diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 730c093..9d4c6bd 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ pub fn setupStdaMod(b: *std.Build, target: Target, optimize: OptimizeMode, ourio
         .target = target,
         .optimize = optimize,
     });
+    stda_mod.addImport("ourio", ourio);
+
     const tls_dep = b.dependency("tls", .{ .target = target, .optimize = optimize });
     stda_mod.addImport("tls", tls_dep.module("tls"));
-    stda_mod.addImport("ourio", ourio);
 
     return stda_mod;
 }
diff --git a/src/ourio.zig b/src/ourio.zig
index 4884836..fa5eefd 100644
--- a/src/ourio.zig
+++ b/src/ourio.zig
@@ -558,6 +558,8 @@ pub const Op = enum {
     open,
     read,
 
+    /// userbytes is meant to send slices of bytes between Ring instances or callbacks
+    userbytes,
     /// userfd is meant to send file descriptors between Ring instances (using msgRing)
     userfd,
     /// usermsg is meant to send a u16 between runtime instances (using msgRing)
@@ -624,6 +626,7 @@ pub const Request = union(Op) {
         buffer: []u8,
     },
 
+    userbytes,
     userfd,
     usermsg,
     userptr,
@@ -648,6 +651,7 @@ pub const Result = union(Op) {
     open: ResultError!posix.fd_t,
     read: ResultError!usize,
 
+    userbytes: anyerror![]const u8,
     userfd: anyerror!posix.fd_t,
     usermsg: u16,
     userptr: anyerror!?*anyopaque,
diff --git a/src/ourio/Kqueue.zig b/src/ourio/Kqueue.zig
index be2913d..6986865 100644
--- a/src/ourio/Kqueue.zig
+++ b/src/ourio/Kqueue.zig
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ fn prepTask(self: *Kqueue, task: *io.Task) !void {
         },
 
         // user* fields are never seen by the runtime, only for internal message passing
-        .userfd, .usermsg, .userptr => unreachable,
+        .userbytes, .userfd, .usermsg, .userptr => unreachable,
 
         .write => |req| {
             self.in_flight.push(task);
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ fn cancelTask(self: *Kqueue, task: *io.Task) !void {
         .open,
         .socket,
         .statx,
+        .userbytes,
         .userfd,
         .usermsg,
         .userptr,
@@ -717,6 +718,7 @@ fn handleSynchronousCompletion(
         .open,
         .socket,
         .statx,
+        .userbytes,
         .userfd,
         .usermsg,
         .userptr,
@@ -756,7 +758,7 @@ fn handleSynchronousCompletion(
                         .socket => .{ .socket = error.Canceled },
                         .statx => .{ .statx = error.Canceled },
                         .timer => .{ .timer = error.Canceled },
-                        .userfd, .usermsg, .userptr => unreachable,
+                        .userbytes, .userfd, .usermsg, .userptr => unreachable,
                         .write => .{ .write = error.Canceled },
                         .writev => .{ .writev = error.Canceled },
                     };
@@ -796,6 +798,7 @@ fn handleCompletion(
         .socket,
         .statx,
         .timer,
+        .userbytes,
         .userfd,
         .usermsg,
         .userptr,
diff --git a/src/ourio/Mock.zig b/src/ourio/Mock.zig
index a3e3751..7d2ee78 100644
--- a/src/ourio/Mock.zig
+++ b/src/ourio/Mock.zig
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ timer_cb: ?*const fn (*io.Task) io.Result = null,
 write_cb: ?*const fn (*io.Task) io.Result = null,
 writev_cb: ?*const fn (*io.Task) io.Result = null,
 
+userbytes_cb: ?*const fn (*io.Task) io.Result = null,
 userfd_cb: ?*const fn (*io.Task) io.Result = null,
 usermsg_cb: ?*const fn (*io.Task) io.Result = null,
 userptr_cb: ?*const fn (*io.Task) io.Result = null,
@@ -117,5 +118,6 @@ pub fn reapCompletions(self: *Mock, rt: *io.Ring) anyerror!void {
     while (self.completions.pop()) |task| {
         try task.callback(rt, task.*);
         rt.free_q.push(task);
+        if (task.deadline) |dl| rt.free_q.push(dl);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ourio/Uring.zig b/src/ourio/Uring.zig
index 8a78dd0..6373948 100644
--- a/src/ourio/Uring.zig
+++ b/src/ourio/Uring.zig
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ fn prepTask(self: *Uring, task: *io.Task) void {
         },
 
         // user* is only sent internally between rings and higher level wrappers
-        .userfd, .usermsg, .userptr => unreachable,
+        .userbytes, .userfd, .usermsg, .userptr => unreachable,
     }
 }
 
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ pub fn reapCompletions(self: *Uring, rt: *io.Ring) anyerror!void {
             .usermsg => .{ .usermsg = @intCast(cqe.res) },
 
             // userfd should never reach the runtime
-            .userfd, .userptr => unreachable,
+            .userbytes, .userfd, .userptr => unreachable,
         };
 
         defer {
diff --git a/src/stda.zig b/src/stda.zig
index f38707d..cd3d997 100644
--- a/src/stda.zig
+++ b/src/stda.zig
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
 pub const net = @import("stda/net.zig");
 pub const tls = @import("stda/tls.zig");
 
+const root = @import("root");
+pub const options: Options = if (@hasDecl(root, "stda_options")) root.std_options else .{};
+
+pub const Options = struct {
+    /// nameservers to be used if system nameservers can't be located
+    nameservers: [2]std.net.Address = .{
+        std.net.Address.initIp4(.{ 1, 1, 1, 1 }, 53),
+        std.net.Address.initIp4(.{ 1, 0, 0, 1 }, 53),
+    },
+};
+
 test {
     _ = net;
     _ = tls;
diff --git a/src/stda/net.zig b/src/stda/net.zig
index 4e18423..ba09632 100644
--- a/src/stda/net.zig
+++ b/src/stda/net.zig
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ const Uri = std.Uri;
 
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 
+pub const dns = @import("net/dns.zig");
+
 pub fn tcpConnectToHost(
     rt: *io.Ring,
     host: []const u8,
@@ -35,7 +37,6 @@ pub fn tcpConnectToAddr(
 
     conn.* = .{
         .ctx = ctx,
-
         .addr = addr,
         .fd = null,
         .task = undefined,
@@ -51,6 +52,31 @@ pub fn tcpConnectToAddr(
     return conn;
 }
 
+pub fn udpConnectToAddr(
+    rt: *io.Ring,
+    addr: std.net.Address,
+    ctx: io.Context,
+) Allocator.Error!*ConnectTask {
+    const conn = try rt.gpa.create(ConnectTask);
+    errdefer rt.gpa.destroy(conn);
+
+    conn.* = .{
+        .ctx = ctx,
+        .addr = addr,
+        .fd = null,
+        .task = undefined,
+    };
+
+    conn.task = try rt.socket(
+        conn.addr.any.family,
+        posix.SOCK.DGRAM | posix.SOCK.CLOEXEC,
+        posix.IPPROTO.UDP,
+        .{ .ptr = conn, .msg = @intFromEnum(ConnectTask.Msg.socket), .cb = ConnectTask.handleMsg },
+    );
+
+    return conn;
+}
+
 pub const ConnectTask = struct {
     ctx: io.Context,
 
@@ -126,6 +152,10 @@ pub const ConnectTask = struct {
     }
 };
 
+test {
+    _ = dns;
+}
+
 test "tcp connect" {
     var rt: io.Ring = try .init(std.testing.allocator, 16);
     defer rt.deinit();
diff --git a/src/stda/net/dns.zig b/src/stda/net/dns.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98e9632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stda/net/dns.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,568 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const stda = @import("../../stda.zig");
+const ourio = @import("ourio");
+
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+const Context = ourio.Context;
+const Ring = ourio.Ring;
+const Task = ourio.Task;
+const assert = std.debug.assert;
+const net = stda.net;
+const posix = std.posix;
+
+const default_dns = &stda.options.nameservers;
+
+pub const Resolver = struct {
+    gpa: Allocator,
+    ctx: Context,
+    config: Config = .{},
+
+    const Msg = enum { open_resolv, read_resolv };
+
+    /// initialize a Resolver instance. When the resolver is complete with initialization, a userptr
+    /// result type will be delivered to ctx. The resolver will then be ready to resolve DNS queries
+    pub fn init(
+        self: *Resolver,
+        gpa: Allocator,
+        io: *Ring,
+        ctx: Context,
+    ) Allocator.Error!void {
+        self.* = .{
+            .gpa = gpa,
+            .ctx = ctx,
+        };
+
+        _ = try io.open("/etc/resolv.conf", .{ .CLOEXEC = true }, 0, .{
+            .cb = Resolver.onCompletion,
+            .ptr = self,
+            .msg = @intFromEnum(Msg.open_resolv),
+        });
+    }
+
+    pub fn deinit(self: *Resolver) void {
+        self.gpa.free(self.config.nameservers);
+    }
+
+    pub fn resolveQueries(self: *Resolver, io: *Ring, queries: []const Question, ctx: ourio.Context) !void {
+        assert(self.config.nameservers.len > 0);
+
+        const conn = try self.gpa.create(Connection);
+        conn.* = .{ .gpa = self.gpa, .ctx = ctx, .config = self.config };
+        try conn.writeQuestions(queries);
+
+        try conn.tryNext(io);
+    }
+
+    pub fn onCompletion(io: *Ring, task: Task) anyerror!void {
+        const self = task.userdataCast(Resolver);
+        const msg = task.msgToEnum(Resolver.Msg);
+        const result = task.result.?;
+
+        switch (msg) {
+            .open_resolv => {
+                const fd = result.open catch {
+                    self.config.nameservers = try self.gpa.dupe(std.net.Address, default_dns);
+                    const t: Task = .{
+                        .callback = self.ctx.cb,
+                        .msg = self.ctx.msg,
+                        .userdata = self.ctx.ptr,
+                        .result = .{ .userptr = self },
+                    };
+                    try self.ctx.cb(io, t);
+                    return;
+                };
+
+                const buffer = try self.gpa.alloc(u8, 4096);
+                errdefer self.gpa.free(buffer);
+
+                _ = try io.read(fd, buffer, .{
+                    .cb = Resolver.onCompletion,
+                    .ptr = self,
+                    .msg = @intFromEnum(Resolver.Msg.read_resolv),
+                });
+            },
+
+            .read_resolv => {
+                const buffer = task.req.read.buffer;
+                defer self.gpa.free(buffer);
+
+                _ = try io.close(task.req.read.fd, .{});
+
+                const n = result.read catch |err| {
+                    const t: Task = .{
+                        .callback = self.ctx.cb,
+                        .msg = self.ctx.msg,
+                        .userdata = self.ctx.ptr,
+                        .result = .{ .userptr = err },
+                    };
+                    try self.ctx.cb(io, t);
+                    return;
+                };
+
+                if (n >= buffer.len) {
+                    @panic("TODO: more to read");
+                }
+
+                var line_iter = std.mem.splitScalar(u8, buffer[0..n], '\n');
+                var addresses: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(std.net.Address) = .empty;
+                defer addresses.deinit(self.gpa);
+
+                while (line_iter.next()) |line| {
+                    if (line.len == 0 or line[0] == ';' or line[0] == '#') continue;
+
+                    var iter = std.mem.splitAny(u8, line, &std.ascii.whitespace);
+                    const key = iter.first();
+
+                    if (std.mem.eql(u8, key, "nameserver")) {
+                        const addr = try std.net.Address.parseIp(iter.rest(), 53);
+                        try addresses.append(self.gpa, addr);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    if (std.mem.eql(u8, key, "options")) {
+                        while (iter.next()) |opt| {
+                            if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, opt, "timeout:")) {
+                                const timeout = std.fmt.parseInt(u5, opt[8..], 10) catch 30;
+                                self.config.timeout_s = @min(30, timeout);
+                                continue;
+                            }
+
+                            if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, opt, "attempts:")) {
+                                const attempts = std.fmt.parseInt(u3, opt[9..], 10) catch 5;
+                                self.config.attempts = @max(@min(5, attempts), 1);
+                                continue;
+                            }
+
+                            if (std.mem.eql(u8, opt, "edns0")) {
+                                self.config.edns0 = true;
+                                continue;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                self.config.nameservers = try addresses.toOwnedSlice(self.gpa);
+
+                const t: Task = .{
+                    .callback = self.ctx.cb,
+                    .msg = self.ctx.msg,
+                    .userdata = self.ctx.ptr,
+                    .result = .{ .userptr = self },
+                };
+                try self.ctx.cb(io, t);
+            },
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+pub const Config = struct {
+    nameservers: []const std.net.Address = &.{},
+
+    /// timeout_s is silently capped to 30 according to man resolv.conf
+    timeout_s: u5 = 30,
+
+    /// attempts is capped at 5
+    attempts: u3 = 5,
+
+    edns0: bool = false,
+};
+
+pub const Header = packed struct(u96) {
+    id: u16 = 0,
+
+    flags1: packed struct(u8) {
+        recursion_desired: bool = true,
+        truncated: bool = false,
+        authoritative_answer: bool = false,
+        opcode: enum(u4) {
+            query = 0,
+            inverse_query = 1,
+            server_status_request = 2,
+        } = .query,
+        is_response: bool = false,
+    } = .{},
+
+    flags2: packed struct(u8) {
+        response_code: enum(u4) {
+            success = 0,
+            format_error = 1,
+            server_failure = 2,
+            name_error = 3,
+            not_implemented = 4,
+            refuse = 5,
+        } = .success,
+        z: u3 = 0,
+        recursion_available: bool = false,
+    } = .{},
+
+    question_count: u16 = 0,
+
+    answer_count: u16 = 0,
+
+    authority_count: u16 = 0,
+
+    additional_count: u16 = 0,
+
+    pub fn asBytes(self: Header) [12]u8 {
+        var bytes: [12]u8 = undefined;
+        var fbs = std.io.fixedBufferStream(&bytes);
+        fbs.writer().writeInt(u16, self.id, .big) catch unreachable;
+
+        fbs.writer().writeByte(@bitCast(self.flags1)) catch unreachable;
+        fbs.writer().writeByte(@bitCast(self.flags2)) catch unreachable;
+
+        fbs.writer().writeInt(u16, self.question_count, .big) catch unreachable;
+        fbs.writer().writeInt(u16, self.answer_count, .big) catch unreachable;
+        fbs.writer().writeInt(u16, self.authority_count, .big) catch unreachable;
+        fbs.writer().writeInt(u16, self.additional_count, .big) catch unreachable;
+        assert(fbs.pos == 12);
+        return bytes;
+    }
+};
+
+pub const Question = struct {
+    host: []const u8,
+    type: ResourceType = .A,
+    class: enum(u16) {
+        IN = 1,
+        // CS = 2,
+        // CH = 3,
+        // HS = 4,
+        // WILDCARD = 255,
+    } = .IN,
+};
+
+pub const ResourceType = enum(u16) {
+    A = 1,
+    // NS = 2,
+    // MD = 3,
+    // MF = 4,
+    // CNAME = 5,
+    // SOA = 6,
+    // MB = 7,
+    // MG = 8,
+    // MR = 9,
+    // NULL = 10,
+    // WKS = 11,
+    // PTR = 12,
+    // HINFO = 13,
+    // MINFO = 14,
+    // MX = 15,
+    // TXT = 16,
+    AAAA = 28,
+    // SRV = 33,
+    // OPT = 41,
+};
+
+pub const Answer = union(ResourceType) {
+    A: [4]u8,
+    AAAA: [16]u8,
+};
+
+pub const Response = struct {
+    bytes: []const u8,
+
+    pub fn header(self: Response) Header {
+        assert(self.bytes.len >= 12);
+        const readInt = std.mem.readInt;
+
+        return .{
+            .id = readInt(u16, self.bytes[0..2], .big),
+            .flags1 = @bitCast(self.bytes[2]),
+            .flags2 = @bitCast(self.bytes[3]),
+            .question_count = readInt(u16, self.bytes[4..6], .big),
+            .answer_count = readInt(u16, self.bytes[6..8], .big),
+            .authority_count = readInt(u16, self.bytes[8..10], .big),
+            .additional_count = readInt(u16, self.bytes[10..12], .big),
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub const AnswerIterator = struct {
+        bytes: []const u8,
+        /// offset into bytes
+        offset: usize = 0,
+
+        count: usize,
+        /// number of answers we have returned
+        idx: usize = 0,
+
+        pub fn next(self: *AnswerIterator) ?Answer {
+            if (self.idx >= self.count or self.offset >= self.bytes.len) return null;
+            defer self.idx += 1;
+
+            // Read the name
+            const b = self.bytes[self.offset];
+            if (b & 0b1100_0000 == 0) {
+                // Encoded name. Get past this
+                self.offset = std.mem.indexOfScalar(u8, self.bytes[self.idx..], 0x00) orelse
+                    return null;
+            } else {
+                // Name is pointer, we can advance 2 bytes
+                self.offset += 2;
+            }
+
+            const typ: ResourceType = @enumFromInt(std.mem.readInt(
+                u16,
+                self.bytes[self.offset..][0..2],
+                .big,
+            ));
+            self.offset += 2;
+            const class = std.mem.readInt(u16, self.bytes[self.offset..][0..2], .big);
+            assert(class == 1);
+            self.offset += 2;
+            const ttl = std.mem.readInt(u32, self.bytes[self.offset..][0..4], .big);
+            _ = ttl;
+            self.offset += 4;
+            const rd_len = std.mem.readInt(u16, self.bytes[self.offset..][0..2], .big);
+            self.offset += 2;
+            defer self.offset += rd_len;
+
+            switch (typ) {
+                .A => {
+                    assert(rd_len == 4);
+                    return .{ .A = .{
+                        self.bytes[self.offset],
+                        self.bytes[self.offset + 1],
+                        self.bytes[self.offset + 2],
+                        self.bytes[self.offset + 3],
+                    } };
+                },
+
+                .AAAA => {
+                    assert(rd_len == 4);
+                    return .{ .AAAA = .{
+                        self.bytes[self.offset],
+                        self.bytes[self.offset + 1],
+                        self.bytes[self.offset + 2],
+                        self.bytes[self.offset + 3],
+                        self.bytes[self.offset + 4],
+                        self.bytes[self.offset + 5],
+                        self.bytes[self.offset + 6],
+                        self.bytes[self.offset + 7],
+                        self.bytes[self.offset + 8],
+                        self.bytes[self.offset + 9],
+                        self.bytes[self.offset + 10],
+                        self.bytes[self.offset + 11],
+                        self.bytes[self.offset + 12],
+                        self.bytes[self.offset + 13],
+                        self.bytes[self.offset + 14],
+                        self.bytes[self.offset + 15],
+                    } };
+                },
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    pub fn answerIterator(self: Response) !AnswerIterator {
+        const h = self.header();
+
+        var offset: usize = 12;
+
+        var q: u16 = 0;
+        while (q < h.question_count) {
+            offset = std.mem.indexOfScalarPos(u8, self.bytes, offset, 0x00) orelse
+                return error.InvalidResponse;
+            offset += 4; // 2 bytes for type, 2 bytes for class
+            q += 1;
+        }
+
+        return .{
+            .bytes = self.bytes[offset..],
+            .count = h.answer_count,
+        };
+    }
+};
+
+pub const Connection = struct {
+    gpa: Allocator,
+    ctx: Context,
+    config: Config,
+
+    nameserver: u8 = 0,
+    attempt: u5 = 0,
+
+    read_buffer: [2048]u8 = undefined,
+    write_buffer: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(u8) = .empty,
+    deadline: i64 = 0,
+
+    const Msg = enum { connect, recv };
+
+    pub fn tryNext(self: *Connection, io: *Ring) !void {
+        self.deadline = std.time.timestamp() + self.config.timeout_s;
+
+        if (self.attempt < self.config.attempts) {
+            const addr = self.config.nameservers[self.nameserver];
+            self.attempt += 1;
+
+            _ = try net.udpConnectToAddr(io, addr, .{
+                .cb = Connection.onCompletion,
+                .msg = @intFromEnum(Connection.Msg.connect),
+                .ptr = self,
+            });
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        self.attempt = 0;
+
+        if (self.nameserver < self.config.nameservers.len) {
+            const addr = self.config.nameservers[self.nameserver];
+            self.nameserver += 1;
+
+            _ = try net.udpConnectToAddr(io, addr, .{
+                .cb = Connection.onCompletion,
+                .msg = @intFromEnum(Connection.Msg.connect),
+                .ptr = self,
+            });
+            return;
+        }
+
+        defer self.gpa.destroy(self);
+        try self.sendResult(io, .{ .userbytes = error.Timeout });
+    }
+
+    pub fn onCompletion(io: *Ring, task: Task) anyerror!void {
+        const self = task.userdataCast(Connection);
+        const msg = task.msgToEnum(Connection.Msg);
+        const result = task.result.?;
+
+        switch (msg) {
+            .connect => {
+                const fd = result.userfd catch return self.tryNext(io);
+
+                const recv_task = try io.recv(fd, &self.read_buffer, .{
+                    .cb = Connection.onCompletion,
+                    .ptr = self,
+                    .msg = @intFromEnum(Connection.Msg.recv),
+                });
+                try recv_task.setDeadline(io, .{ .sec = self.deadline });
+
+                const write_task = try io.write(fd, self.write_buffer.items, .{});
+                try write_task.setDeadline(io, .{ .sec = self.deadline });
+            },
+
+            .recv => {
+                const n = result.recv catch {
+                    _ = try io.close(task.req.recv.fd, .{});
+                    return self.tryNext(io);
+                };
+
+                if (n == 0) {
+                    _ = try io.close(task.req.recv.fd, .{});
+                    return self.tryNext(io);
+                }
+
+                try self.sendResult(io, .{ .userbytes = self.read_buffer[0..n] });
+                _ = try io.close(task.req.recv.fd, .{});
+                self.gpa.destroy(self);
+            },
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn sendResult(self: *Connection, io: *Ring, result: ourio.Result) !void {
+        defer self.write_buffer.deinit(self.gpa);
+        const task: ourio.Task = .{
+            .callback = self.ctx.cb,
+            .userdata = self.ctx.ptr,
+            .msg = self.ctx.msg,
+            .result = result,
+        };
+        try self.ctx.cb(io, task);
+    }
+
+    fn writeQuestions(self: *Connection, queries: []const Question) !void {
+        const header: Header = .{ .question_count = @intCast(queries.len) };
+        var writer = self.write_buffer.writer(self.gpa);
+        try writer.writeAll(&header.asBytes());
+
+        for (queries) |query| {
+            var iter = std.mem.splitScalar(u8, query.host, '.');
+            while (iter.next()) |val| {
+                const len: u8 = @intCast(val.len);
+                try writer.writeByte(len);
+                try writer.writeAll(val);
+            }
+            try writer.writeByte(0x00);
+            try writer.writeInt(u16, @intFromEnum(query.type), .big);
+            try writer.writeInt(u16, @intFromEnum(query.class), .big);
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+test "Resolver" {
+    const Anon = struct {
+        fn onOpen(_: *Task) ourio.Result {
+            return .{ .open = 1 };
+        }
+
+        fn onRead(task: *Task) ourio.Result {
+            const @"resolv.conf" =
+                \\nameserver 1.1.1.1
+                \\nameserver 1.0.0.1
+                \\options timeout:10 attempts:3
+            ;
+            @memcpy(task.req.read.buffer[0..@"resolv.conf".len], @"resolv.conf");
+            return .{ .read = @"resolv.conf".len };
+        }
+
+        fn onClose(_: *Task) ourio.Result {
+            return .{ .close = {} };
+        }
+
+        fn onSocket(_: *Task) ourio.Result {
+            return .{ .socket = 1 };
+        }
+
+        fn onConnect(_: *Task) ourio.Result {
+            return .{ .connect = {} };
+        }
+
+        fn onRecv(_: *Task) ourio.Result {
+            return .{ .recv = 1 };
+        }
+
+        fn onWrite(task: *Task) ourio.Result {
+            return .{ .write = task.req.write.buffer.len };
+        }
+    };
+
+    var io: ourio.Ring = try .initMock(std.testing.allocator, 16);
+    defer io.deinit();
+
+    io.backend.mock = .{
+        .open_cb = Anon.onOpen,
+        .read_cb = Anon.onRead,
+        .close_cb = Anon.onClose,
+        .socket_cb = Anon.onSocket,
+        .connect_cb = Anon.onConnect,
+        .recv_cb = Anon.onRecv,
+        .write_cb = Anon.onWrite,
+    };
+
+    var resolver: Resolver = undefined;
+    try resolver.init(std.testing.allocator, &io, .{});
+    defer resolver.deinit();
+
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(0, resolver.config.nameservers.len);
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(5, resolver.config.attempts);
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(30, resolver.config.timeout_s);
+
+    try io.run(.until_done);
+
+    try resolver.resolveQueries(&io, &.{
+        .{ .host = "timculverhouse.com" },
+        .{ .host = "timculverhouse.com", .type = .AAAA },
+    }, .{});
+    try io.run(.until_done);
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(2, resolver.config.nameservers.len);
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(3, resolver.config.attempts);
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(10, resolver.config.timeout_s);
+}
+
+test "Header roundtrip" {
+    const header: Header = .{ .question_count = 1 };
+    const bytes = header.asBytes();
+    const response: Response = .{ .bytes = &bytes };
+    const resp_header = response.header();
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(header, resp_header);
+}