zero");
-			result = ISC_R_RANGE;
+			if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+				result = ISC_R_RANGE;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1373,7 +1388,8 @@ check_options(const cfg_obj_t *options, isc_log_t *logctx, isc_mem_t *mctx,
 		if (recheck > 604800) {		/* 7 days */
 			cfg_obj_log(obj, logctx, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
 				    "'nta-recheck' cannot exceed one week");
-			result = ISC_R_RANGE;
+			if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+				result = ISC_R_RANGE;
 		}
 
 		if (recheck > lifetime)
@@ -1391,7 +1407,8 @@ check_options(const cfg_obj_t *options, isc_log_t *logctx, isc_mem_t *mctx,
 	if (strcasecmp(ccalg, "aes") == 0) {
 		cfg_obj_log(obj, logctx, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
 			    "cookie-algorithm: '%s' not supported", ccalg);
-		result = ISC_R_NOTIMPLEMENTED;
+		if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+			result = ISC_R_NOTIMPLEMENTED;
 	}
 #endif
 
@@ -1480,7 +1497,8 @@ check_options(const cfg_obj_t *options, isc_log_t *logctx, isc_mem_t *mctx,
 				cfg_obj_log(obj, logctx, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
 					    "%s out of range (%u < %u)",
 					    fstrm[i].name, value, fstrm[i].min);
-			result = ISC_R_RANGE;
+			if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+				result = ISC_R_RANGE;
 		}
 
 		if (strcmp(fstrm[i].name, "fstrm-set-input-queue-size") == 0) {
@@ -1494,7 +1512,8 @@ check_options(const cfg_obj_t *options, isc_log_t *logctx, isc_mem_t *mctx,
 					    "%s '%u' not a power-of-2",
 					    fstrm[i].name,
 					    cfg_obj_asuint32(obj));
-				result = ISC_R_RANGE;
+				if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+					result = ISC_R_RANGE;
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -1512,7 +1531,8 @@ check_options(const cfg_obj_t *options, isc_log_t *logctx, isc_mem_t *mctx,
 				    "%" PRId64 "' "
 				    "is too small",
 				    mapsize);
-			return (ISC_R_RANGE);
+			if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+				result = ISC_R_RANGE;
 		} else if (mapsize > (1ULL << 40)) { /* 1 terabyte */
 			cfg_obj_log(obj, logctx,
 				    ISC_LOG_ERROR,
@@ -1520,10 +1540,20 @@ check_options(const cfg_obj_t *options, isc_log_t *logctx, isc_mem_t *mctx,
 				    "%" PRId64 "' "
 				    "is too large",
 				    mapsize);
-			return (ISC_R_RANGE);
+			if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+				result = ISC_R_RANGE;
 		}
 	}
 
+	obj = NULL;
+	(void)cfg_map_get(options, "resolver-nonbackoff-tries", &obj);
+	if (obj != NULL && cfg_obj_asuint32(obj) == 0U) {
+		cfg_obj_log(obj, logctx, ISC_LOG_ERROR,
+			    "'resolver-nonbackoff-tries' must be >= 1");
+		if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+			result = ISC_R_RANGE;
+	}
+
 	return (result);
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/dns/cache.c b/lib/dns/cache.c
index 2965a4f..617737a 100644
--- a/lib/dns/cache.c
+++ b/lib/dns/cache.c
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ struct dns_cache {
 	int			db_argc;
 	char			**db_argv;
 	size_t			size;
+	dns_ttl_t		serve_stale_ttl;
 	isc_stats_t		*stats;
 
 	/* Locked by 'filelock'. */
@@ -167,9 +168,13 @@ overmem_cleaning_action(isc_task_t *task, isc_event_t *event);
 
 static inline isc_result_t
 cache_create_db(dns_cache_t *cache, dns_db_t **db) {
-	return (dns_db_create(cache->mctx, cache->db_type, dns_rootname,
-			      dns_dbtype_cache, cache->rdclass,
-			      cache->db_argc, cache->db_argv, db));
+	isc_result_t result;
+	result = dns_db_create(cache->mctx, cache->db_type, dns_rootname,
+			       dns_dbtype_cache, cache->rdclass,
+			       cache->db_argc, cache->db_argv, db);
+	if (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+		dns_db_setservestalettl(*db, cache->serve_stale_ttl);
+	return (result);
 }
 
 isc_result_t
@@ -238,6 +243,7 @@ dns_cache_create3(isc_mem_t *cmctx, isc_mem_t *hmctx, isc_taskmgr_t *taskmgr,
 	cache->references = 1;
 	cache->live_tasks = 0;
 	cache->rdclass = rdclass;
+	cache->serve_stale_ttl = 0;
 
 	cache->stats = NULL;
 	result = isc_stats_create(cmctx, &cache->stats,
@@ -1092,6 +1098,32 @@ dns_cache_getcachesize(dns_cache_t *cache) {
 	return (size);
 }
 
+void
+dns_cache_setservestalettl(dns_cache_t *cache, dns_ttl_t ttl) {
+	REQUIRE(VALID_CACHE(cache));
+
+	LOCK(&cache->lock);
+	cache->serve_stale_ttl = ttl;
+	UNLOCK(&cache->lock);
+
+	(void)dns_db_setservestalettl(cache->db, ttl);
+}
+
+dns_ttl_t
+dns_cache_getservestalettl(dns_cache_t *cache) {
+	dns_ttl_t ttl;
+	isc_result_t result;
+
+	REQUIRE(VALID_CACHE(cache));
+
+	/*
+	 * Could get it straight from the dns_cache_t, but use db
+	 * to confirm the value that the db is really using.
+	 */
+	result = dns_db_getservestalettl(cache->db, &ttl);
+	return result == ISC_R_SUCCESS ? ttl : 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * The cleaner task is shutting down; do the necessary cleanup.
  */
diff --git a/lib/dns/db.c b/lib/dns/db.c
index a28a566..c581646 100644
--- a/lib/dns/db.c
+++ b/lib/dns/db.c
@@ -1130,3 +1130,25 @@ dns_db_nodefullname(dns_db_t *db, dns_dbnode_t *node, dns_name_t *name) {
 		return (ISC_R_NOTIMPLEMENTED);
 	return ((db->methods->nodefullname)(db, node, name));
 }
+
+isc_result_t
+dns_db_setservestalettl(dns_db_t *db, dns_ttl_t ttl)
+{
+	REQUIRE(DNS_DB_VALID(db));
+	REQUIRE((db->attributes & DNS_DBATTR_CACHE) != 0);
+
+	if (db->methods->setservestalettl != NULL)
+		return ((db->methods->setservestalettl)(db, ttl));
+	return (ISC_R_NOTIMPLEMENTED);
+}
+
+isc_result_t
+dns_db_getservestalettl(dns_db_t *db, dns_ttl_t *ttl)
+{
+	REQUIRE(DNS_DB_VALID(db));
+	REQUIRE((db->attributes & DNS_DBATTR_CACHE) != 0);
+
+	if (db->methods->getservestalettl != NULL)
+		return ((db->methods->getservestalettl)(db, ttl));
+	return (ISC_R_NOTIMPLEMENTED);
+}
diff --git a/lib/dns/ecdb.c b/lib/dns/ecdb.c
index fc94ccf..76d0417 100644
--- a/lib/dns/ecdb.c
+++ b/lib/dns/ecdb.c
@@ -588,7 +588,9 @@ static dns_dbmethods_t ecdb_methods = {
 	NULL,			/* setcachestats */
 	NULL,			/* hashsize */
 	NULL,			/* nodefullname */
-	NULL			/* getsize */
+	NULL,			/* getsize */
+	NULL,			/* setservestalettl */
+	NULL			/* getservestalettl */
 };
 
 static isc_result_t
diff --git a/lib/dns/include/dns/cache.h b/lib/dns/include/dns/cache.h
index ab4b0b5..e158014 100644
--- a/lib/dns/include/dns/cache.h
+++ b/lib/dns/include/dns/cache.h
@@ -260,6 +260,27 @@ dns_cache_getcachesize(dns_cache_t *cache);
  * Get the maximum cache size.
  */
 
+void
+dns_cache_setservestalettl(dns_cache_t *cache, dns_ttl_t ttl);
+/*%<
+ * Sets the maximum length of time that cached answers may be retained
+ * past their normal TTL.  Default value for the library is 0, disabling
+ * the use of stale data.
+ *
+ * Requires:
+ *\li	'cache' to be valid.
+ */
+
+dns_ttl_t
+dns_cache_getservestalettl(dns_cache_t *cache);
+/*%<
+ * Gets the maximum length of time that cached answers may be kept past
+ * normal expiry.
+ *
+ * Requires:
+ *\li	'cache' to be valid.
+ */
+
 isc_result_t
 dns_cache_flush(dns_cache_t *cache);
 /*%<
diff --git a/lib/dns/include/dns/db.h b/lib/dns/include/dns/db.h
index 96f3a8f..452770f 100644
--- a/lib/dns/include/dns/db.h
+++ b/lib/dns/include/dns/db.h
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ typedef struct dns_dbmethods {
 					dns_name_t *name);
 	isc_result_t	(*getsize)(dns_db_t *db, dns_dbversion_t *version,
 				   uint64_t *records, uint64_t *bytes);
+	isc_result_t	(*setservestalettl)(dns_db_t *db, dns_ttl_t ttl);
+	isc_result_t	(*getservestalettl)(dns_db_t *db, dns_ttl_t *ttl);
 } dns_dbmethods_t;
 
 typedef isc_result_t
@@ -253,6 +255,7 @@ struct dns_dbonupdatelistener {
 #define DNS_DBFIND_FORCENSEC3		0x0080
 #define DNS_DBFIND_ADDITIONALOK		0x0100
 #define DNS_DBFIND_NOZONECUT		0x0200
+#define DNS_DBFIND_STALEOK		0x0400
 /*@}*/
 
 /*@{*/
@@ -1683,6 +1686,38 @@ dns_db_nodefullname(dns_db_t *db, dns_dbnode_t *node, dns_name_t *name);
  * \li	'db' is a valid database
  * \li	'node' and 'name' are not NULL
  */
+
+isc_result_t
+dns_db_setservestalettl(dns_db_t *db, dns_ttl_t ttl);
+/*%<
+ * Sets the maximum length of time that cached answers may be retained
+ * past their normal TTL. Default value for the library is 0, disabling
+ * the use of stale data.
+ *
+ * Requires:
+ * \li	'db' is a valid cache database.
+ * \li	'ttl' is the number of seconds to retain data past its normal expiry.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * \li	#ISC_R_SUCCESS
+ * \li	#ISC_R_NOTIMPLEMENTED - Not supported by this DB implementation.
+ */
+
+isc_result_t
+dns_db_getservestalettl(dns_db_t *db, dns_ttl_t *ttl);
+/*%<
+ * Gets maximum length of time that cached answers may be kept past
+ * normal TTL expiration.
+ *
+ * Requires:
+ * \li	'db' is a valid cache database.
+ * \li	'ttl' is the number of seconds to retain data past its normal expiry.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * \li	#ISC_R_SUCCESS
+ * \li	#ISC_R_NOTIMPLEMENTED - Not supported by this DB implementation.
+ */
+
 ISC_LANG_ENDDECLS
 
 #endif /* DNS_DB_H */
diff --git a/lib/dns/include/dns/rdataset.h b/lib/dns/include/dns/rdataset.h
index ed9119a..710e97c 100644
--- a/lib/dns/include/dns/rdataset.h
+++ b/lib/dns/include/dns/rdataset.h
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ struct dns_rdataset {
 	unsigned int			magic;		/* XXX ? */
 	dns_rdatasetmethods_t *		methods;
 	ISC_LINK(dns_rdataset_t)	link;
+
 	/*
 	 * XXX do we need these, or should they be retrieved by methods?
 	 * Leaning towards the latter, since they are not frequently required
@@ -136,12 +137,19 @@ struct dns_rdataset {
 	dns_rdataclass_t		rdclass;
 	dns_rdatatype_t			type;
 	dns_ttl_t			ttl;
+	/*
+	 * Stale ttl is used to see how long this RRset can still be used
+	 * to serve to clients, after the TTL has expired.
+	 */
+	dns_ttl_t			stale_ttl;
 	dns_trust_t			trust;
 	dns_rdatatype_t			covers;
+
 	/*
 	 * attributes
 	 */
 	unsigned int			attributes;
+
 	/*%
 	 * the counter provides the starting point in the "cyclic" order.
 	 * The value UINT32_MAX has a special meaning of "picking up a
@@ -149,11 +157,13 @@ struct dns_rdataset {
 	 * increment the counter.
 	 */
 	uint32_t			count;
+
 	/*
 	 * This RRSIG RRset should be re-generated around this time.
 	 * Only valid if DNS_RDATASETATTR_RESIGN is set in attributes.
 	 */
 	isc_stdtime_t			resign;
+
 	/*@{*/
 	/*%
 	 * These are for use by the rdataset implementation, and MUST NOT
@@ -206,6 +216,7 @@ struct dns_rdataset {
 #define DNS_RDATASETATTR_OPTOUT		0x00100000	/*%< OPTOUT proof */
 #define DNS_RDATASETATTR_NEGATIVE	0x00200000
 #define DNS_RDATASETATTR_PREFETCH	0x00400000
+#define DNS_RDATASETATTR_STALE		0x01000000
 
 /*%
  * _OMITDNSSEC:
diff --git a/lib/dns/include/dns/resolver.h b/lib/dns/include/dns/resolver.h
index 7b3c047..bd7d225 100644
--- a/lib/dns/include/dns/resolver.h
+++ b/lib/dns/include/dns/resolver.h
@@ -547,9 +547,12 @@ dns_resolver_getmustbesecure(dns_resolver_t *resolver, dns_name_t *name);
 
 
 void
-dns_resolver_settimeout(dns_resolver_t *resolver, unsigned int seconds);
+dns_resolver_settimeout(dns_resolver_t *resolver, unsigned int timeout);
 /*%<
- * Set the length of time the resolver will work on a query, in seconds.
+ * Set the length of time the resolver will work on a query, in milliseconds.
+ *
+ * 'timeout' was originally defined in seconds, and later redefined to be in
+ * milliseconds.  Values less than or equal to 300 are treated as seconds.
  *
  * If timeout is 0, the default timeout will be applied.
  *
@@ -560,7 +563,8 @@ dns_resolver_settimeout(dns_resolver_t *resolver, unsigned int seconds);
 unsigned int
 dns_resolver_gettimeout(dns_resolver_t *resolver);
 /*%<
- * Get the current length of time the resolver will work on a query, in seconds.
+ * Get the current length of time the resolver will work on a query,
+ * in milliseconds.
  *
  * Requires:
  * \li  resolver to be valid.
@@ -582,6 +586,39 @@ dns_resolver_getzeronosoattl(dns_resolver_t *resolver);
 void
 dns_resolver_setzeronosoattl(dns_resolver_t *resolver, bool state);
 
+unsigned int
+dns_resolver_getretryinterval(dns_resolver_t *resolver);
+
+void
+dns_resolver_setretryinterval(dns_resolver_t *resolver, unsigned int interval);
+/*%<
+ * Sets the amount of time, in millseconds, that is waited for a reply
+ * to a server before another server is tried.  Interacts with the
+ * value of dns_resolver_getnonbackofftries() by trying that number of times
+ * at this interval, before doing exponential backoff and doubling the interval
+ * on each subsequent try, to a maximum of 10 seconds.  Defaults to 800 ms;
+ * silently capped at 2000 ms.
+ *
+ * Requires:
+ * \li	resolver to be valid.
+ * \li  interval > 0.
+ */
+
+unsigned int
+dns_resolver_getnonbackofftries(dns_resolver_t *resolver);
+
+void
+dns_resolver_setnonbackofftries(dns_resolver_t *resolver, unsigned int tries);
+/*%<
+ * Sets the number of failures of getting a reply from remote servers for
+ * a query before backing off by doubling the retry interval for each
+ * subsequent request sent.  Defaults to 3.
+ *
+ * Requires:
+ * \li	resolver to be valid.
+ * \li  tries > 0.
+ */
+
 unsigned int
 dns_resolver_getoptions(dns_resolver_t *resolver);
 
diff --git a/lib/dns/include/dns/types.h b/lib/dns/include/dns/types.h
index 2468e3c..934a641 100644
--- a/lib/dns/include/dns/types.h
+++ b/lib/dns/include/dns/types.h
@@ -390,6 +390,12 @@ typedef struct {
 	size_t      count;
 } dns_indent_t;
 
+typedef enum {
+	dns_stale_answer_no,
+	dns_stale_answer_yes,
+	dns_stale_answer_conf
+} dns_stale_answer_t;
+
 /*
  * Functions.
  */
diff --git a/lib/dns/include/dns/view.h b/lib/dns/include/dns/view.h
index 53f1db1..96148c7 100644
--- a/lib/dns/include/dns/view.h
+++ b/lib/dns/include/dns/view.h
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ struct dns_view {
 	dns_dtenv_t			*dtenv;		/* Dnstap environment */
 	dns_dtmsgtype_t			dttypes;	/* Dnstap message types
 							   to log */
+	dns_ttl_t			staleanswerttl;
+	dns_stale_answer_t		staleanswersok;		/* rndc setting */
+	bool				staleanswersenable;	/* named.conf setting */
 };
 
 #define DNS_VIEW_MAGIC			ISC_MAGIC('V','i','e','w')
diff --git a/lib/dns/master.c b/lib/dns/master.c
index 7d26b81..36999b5 100644
--- a/lib/dns/master.c
+++ b/lib/dns/master.c
@@ -1948,12 +1948,18 @@ load_text(dns_loadctx_t *lctx) {
 
 		if ((lctx->options & DNS_MASTER_AGETTL) != 0) {
 			/*
-			 * Adjust the TTL for $DATE.  If the RR has already
-			 * expired, ignore it.
+			 * Adjust the TTL for $DATE. If the RR has
+			 * already expired, set its TTL to 0. This
+			 * should be okay even if the TTL stretching
+			 * feature is not in effect, because it will
+			 * just be quickly expired by the cache, and the
+			 * way this was written before the patch it
+			 * could potentially add 0 TTLs anyway.
 			 */
 			if (lctx->ttl < ttl_offset)
-				continue;
-			lctx->ttl -= ttl_offset;
+				lctx->ttl = 0;
+			else
+				lctx->ttl -= ttl_offset;
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/lib/dns/masterdump.c b/lib/dns/masterdump.c
index fa839a0..91b3cab 100644
--- a/lib/dns/masterdump.c
+++ b/lib/dns/masterdump.c
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ struct dns_master_style {
  */
 #define DNS_TOTEXT_LINEBREAK_MAXLEN 100
 
+/*% Does the rdataset 'r' contain a stale answer? */
+#define STALE(r) (((r)->attributes & DNS_RDATASETATTR_STALE) != 0)
+
 /*%
  * Context structure for a masterfile dump in progress.
  */
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@ typedef struct dns_totext_ctx {
 	dns_fixedname_t		origin_fixname;
 	uint32_t 		current_ttl;
 	bool 			current_ttl_valid;
+	dns_ttl_t		serve_stale_ttl;
 } dns_totext_ctx_t;
 
 LIBDNS_EXTERNAL_DATA const dns_master_style_t
@@ -382,6 +386,7 @@ totext_ctx_init(const dns_master_style_t *style, dns_totext_ctx_t *ctx) {
 	ctx->neworigin = NULL;
 	ctx->current_ttl = 0;
 	ctx->current_ttl_valid = false;
+	ctx->serve_stale_ttl = 0;
 
 	return (ISC_R_SUCCESS);
 }
@@ -1028,6 +1033,11 @@ dump_rdatasets_text(isc_mem_t *mctx, dns_name_t *name,
 		    (ctx->style.flags & DNS_STYLEFLAG_NCACHE) == 0) {
 			/* Omit negative cache entries */
 		} else {
+			if (STALE(rds)) {
+				fprintf(f, "; stale (for %u more seconds)\n",
+					(rds->stale_ttl -
+					 ctx->serve_stale_ttl));
+			}
 			isc_result_t result =
 				dump_rdataset(mctx, name, rds, ctx,
 					       buffer, f);
@@ -1496,6 +1506,16 @@ dumpctx_create(isc_mem_t *mctx, dns_db_t *db, dns_dbversion_t *version,
 	dns_db_attach(db, &dctx->db);
 
 	dctx->do_date = dns_db_iscache(dctx->db);
+	if (dctx->do_date) {
+		/*
+		 * Adjust the date backwards by the serve-stale TTL, if any.
+		 * This is so the TTL will be loaded correctly when next
+		 * started.
+		 */
+		(void)dns_db_getservestalettl(dctx->db,
+					      &dctx->tctx.serve_stale_ttl);
+		dctx->now -= dctx->tctx.serve_stale_ttl;
+	}
 
 	if (dctx->format == dns_masterformat_text &&
 	    (dctx->tctx.style.flags & DNS_STYLEFLAG_REL_OWNER) != 0) {
@@ -1555,6 +1575,9 @@ writeheader(dns_dumpctx_t *dctx) {
 		 * it in the zone case.
 		 */
 		if (dctx->do_date) {
+			fprintf(dctx->f,
+				"; using a %d second stale ttl\n",
+				dctx->tctx.serve_stale_ttl);
 			result = dns_time32_totext(dctx->now, &buffer);
 			RUNTIME_CHECK(result == ISC_R_SUCCESS);
 			isc_buffer_usedregion(&buffer, &r);
diff --git a/lib/dns/rbtdb.c b/lib/dns/rbtdb.c
index 3a60bcf..8ea4d47 100644
--- a/lib/dns/rbtdb.c
+++ b/lib/dns/rbtdb.c
@@ -511,6 +511,7 @@ typedef ISC_LIST(rdatasetheader_t)      rdatasetheaderlist_t;
 typedef ISC_LIST(dns_rbtnode_t)         rbtnodelist_t;
 
 #define RDATASET_ATTR_NONEXISTENT       0x0001
+/*%< May be potentially served as stale data. */
 #define RDATASET_ATTR_STALE             0x0002
 #define RDATASET_ATTR_IGNORE            0x0004
 #define RDATASET_ATTR_RETAIN            0x0008
@@ -523,6 +524,8 @@ typedef ISC_LIST(dns_rbtnode_t)         rbtnodelist_t;
 #define RDATASET_ATTR_CASESET           0x0400
 #define RDATASET_ATTR_ZEROTTL           0x0800
 #define RDATASET_ATTR_CASEFULLYLOWER    0x1000
+/*%< Ancient - awaiting cleanup. */
+#define RDATASET_ATTR_ANCIENT           0x2000
 
 typedef struct acache_cbarg {
 	dns_rdatasetadditional_t        type;
@@ -573,6 +576,8 @@ struct acachectl {
 	(((header)->attributes & RDATASET_ATTR_ZEROTTL) != 0)
 #define CASEFULLYLOWER(header) \
 	(((header)->attributes & RDATASET_ATTR_CASEFULLYLOWER) != 0)
+#define ANCIENT(header) \
+	(((header)->attributes & RDATASET_ATTR_ANCIENT) != 0)
 
 
 #define ACTIVE(header, now) \
@@ -632,6 +637,12 @@ typedef enum {
 	expire_flush
 } expire_t;
 
+typedef enum {
+	rdataset_ttl_fresh,
+	rdataset_ttl_stale,
+	rdataset_ttl_ancient
+} rdataset_ttl_t;
+
 typedef struct rbtdb_version {
 	/* Not locked */
 	rbtdb_serial_t                  serial;
@@ -699,6 +710,12 @@ struct dns_rbtdb {
 	dns_dbnode_t                    *soanode;
 	dns_dbnode_t                    *nsnode;
 
+	/*
+	 * Maximum length of time to keep using a stale answer past its
+	 * normal TTL expiry.
+	*/
+	dns_ttl_t			serve_stale_ttl;
+
 	/*
 	 * This is a linked list used to implement the LRU cache.  There will
 	 * be node_lock_count linked lists here.  Nodes in bucket 1 will be
@@ -742,6 +759,8 @@ struct dns_rbtdb {
 #define RBTDB_ATTR_LOADED               0x01
 #define RBTDB_ATTR_LOADING              0x02
 
+#define KEEPSTALE(rbtdb) ((rbtdb)->serve_stale_ttl > 0)
+
 /*%
  * Search Context
  */
@@ -1816,15 +1835,15 @@ rollback_node(dns_rbtnode_t *node, rbtdb_serial_t serial) {
 }
 
 static inline void
-mark_stale_header(dns_rbtdb_t *rbtdb, rdatasetheader_t *header) {
+mark_header_ancient(dns_rbtdb_t *rbtdb, rdatasetheader_t *header) {
 
 	/*
-	 * If we are already stale there is nothing to do.
+	 * If we are already ancient there is nothing to do.
 	 */
-	if ((header->attributes & RDATASET_ATTR_STALE) != 0)
+	if (ANCIENT(header))
 		return;
 
-	header->attributes |= RDATASET_ATTR_STALE;
+	header->attributes |= RDATASET_ATTR_ANCIENT;
 	header->node->dirty = 1;
 
 	/*
@@ -1865,8 +1884,8 @@ clean_cache_node(dns_rbtdb_t *rbtdb, dns_rbtnode_t *node) {
 		/*
 		 * If current is nonexistent or stale, we can clean it up.
 		 */
-		if ((current->attributes &
-		     (RDATASET_ATTR_NONEXISTENT|RDATASET_ATTR_STALE)) != 0) {
+		if (NONEXISTENT(current) || ANCIENT(current) ||
+		    (STALE(current) && ! KEEPSTALE(rbtdb))) {
 			if (top_prev != NULL)
 				top_prev->next = current->next;
 			else
@@ -2111,6 +2130,80 @@ delete_node(dns_rbtdb_t *rbtdb, dns_rbtnode_t *node) {
 	}
 }
 
+#if 0
+static void
+clean_now_or_later(dns_rbtnode_t *node, dns_rbtdb_t *rbtdb,
+		   rdatasetheader_t *header, rdatasetheader_t **header_prevp)
+{
+	if (dns_rbtnode_refcurrent(node) == 0) {
+		isc_mem_t *mctx;
+
+		/*
+		 * header->down can be non-NULL if the refcount has just
+		 * decremented to 0 but decrement_reference() has not performed
+		 * clean_cache_node(), in which case we need to purge the stale
+		 * headers first.
+		 */
+		mctx = rbtdb->common.mctx;
+		clean_stale_headers(rbtdb, mctx, header);
+		if (*header_prevp != NULL)
+			(*header_prevp)->next = header->next;
+		else
+			node->data = header->next;
+		free_rdataset(rbtdb, mctx, header);
+	} else {
+		header->attributes |= RDATASET_ATTR_STALE |
+		                      RDATASET_ATTR_ANCIENT;
+		node->dirty = 1;
+		*header_prevp = header;
+	}
+}
+
+static rdataset_ttl_t
+check_ttl(dns_rbtnode_t *node, rbtdb_search_t *search,
+	  rdatasetheader_t *header, rdatasetheader_t **header_prevp,
+	  nodelock_t *lock, isc_rwlocktype_t *locktype)
+{
+	dns_rbtdb_t *rbtdb = search->rbtdb;
+
+	if (header->rdh_ttl > search->now)
+		return rdataset_ttl_fresh;
+
+	/*
+	 * This rdataset is stale, but perhaps still usable.
+	 */
+	if (KEEPSTALE(rbtdb) &&
+	    header->rdh_ttl + rbtdb->serve_stale_ttl > search->now) {
+		header->attributes |= RDATASET_ATTR_STALE;
+		/* Doesn't set dirty because it doesn't need removal. */
+		return rdataset_ttl_stale;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * This rdataset is so stale it is no longer usable, even with
+	 * KEEPSTALE.  If no one else is using the node, we can clean it up
+	 * right now, otherwise we mark it as ancient, and the node as dirty,
+	 * so it will get cleaned up later.
+	 */
+	if ((header->rdh_ttl <= search->now - RBTDB_VIRTUAL) &&
+	    (*locktype == isc_rwlocktype_write ||
+	     NODE_TRYUPGRADE(lock) == ISC_R_SUCCESS)) {
+		/*
+		 * We update the node's status only when we can get write
+		 * access; otherwise, we leave others to this work.  Periodical
+		 * cleaning will eventually take the job as the last resort.
+		 * We won't downgrade the lock, since other rdatasets are
+		 * probably stale, too.
+		 */
+		*locktype = isc_rwlocktype_write;
+		clean_now_or_later(node, rbtdb, header, header_prevp);
+	} else
+		*header_prevp = header;
+
+	return rdataset_ttl_ancient;
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Caller must be holding the node lock.
  */
@@ -3343,6 +3436,12 @@ bind_rdataset(dns_rbtdb_t *rbtdb, dns_rbtnode_t *node, rdatasetheader_t *header,
 		rdataset->attributes |= DNS_RDATASETATTR_OPTOUT;
 	if (PREFETCH(header))
 		rdataset->attributes |= DNS_RDATASETATTR_PREFETCH;
+	if (STALE(header)) {
+		rdataset->attributes |= DNS_RDATASETATTR_STALE;
+		rdataset->stale_ttl =
+			(rbtdb->serve_stale_ttl + header->rdh_ttl) - now;
+		rdataset->ttl = 0;
+	}
 	rdataset->private1 = rbtdb;
 	rdataset->private2 = node;
 	raw = (unsigned char *)header + sizeof(*header);
@@ -4698,6 +4797,19 @@ check_stale_header(dns_rbtnode_t *node, rdatasetheader_t *header,
 #endif
 
 	if (!ACTIVE(header, search->now)) {
+		dns_ttl_t stale = header->rdh_ttl +
+				  search->rbtdb->serve_stale_ttl;
+		/*
+		 * If this data is in the stale window keep it and if
+		 * DNS_DBFIND_STALEOK is not set we tell the caller to
+		 * skip this record.
+		 */
+		if (KEEPSTALE(search->rbtdb) && stale > search->now) {
+			header->attributes |= RDATASET_ATTR_STALE;
+			*header_prev = header;
+			return ((search->options & DNS_DBFIND_STALEOK) == 0);
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * This rdataset is stale.  If no one else is using the
 		 * node, we can clean it up right now, otherwise we mark
@@ -4737,7 +4849,7 @@ check_stale_header(dns_rbtnode_t *node, rdatasetheader_t *header,
 					node->data = header->next;
 				free_rdataset(search->rbtdb, mctx, header);
 			} else {
-				mark_stale_header(search->rbtdb, header);
+				mark_header_ancient(search->rbtdb, header);
 				*header_prev = header;
 			}
 		} else
@@ -5178,7 +5290,7 @@ cache_find(dns_db_t *db, dns_name_t *name, dns_dbversion_t *version,
 				       &locktype, lock, &search,
 				       &header_prev)) {
 			/* Do nothing. */
-		} else if (EXISTS(header) && (!STALE(header))) {
+		} else if (EXISTS(header) && !ANCIENT(header)) {
 			/*
 			 * We now know that there is at least one active
 			 * non-stale rdataset at this node.
@@ -5661,7 +5773,7 @@ expirenode(dns_db_t *db, dns_dbnode_t *node, isc_stdtime_t now) {
 			 * refcurrent(rbtnode) must be non-zero.  This is so
 			 * because 'node' is an argument to the function.
 			 */
-			mark_stale_header(rbtdb, header);
+			mark_header_ancient(rbtdb, header);
 			if (log)
 				isc_log_write(dns_lctx, category, module,
 					      level, "overmem cache: stale %s",
@@ -5669,7 +5781,7 @@ expirenode(dns_db_t *db, dns_dbnode_t *node, isc_stdtime_t now) {
 		} else if (force_expire) {
 			if (! RETAIN(header)) {
 				set_ttl(rbtdb, header, 0);
-				mark_stale_header(rbtdb, header);
+				mark_header_ancient(rbtdb, header);
 			} else if (log) {
 				isc_log_write(dns_lctx, category, module,
 					      level, "overmem cache: "
@@ -5928,9 +6040,9 @@ cache_findrdataset(dns_db_t *db, dns_dbnode_t *node, dns_dbversion_t *version,
 				 * non-zero.  This is so because 'node' is an
 				 * argument to the function.
 				 */
-				mark_stale_header(rbtdb, header);
+				mark_header_ancient(rbtdb, header);
 			}
-		} else if (EXISTS(header) && (!STALE(header))) {
+		} else if (EXISTS(header) && !ANCIENT(header)) {
 			if (header->type == matchtype)
 				found = header;
 			else if (header->type == RBTDB_RDATATYPE_NCACHEANY ||
@@ -6232,7 +6344,7 @@ add32(dns_rbtdb_t *rbtdb, dns_rbtnode_t *rbtnode, rbtdb_version_t *rbtversion,
 				     topheader = topheader->next)
 				{
 					set_ttl(rbtdb, topheader, 0);
-					mark_stale_header(rbtdb, topheader);
+					mark_header_ancient(rbtdb, topheader);
 				}
 				goto find_header;
 			}
@@ -6293,7 +6405,7 @@ add32(dns_rbtdb_t *rbtdb, dns_rbtnode_t *rbtnode, rbtdb_version_t *rbtversion,
 				 * ncache entry.
 				 */
 				set_ttl(rbtdb, topheader, 0);
-				mark_stale_header(rbtdb, topheader);
+				mark_header_ancient(rbtdb, topheader);
 				topheader = NULL;
 				goto find_header;
 			}
@@ -6331,8 +6443,11 @@ add32(dns_rbtdb_t *rbtdb, dns_rbtnode_t *rbtnode, rbtdb_version_t *rbtversion,
 		}
 
 		/*
-		 * Trying to add an rdataset with lower trust to a cache DB
-		 * has no effect, provided that the cache data isn't stale.
+		 * Trying to add an rdataset with lower trust to a cache
+		 * DB has no effect, provided that the cache data isn't
+		 * stale. If the cache data is stale, new lower trust
+		 * data will supersede it below. Unclear what the best
+		 * policy is here.
 		 */
 		if (rbtversion == NULL && trust < header->trust &&
 		    (ACTIVE(header, now) || header_nx)) {
@@ -6362,6 +6477,10 @@ add32(dns_rbtdb_t *rbtdb, dns_rbtnode_t *rbtnode, rbtdb_version_t *rbtversion,
 
 			if ((options & DNS_DBADD_EXACT) != 0)
 				flags |= DNS_RDATASLAB_EXACT;
+			/*
+			 * TTL use here is irrelevant to the cache;
+			 * merge is only done with zonedbs.
+			 */
 			if ((options & DNS_DBADD_EXACTTTL) != 0 &&
 			     newheader->rdh_ttl != header->rdh_ttl)
 					result = DNS_R_NOTEXACT;
@@ -6405,11 +6524,12 @@ add32(dns_rbtdb_t *rbtdb, dns_rbtnode_t *rbtnode, rbtdb_version_t *rbtversion,
 			}
 		}
 		/*
-		 * Don't replace existing NS, A and AAAA RRsets
-		 * in the cache if they are already exist.  This
-		 * prevents named being locked to old servers.
-		 * Don't lower trust of existing record if the
-		 * update is forced.
+		 * Don't replace existing NS, A and AAAA RRsets in the
+		 * cache if they are already exist. This prevents named
+		 * being locked to old servers. Don't lower trust of
+		 * existing record if the update is forced. Nothing
+		 * special to be done w.r.t stale data; it gets replaced
+		 * normally further down.
 		 */
 		if (IS_CACHE(rbtdb) && ACTIVE(header, now) &&
 		    header->type == dns_rdatatype_ns &&
@@ -6582,10 +6702,10 @@ add32(dns_rbtdb_t *rbtdb, dns_rbtnode_t *rbtnode, rbtdb_version_t *rbtversion,
 				changed->dirty = true;
 			if (rbtversion == NULL) {
 				set_ttl(rbtdb, header, 0);
-				mark_stale_header(rbtdb, header);
+				mark_header_ancient(rbtdb, header);
 				if (sigheader != NULL) {
 					set_ttl(rbtdb, sigheader, 0);
-					mark_stale_header(rbtdb, sigheader);
+					mark_header_ancient(rbtdb, sigheader);
 				}
 			}
 			if (rbtversion != NULL && !header_nx) {
@@ -8436,6 +8556,30 @@ nodefullname(dns_db_t *db, dns_dbnode_t *node, dns_name_t *name) {
 	return (result);
 }
 
+static isc_result_t
+setservestalettl(dns_db_t *db, dns_ttl_t ttl) {
+	dns_rbtdb_t *rbtdb = (dns_rbtdb_t *)db;
+
+	REQUIRE(VALID_RBTDB(rbtdb));
+	REQUIRE(IS_CACHE(rbtdb));
+
+	/* currently no bounds checking.  0 means disable. */
+	rbtdb->serve_stale_ttl = ttl;
+	return ISC_R_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+static isc_result_t
+getservestalettl(dns_db_t *db, dns_ttl_t *ttl) {
+	dns_rbtdb_t *rbtdb = (dns_rbtdb_t *)db;
+
+	REQUIRE(VALID_RBTDB(rbtdb));
+	REQUIRE(IS_CACHE(rbtdb));
+
+	*ttl = rbtdb->serve_stale_ttl;
+	return ISC_R_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
 static dns_dbmethods_t zone_methods = {
 	attach,
 	detach,
@@ -8481,7 +8625,9 @@ static dns_dbmethods_t zone_methods = {
 	NULL,
 	hashsize,
 	nodefullname,
-	getsize
+	getsize,
+	NULL,
+	NULL
 };
 
 static dns_dbmethods_t cache_methods = {
@@ -8529,7 +8675,9 @@ static dns_dbmethods_t cache_methods = {
 	setcachestats,
 	hashsize,
 	nodefullname,
-	NULL
+	NULL,
+	setservestalettl,
+	getservestalettl
 };
 
 isc_result_t
@@ -8800,7 +8948,7 @@ dns_rbtdb_create
 	rbtdb->rpzs = NULL;
 	rbtdb->load_rpzs = NULL;
 	rbtdb->rpz_num = DNS_RPZ_INVALID_NUM;
-
+	rbtdb->serve_stale_ttl = 0;
 	/*
 	 * Version Initialization.
 	 */
@@ -9218,7 +9366,8 @@ rdatasetiter_first(dns_rdatasetiter_t *iterator) {
 				 * rdatasets to work.
 				 */
 				if (NONEXISTENT(header) ||
-				    (now != 0 && now > header->rdh_ttl))
+				    (now != 0 && now > header->rdh_ttl
+						     + rbtdb->serve_stale_ttl))
 					header = NULL;
 				break;
 			} else
@@ -10427,7 +10576,7 @@ static inline bool
 need_headerupdate(rdatasetheader_t *header, isc_stdtime_t now) {
 	if ((header->attributes &
 	     (RDATASET_ATTR_NONEXISTENT |
-	      RDATASET_ATTR_STALE |
+	      RDATASET_ATTR_ANCIENT |
 	      RDATASET_ATTR_ZEROTTL)) != 0)
 		return (false);
 
@@ -10533,7 +10682,7 @@ expire_header(dns_rbtdb_t *rbtdb, rdatasetheader_t *header,
 	      bool tree_locked, expire_t reason)
 {
 	set_ttl(rbtdb, header, 0);
-	mark_stale_header(rbtdb, header);
+	mark_header_ancient(rbtdb, header);
 
 	/*
 	 * Caller must hold the node (write) lock.
diff --git a/lib/dns/resolver.c b/lib/dns/resolver.c
index 49ec49c..2de70a6 100644
--- a/lib/dns/resolver.c
+++ b/lib/dns/resolver.c
@@ -141,16 +141,17 @@
 #endif /* WANT_QUERYTRACE */
 
 #define US_PER_SEC 1000000U
+#define US_PER_MSEC 1000U
 /*
  * The maximum time we will wait for a single query.
  */
-#define MAX_SINGLE_QUERY_TIMEOUT 9U
-#define MAX_SINGLE_QUERY_TIMEOUT_US (MAX_SINGLE_QUERY_TIMEOUT*US_PER_SEC)
+#define MAX_SINGLE_QUERY_TIMEOUT 9000U
+#define MAX_SINGLE_QUERY_TIMEOUT_US (MAX_SINGLE_QUERY_TIMEOUT*US_PER_MSEC)
 
 /*
  * We need to allow a individual query time to complete / timeout.
  */
-#define MINIMUM_QUERY_TIMEOUT (MAX_SINGLE_QUERY_TIMEOUT + 1U)
+#define MINIMUM_QUERY_TIMEOUT (MAX_SINGLE_QUERY_TIMEOUT + 1000U)
 
 /* The default time in seconds for the whole query to live. */
 #ifndef DEFAULT_QUERY_TIMEOUT
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@
 
 /* The maximum time in seconds for the whole query to live. */
 #ifndef MAXIMUM_QUERY_TIMEOUT
-#define MAXIMUM_QUERY_TIMEOUT 30
+#define MAXIMUM_QUERY_TIMEOUT 30000
 #endif
 
 /* The default maximum number of recursions to follow before giving up. */
@@ -529,6 +530,11 @@ struct dns_resolver {
 	dns_fetch_t *			primefetch;
 	/* Locked by nlock. */
 	unsigned int			nfctx;
+
+	/* Unlocked. Additions for serve-stale feature. */
+	unsigned int			retryinterval; /* in milliseconds */
+	unsigned int			nonbackofftries;
+
 };
 
 #define RES_MAGIC			ISC_MAGIC('R', 'e', 's', '!')
@@ -1650,14 +1656,12 @@ fctx_setretryinterval(fetchctx_t *fctx, unsigned int rtt) {
 	unsigned int seconds;
 	unsigned int us;
 
+	us = fctx->res->retryinterval * 1000;
 	/*
-	 * We retry every .8 seconds the first two times through the address
-	 * list, and then we do exponential back-off.
+	 * Exponential backoff after the first few tries.
 	 */
-	if (fctx->restarts < 3)
-		us = 800000;
-	else
-		us = (800000 << (fctx->restarts - 2));
+	if (fctx->restarts >= fctx->res->nonbackofftries)
+		us <<= (fctx->restarts - fctx->res->nonbackofftries - 1);
 
 	/*
 	 * Add a fudge factor to the expected rtt based on the current
@@ -4542,7 +4546,8 @@ fctx_create(dns_resolver_t *res, dns_name_t *name, dns_rdatatype_t type,
 	/*
 	 * Compute an expiration time for the entire fetch.
 	 */
-	isc_interval_set(&interval, res->query_timeout, 0);
+	isc_interval_set(&interval, res->query_timeout / 1000,
+			 res->query_timeout % 1000 * 1000000);
 	iresult = isc_time_nowplusinterval(&fctx->expires, &interval);
 	if (iresult != ISC_R_SUCCESS) {
 		UNEXPECTED_ERROR(__FILE__, __LINE__,
@@ -9105,6 +9110,8 @@ dns_resolver_create(dns_view_t *view,
 	res->spillattimer = NULL;
 	res->zspill = 0;
 	res->zero_no_soa_ttl = false;
+	res->retryinterval = 30000;
+	res->nonbackofftries = 3;
 	res->query_timeout = DEFAULT_QUERY_TIMEOUT;
 	res->maxdepth = DEFAULT_RECURSION_DEPTH;
 	res->maxqueries = DEFAULT_MAX_QUERIES;
@@ -10439,17 +10446,20 @@ dns_resolver_gettimeout(dns_resolver_t *resolver) {
 }
 
 void
-dns_resolver_settimeout(dns_resolver_t *resolver, unsigned int seconds) {
+dns_resolver_settimeout(dns_resolver_t *resolver, unsigned int timeout) {
 	REQUIRE(VALID_RESOLVER(resolver));
 
-	if (seconds == 0)
-		seconds = DEFAULT_QUERY_TIMEOUT;
-	if (seconds > MAXIMUM_QUERY_TIMEOUT)
-		seconds = MAXIMUM_QUERY_TIMEOUT;
-	if (seconds < MINIMUM_QUERY_TIMEOUT)
-		seconds =  MINIMUM_QUERY_TIMEOUT;
+	if (timeout <= 300)
+		timeout *= 1000;
+
+	if (timeout == 0)
+		timeout = DEFAULT_QUERY_TIMEOUT;
+	if (timeout > MAXIMUM_QUERY_TIMEOUT)
+		timeout = MAXIMUM_QUERY_TIMEOUT;
+	if (timeout < MINIMUM_QUERY_TIMEOUT)
+		timeout =  MINIMUM_QUERY_TIMEOUT;
 
-	resolver->query_timeout = seconds;
+	resolver->query_timeout = timeout;
 }
 
 void
@@ -10546,3 +10556,34 @@ dns_resolver_getquotaresponse(dns_resolver_t *resolver, dns_quotatype_t which)
 
 	return (resolver->quotaresp[which]);
 }
+
+unsigned int
+dns_resolver_getretryinterval(dns_resolver_t *resolver) {
+	REQUIRE(VALID_RESOLVER(resolver));
+
+	return (resolver->retryinterval);
+}
+
+void
+dns_resolver_setretryinterval(dns_resolver_t *resolver, unsigned int interval)
+{
+	REQUIRE(VALID_RESOLVER(resolver));
+	REQUIRE(interval > 0);
+
+	resolver->retryinterval = ISC_MIN(interval, 2000);
+}
+
+unsigned int
+dns_resolver_getnonbackofftries(dns_resolver_t *resolver) {
+	REQUIRE(VALID_RESOLVER(resolver));
+
+	return (resolver->nonbackofftries);
+}
+
+void
+dns_resolver_setnonbackofftries(dns_resolver_t *resolver, unsigned int tries) {
+	REQUIRE(VALID_RESOLVER(resolver));
+	REQUIRE(tries > 0);
+
+	resolver->nonbackofftries = tries;
+}
diff --git a/lib/dns/sdb.c b/lib/dns/sdb.c
index 477bb74..09cf932 100644
--- a/lib/dns/sdb.c
+++ b/lib/dns/sdb.c
@@ -1370,7 +1370,9 @@ static dns_dbmethods_t sdb_methods = {
 	NULL,			/* setcachestats */
 	NULL,			/* hashsize */
 	NULL,			/* nodefullname */
-	NULL			/* getsize */
+	NULL,			/* getsize */
+	NULL,			/* setservestalettl */
+	NULL			/* getservestalettl */
 };
 
 static isc_result_t
diff --git a/lib/dns/sdlz.c b/lib/dns/sdlz.c
index 037d74a..9218fed 100644
--- a/lib/dns/sdlz.c
+++ b/lib/dns/sdlz.c
@@ -1336,7 +1336,9 @@ static dns_dbmethods_t sdlzdb_methods = {
 	NULL,			/* setcachestats */
 	NULL,			/* hashsize */
 	NULL,			/* nodefullname */
-	NULL			/* getsize */
+	NULL,			/* getsize */
+	NULL,			/* setservestalettl */
+	NULL			/* getservestalettl */
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/lib/dns/tests/db_test.c b/lib/dns/tests/db_test.c
index bc1cc3f..60fdb81 100644
--- a/lib/dns/tests/db_test.c
+++ b/lib/dns/tests/db_test.c
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@
 
 #include <dns/db.h>
 #include <dns/dbiterator.h>
-#include <dns/name.h>
 #include <dns/journal.h>
+#include <dns/name.h>
+#include <dns/rdatalist.h>
 
 #include "dnstest.h"
 
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ getoriginnode_test(void **state) {
 	assert_int_equal(result, ISC_R_SUCCESS);
 
 	result = dns_db_create(mymctx, "rbt", dns_rootname, dns_dbtype_zone,
-			    dns_rdataclass_in, 0, NULL, &db);
+			       dns_rdataclass_in, 0, NULL, &db);
 	assert_int_equal(result, ISC_R_SUCCESS);
 
 	result = dns_db_getoriginnode(db, &node);
@@ -91,6 +92,197 @@ getoriginnode_test(void **state) {
 	isc_mem_detach(&mymctx);
 }
 
+/* test getservestalettl and setservestalettl */
+static void
+getsetservestalettl_test(void **state) {
+	dns_db_t *db = NULL;
+	isc_mem_t *mymctx = NULL;
+	isc_result_t result;
+	dns_ttl_t ttl;
+
+	UNUSED(state);
+
+	result = isc_mem_create(0, 0, &mymctx);
+	assert_int_equal(result, ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+
+	result = dns_db_create(mymctx, "rbt", dns_rootname, dns_dbtype_cache,
+			       dns_rdataclass_in, 0, NULL, &db);
+	assert_int_equal(result, ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+
+	ttl = 5000;
+	result = dns_db_getservestalettl(db, &ttl);
+	assert_int_equal(result, ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+	assert_int_equal(ttl, 0);
+
+	ttl = 6 * 3600;
+	result = dns_db_setservestalettl(db, ttl);
+	assert_int_equal(result, ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+
+	ttl = 5000;
+	result = dns_db_getservestalettl(db, &ttl);
+	assert_int_equal(result, ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+	assert_int_equal(ttl, 6 * 3600);
+
+	dns_db_detach(&db);
+	isc_mem_detach(&mymctx);
+}
+
+/* check DNS_DBFIND_STALEOK works */
+static void
+dns_dbfind_staleok_test(void **state) {
+	dns_db_t *db = NULL;
+	dns_dbnode_t *node = NULL;
+	dns_fixedname_t example_fixed;
+	dns_fixedname_t found_fixed;
+	dns_name_t *example;
+	dns_name_t *found;
+	dns_rdatalist_t rdatalist;
+	dns_rdataset_t rdataset;
+	int count;
+	int pass;
+	isc_mem_t *mymctx = NULL;
+	isc_result_t result;
+	unsigned char data[] = { 0x0a, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01 };
+
+	UNUSED(state);
+
+	result = isc_mem_create(0, 0, &mymctx);
+	assert_int_equal(result, ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+
+	result = dns_db_create(mymctx, "rbt", dns_rootname, dns_dbtype_cache,
+			       dns_rdataclass_in, 0, NULL, &db);
+	assert_int_equal(result, ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+
+	example = dns_fixedname_initname(&example_fixed);
+	found = dns_fixedname_initname(&found_fixed);
+
+	result = dns_name_fromstring(example, "example", 0, NULL);
+	assert_int_equal(result, ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+
+	/*
+	 * Pass 0: default; no stale processing permitted.
+	 * Pass 1: stale processing for 1 second.
+	 * Pass 2: stale turned off after being on.
+	 */
+	for (pass = 0; pass < 3; pass++) {
+		dns_rdata_t rdata = DNS_RDATA_INIT;
+
+		/* 10.0.0.1 */
+		rdata.data = data;
+		rdata.length = 4;
+		rdata.rdclass = dns_rdataclass_in;
+		rdata.type = dns_rdatatype_a;
+
+		dns_rdatalist_init(&rdatalist);
+		rdatalist.ttl = 2;
+		rdatalist.type = dns_rdatatype_a;
+		rdatalist.rdclass = dns_rdataclass_in;
+		ISC_LIST_APPEND(rdatalist.rdata, &rdata, link);
+
+		switch (pass) {
+		case 0:
+			/* default: stale processing off */
+			break;
+		case 1:
+			/* turn on stale processing */
+			result = dns_db_setservestalettl(db, 1);
+			assert_int_equal(result, ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+			break;
+		case 2:
+			/* turn off stale processing */
+			result = dns_db_setservestalettl(db, 0);
+			assert_int_equal(result, ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		dns_rdataset_init(&rdataset);
+		result = dns_rdatalist_tordataset(&rdatalist, &rdataset);
+		assert_int_equal(result, ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+
+		result = dns_db_findnode(db, example, true, &node);
+		assert_int_equal(result, ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+
+		result = dns_db_addrdataset(db, node, NULL, 0, &rdataset, 0,
+					    NULL);
+		assert_int_equal(result, ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+
+		dns_db_detachnode(db, &node);
+		dns_rdataset_disassociate(&rdataset);
+
+		result = dns_db_find(db, example, NULL, dns_rdatatype_a,
+				     0, 0, &node, found, &rdataset, NULL);
+		assert_int_equal(result, ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+
+		/*
+		 * May loop for up to 2 seconds performing non stale lookups.
+		 */
+		count = 0;
+		do {
+			count++;
+			assert_in_range(count, 0, 20); /* loop sanity */
+			assert_int_equal(rdataset.attributes &
+				     DNS_RDATASETATTR_STALE, 0);
+			assert_true(rdataset.ttl > 0);
+			dns_db_detachnode(db, &node);
+			dns_rdataset_disassociate(&rdataset);
+
+			usleep(100000);	/* 100 ms */
+
+			result = dns_db_find(db, example, NULL,
+					     dns_rdatatype_a, 0, 0,
+					     &node, found, &rdataset, NULL);
+		} while (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+
+		assert_int_equal(result, ISC_R_NOTFOUND);
+
+		/*
+		 * Check whether we can get stale data.
+		 */
+		result = dns_db_find(db, example, NULL, dns_rdatatype_a,
+				     DNS_DBFIND_STALEOK, 0,
+				     &node, found, &rdataset, NULL);
+		switch (pass) {
+		case 0:
+			assert_int_equal(result, ISC_R_NOTFOUND);
+			break;
+		case 1:
+			/*
+			 * Should loop for 1 second with stale lookups then
+			 * stop.
+			 */
+			count = 0;
+			do {
+				count++;
+				assert_in_range(count, 0, 49); /* loop sanity */
+				assert_int_equal(result, ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+				assert_int_equal(rdataset.ttl, 0);
+				assert_int_equal(rdataset.attributes &
+					     DNS_RDATASETATTR_STALE,
+					     DNS_RDATASETATTR_STALE);
+				dns_db_detachnode(db, &node);
+				dns_rdataset_disassociate(&rdataset);
+
+				usleep(100000);	/* 100 ms */
+
+				result = dns_db_find(db, example, NULL,
+						     dns_rdatatype_a,
+						     DNS_DBFIND_STALEOK,
+						     0, &node, found,
+						     &rdataset, NULL);
+			} while (result == ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+			assert_in_range(count, 1, 10);
+			assert_int_equal(result, ISC_R_NOTFOUND);
+			break;
+		case 2:
+			assert_int_equal(result, ISC_R_NOTFOUND);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	dns_db_detach(&db);
+	isc_mem_detach(&mymctx);
+}
+
 /* database class */
 static void
 class_test(void **state) {
@@ -213,6 +405,8 @@ int
 main(void) {
 	const struct CMUnitTest tests[] = {
 		cmocka_unit_test(getoriginnode_test),
+		cmocka_unit_test(getsetservestalettl_test),
+		cmocka_unit_test(dns_dbfind_staleok_test),
 		cmocka_unit_test_setup_teardown(class_test,
 						_setup, _teardown),
 		cmocka_unit_test_setup_teardown(dbtype_test,
diff --git a/lib/dns/view.c b/lib/dns/view.c
index a7ba613..a644c5f 100644
--- a/lib/dns/view.c
+++ b/lib/dns/view.c
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ dns_view_create(isc_mem_t *mctx, dns_rdataclass_t rdclass,
 	view->flush = false;
 	view->dlv = NULL;
 	view->maxudp = 0;
+	view->staleanswerttl = 1;
+	view->staleanswersok = dns_stale_answer_conf;
+	view->staleanswersenable = false;
 	view->nocookieudp = 0;
 	view->maxbits = 0;
 	view->v4_aaaa = dns_aaaa_ok;
diff --git a/lib/isccfg/namedconf.c b/lib/isccfg/namedconf.c
index 212194e..b562f95 100644
--- a/lib/isccfg/namedconf.c
+++ b/lib/isccfg/namedconf.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,7 @@ view_clauses[] = {
 	{ "max-ncache-ttl", &cfg_type_uint32, 0 },
 	{ "max-recursion-depth", &cfg_type_uint32, 0 },
 	{ "max-recursion-queries", &cfg_type_uint32, 0 },
+	{ "max-stale-ttl", &cfg_type_ttlval, 0 },
 	{ "max-udp-size", &cfg_type_uint32, 0 },
 	{ "message-compression", &cfg_type_boolean, 0 },
 	{ "min-roots", &cfg_type_uint32, CFG_CLAUSEFLAG_NOTIMP },
@@ -1806,7 +1807,9 @@ view_clauses[] = {
 	{ "request-nsid", &cfg_type_boolean, 0 },
 	{ "request-sit", &cfg_type_boolean, CFG_CLAUSEFLAG_OBSOLETE },
 	{ "require-server-cookie", &cfg_type_boolean, 0 },
+	{ "resolver-nonbackoff-tries", &cfg_type_uint32, 0 },
 	{ "resolver-query-timeout", &cfg_type_uint32, 0 },
+	{ "resolver-retry-interval", &cfg_type_uint32, 0 },
 	{ "response-policy", &cfg_type_rpz, 0 },
 	{ "rfc2308-type1", &cfg_type_boolean, CFG_CLAUSEFLAG_NYI },
 	{ "root-delegation-only",  &cfg_type_optional_exclude, 0 },
@@ -1815,6 +1818,8 @@ view_clauses[] = {
 	{ "send-cookie", &cfg_type_boolean, 0 },
 	{ "servfail-ttl", &cfg_type_ttlval, 0 },
 	{ "sortlist", &cfg_type_bracketed_aml, 0 },
+	{ "stale-answer-enable", &cfg_type_boolean, 0 },
+	{ "stale-answer-ttl", &cfg_type_ttlval, 0 },
 	{ "suppress-initial-notify", &cfg_type_boolean, CFG_CLAUSEFLAG_NYI },
 	{ "topology", &cfg_type_bracketed_aml, CFG_CLAUSEFLAG_NOTIMP },
 	{ "transfer-format", &cfg_type_transferformat, 0 },
-- 
2.26.2