passports.gov — registered in CISA's public .gov registry to the Executive Office of the President (White House Office) — changed its HTTP redirect target from an access/login wall (auth.passports.gov) to U.S. Department of State passport content. Earliest Wayback capture of the State Dept redirect: 2026-07-03; as recently as 2026-06-09 it still redirected to the auth wall. Observational (existence-only); the auth wall was never entered.

Kind

modified

Severity

High

Field

redirect_target

Old value

auth.passports.gov (access/login wall)

New value

travel.state.gov/en/passports.html (U.S. Department of State)

Daylight, “passports.gov — registered in CISA's public .gov registry to the Executive Office of the President (White House Office) — changed its HTTP redirect target from an access/login wall (auth.passports.gov) to U.S. Department of State passport content. Earliest Wayback capture of the State Dept redirect: 2026-07-03; as recently as 2026-06-09 it still redirected to the auth wall. Observational (existence-only); the auth wall was never entered..” https://daylight.watch/change/24455 — content fingerprint sha256:38fc137108291cbca7a7e0879cdb83b7aa0875ccf40924d854884e4c9b7f5077 (accessed 2026-07-29).