4 months ago
Custom domain www.altmbr.com will not validate — stuck on "Waiting for DNS update"
for 1.5+ hours, blocking cert issuance.
Service/domain:
- Domain: www.altmbr.com
- Custom domain id: a84ecb49-b98e-45e2-9915-ce8a14097f3b
- Service: web (project: altmbr, env: production)
- Required target: y0el5q4s.up.railway.app, port 8080
DNS is confirmed correct and globally propagated:
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www.altmbr.com → CNAME → y0el5q4s.up.railway.app (single record, no conflicts;
authoritative ANY query returns only the CNAME)
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Identical result from Google (8.8.8.8), Cloudflare (1.1.1.1), Quad9 (9.9.9.9),
and OpenDNS (208.67.222.222)
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_railway-verify.altmbr.com TXT present and matching
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No CAA records blocking Let's Encrypt
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Railway edge (server: railway-edge) is already serving traffic for the hostname;
it just serves the *.up.railway.app wildcard cert because no per-domain cert was issued
Already tried:
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Full delete + re-add of the custom domain (generated the new y0el5q4s target;
updated GoDaddy CNAME to match; re-add did NOT clear the "Waiting for DNS update" state)
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Re-saving the domain / port edit
Railway status page shows TLS/Let's Encrypt at 100% — no incident. This appears to be a
wedged validation/cert order on a single domain. Please force a re-validation / re-issue
server-side, or advise.
Pinned Solution
4 months ago
You have it at _railway-verify.altmbr.com, it should be at _railway-verify.www.altmbr.com
7 Replies
4 months ago
This thread has been opened as a bounty so the community can help solve it.
Status changed to Open Railway • 4 months ago
4 months ago
You need to add a TXT record at _railway-verify.www.altmbr.com, If you are using the API to add your custom domain, you can find it in verificationToken under status
4 months ago
Yeah I have that txt record in too
altmbr
Yeah I have that txt record in too
4 months ago
You have it at _railway-verify.altmbr.com, it should be at _railway-verify.www.altmbr.com
4 months ago
Delete the domain from Railway
Wait 10 minutes
Re-add it
Do NOT touch DNS during that window
Make sure GoDaddy has ONLY:
www → CNAME → y0el5q4s.up.railway.app
no other www records at all
Wait 60–120 minutes without changing anything
4 months ago
that worked thanks darseen
altmbr
that worked thanks darseen
4 months ago
You're welcome! Glad it's working now.
Status changed to Solved 0x5b62656e5d • 4 months ago

