Notably, assuming conformance to this standard, a browser might still not treat ...

		kbolino 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: .localhost Domains Notably, assuming conformance to this standard, a browser might still not treat localhost domains as trustworthy if it has reason to believe they can be resolved remotely. However, I'm not sure in what environments this is likely to be the case, especially with browsers implementing their own DNS over HTTPS.

Recently browsers hardcode localhost to never resolve over dns.