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# How old is the WHOIS record returned?

The data age ranges between 0 to 24 hours. Typical data age is 0 hours (real time) since we don't get many duplicate domains from user queries in a day. We cache the WHOIS record for up to 24 hours. When you send us a query, we first check to see if the WHOIS record in cache is older than 24 hours, if it is, then we will fetch it in real time.

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