I am trying to add a domain to my project. I added the domain name ending with .app on domains page. Vercel says “invalid configuration” and suggest to change DNS records on the registerar. Since I dont know the registerar, I click the automatic configuration button, which redirected me to cloudflare (the domain owner when I searched whois for the specific domain). I logged in to cloudflare uing my same gmail account, and it asked me if i want to accept changes from vercel, I said yes. The A, CNAME records were changed with vercel data, the page went back to vercel. But the domain never resolved even after 48 hours. The DNS on DNSCHEKER site always show the cloudflare IP, but never the new changed vercel IP, even though in my cloudflare the A record shows vercel IP. I noticed I have 2 domains that were automatically created in vercel domains page, both have [projectname.appname.app] where appname is the same domain I am trying to add to vercel domains (appname.app)
The domain troubleshooting guide can help with most custom domain configuration issues. You might be able to use that guide to solve it before a human is available to help you. Then you can come back here and share the answer for bonus points.
You can also use v0 to narrow down the possibilities.
The issue here is that your DNS is currently proxied through Cloudflare, which is causing Vercel to show that invalid configuration message. Vercel’s DNS validation can’t complete properly when Cloudflare’s proxy is active between your domain and Vercel’s servers.
Here’s what you’ll need to do to fix this:
Log into your Cloudflare dashboard
Find the DNS record pointing to Vercel
Click the orange cloud icon to disable the proxy (it should turn grey)
Wait a few minutes for the DNS changes to propagate
Once the proxy is disabled, Vercel should be able to validate your domain configuration properly and the error should clear up.
Hi Pauline,
Really appreciate your attention and reply to this issue.
I have already done what you suggested before posting the issue here. The problem is that I can not edit the nameserver to update to point to vercel. I also tried clicking the edit button on vercel domain page to change or update, but it is disabled. When I disploy useing vercel –deploy locally in my computer, it says something like “we are trying to issue SSL for this domain”