Yes — va.gov has IPv6.

Has both IPv4 (A) and IPv6 (AAAA) addresses.

IPv6 readiness

Website, mail and DNS all work over IPv6.

Website over IPv6 va.gov has an AAAA record and answers on it. ✓ 2600:8010:0:28::28:221 answers · 443	yes
www over IPv6 www.va.gov has an AAAA record and answers on it. ✓ 2600:8010:0:28::28:221 answers · 443	yes
Mail servers (MX) have IPv6 Every mail server has an AAAA record. mx20.va.gov ✓	yes
Nameservers have IPv6 4 of 4 nameservers checked have an AAAA record, so IPv6-only resolvers can look the domain up. ns1x.va.gov ✓ns2x.va.gov ✓ns3x.va.gov ✓ns4x.va.gov ✓	yes

HTTPS over IPv6 · not part of the grade yet
Loads over IPv6 with a valid certificate after 1 redirect: HTTP 200.

https://va.gov/ via 2600:8010:0:28::28:221 → 301https://www.va.gov/ via 2600:8010:0:28::28:221 → 200

works

Nothing keeping you from an A

Nothing to fix
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va.gov Has IPv6

A (IPv4)	152.130.96.221
AAAA (IPv6)	2600:8010:0:28::28:221

www.va.gov Has IPv6

A (IPv4)	152.130.96.221
AAAA (IPv6)	2600:8010:0:28::28:221

Browsers on dual-stack networks will usually pick IPv6 here (the "Happy Eyeballs" algorithm races both and prefers v6).

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IPv6 measurement: va.gov
Measured 2026-10-31 15:38:14 UTC by aaaa.bot (one server on Fly.io, region iad)

A (IPv4):    152.130.96.221
AAAA (IPv6): 2600:8010:0:28::28:221
www AAAA:    2600:8010:0:28::28:221

Readiness grade A: Website, mail and DNS all work over IPv6.
- Website over IPv6: va.gov has an AAAA record and answers on it.
    2600:8010:0:28::28:221: answers (TCP 443)
- www over IPv6: www.va.gov has an AAAA record and answers on it.
    2600:8010:0:28::28:221: answers (TCP 443)
- Mail servers (MX) have IPv6: Every mail server has an AAAA record.
- Nameservers have IPv6: 4 of 4 nameservers checked have an AAAA record, so IPv6-only resolvers can look the domain up.

Reachability = a TCP connection opened on port 443 (or 80).

HTTPS over IPv6 (not graded): Loads over IPv6 with a valid certificate after 1 redirect: HTTP 200.
    https://va.gov/ via 2600:8010:0:28::28:221 -> HTTP 301, certificate: valid
    https://www.va.gov/ via 2600:8010:0:28::28:221 -> HTTP 200, certificate: valid
DNS answers via DNS-over-HTTPS (Cloudflare). Method: https://aaaa.bot/method
Permanent link: https://aaaa.bot/r/uSRFzmIidv

Permanent link: aaaa.bot/r/uSRFzmIidv · How we measure

Checked 2026-10-31 15:38:14 UTC. Full DNS report: dns.pizza/domain/va.gov · JSON: /api/v1/va.gov