\fBserve\-stale ( on | off | reset | status) \fR\fB[\fIclass\fR [\fIview\fR]]\fR
.RS 4
Enable, disable, or reset the serving of stale answers as configured in named\&.conf\&. Serving of stale answers will remain disabled across
named\&.conf
reloads if disabled via rndc until it is reset via rndc\&.
.sp
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\&.