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!!! failure "Deprecated in sing-box 1.11.0"
Legacy special outbounds are deprecated and will be removed in sing-box 1.13.0, check [Migration](/migration/#migrate-legacy-special-outbounds-to-rule-actions).
`dns` outbound is a internal DNS server.
### Structure
```json
{
"type": "dns",
"tag": "dns-out"
}
```
!!! note ""
There are no outbound connections by the DNS outbound, all requests are handled internally.
### Fields
No fields.
