Changelog

What's new in WhoisGenius

Every release, from first commit to production.

v2.1 April 2026 Latest

Data Intelligence

WhoisXMLAPI historical intelligence integration. Passive DNS, ownership timelines, GDPR reconstruction, and portfolio discovery across 374M+ domains.

  • DNS Chronicle passive DNS: infrastructure history and sole IP tenancy detection
  • Domain Info API: GDPR-redacted field reconstruction from historical records
  • WHOIS History API: ownership timelines showing when operators changed
  • Reverse WHOIS portfolio discovery across 374M+ domains
  • CDN-gated correlation suppresses false positives from shared hosting
  • 12 intelligence sources fused (up from 8)
  • 2,022 tests, 98.33% accuracy, 133 source files
v2.0 March 2026

Cloud Deployment

WhoisGenius is live in production with fully managed cloud infrastructure and automated deploys.

  • API available at api.whoisgeni.us
  • Auto-scaling infrastructure with zero-downtime deploys
  • Real-time monitoring and alerting
  • Automated CI/CD: every commit tested and deployed
v1.5 March 2026

Deep Analysis & Historical Queries

New APIs for domain history and entity search, plus accuracy improvements to 98.33%.

  • Domain timeline API to track operator changes over time
  • Entity search to find all domains associated with an organization
  • Page content analysis (metadata, copyright, trademarks) improves attribution
  • Accuracy improved from 78% to 98.33% through scoring refinements
  • Downloadable PDF attribution certificates for legal use
v1.4 March 2026

Quality & Documentation

Published accuracy benchmarks with methodology and launched the documentation site.

  • 60-domain benchmark dataset across 6 difficulty categories
  • Published accuracy methodology, including failure cases
  • Full API documentation site
v1.2 March 2026

Resilience & Evidence

Better results on CDN-protected domains and verifiable attribution certificates.

  • CDN bypass for accurate results even behind Cloudflare, AWS, and Fastly
  • Automatic fallback when data sources are unavailable
  • Signed attribution certificates for legal proceedings
  • Entity deduplication for cleaner results with fewer false matches
  • Pay-per-query credits so you can use it without a subscription
v1.1 March 2026

AI Enrichment

Optional AI-powered analysis for ambiguous domains where scoring alone isn't enough.

  • AI entity resolution for domains with conflicting signals
  • Natural language explanations of attribution reasoning
  • Webhook notifications when analyses complete
  • Bring-your-own-key support for AI features
v1.0 March 2026

Launch

Multi-source domain intelligence with transparent scoring and billing from day one.

  • 8 intelligence sources checked concurrently per query
  • Transparent confidence scoring with per-signal breakdown
  • REST API with complete OpenAPI documentation
  • Free tier (500 queries/mo) and paid plans
  • Results in under 3 seconds