Is-a-dev domain issue

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Hello!

I am a maintainer of is-a-dev, a free subdomain service. We are registered with the PSL and our users want to connect their is-a-dev domains with Vercel however, when we try to add a is-a-dev subdomain to Vercel, it says that another account is already using the domain, and asks us to create a _vercel.is-a.dev TXT record, which is not possible for us as then only one person would be able to do that at a time. When we previously contacted Vercel regarding this, we were told that is-a-dev would need to register with the PSL, which we have done now. We want each user to be able to use Vercel on their subdomain (example.is-a.dev). I request you to help us regarding this matter.

Regards Vaibhav Dhiman Maintainer @ is-a-dev

I'm the one who originally applied is-a.dev for the Public Suffix List in this PR: https://github.com/publicsuffix/list/pull/1949

GitHub

chore: add `is-a.dev` by wdhdev · Pull Request #1949 · publicsuffix/list

Public Suffix List (PSL) Pull Request (PR) Template Each PSL PR needs to have a description, rationale, indication of DNS validation and syntax checking, as well as a number of acknowledgements fro...

I believe Vercel has a very significant lag time for pulling from the PSL as we were added 5 months ago and it is still requiring verification at the root. It would be good if Vercel could setup an automated function to auto pull the PSL file at https://publicsuffix.org/list/public_suffix_list.dat every week or so in order to prevent issues like this.

One thing I want to point out is we've asked before in the org in this discussion, but it got locked without an answer. We've tried to also contact via a tweet (don't have the link since it got deleted) which as far as I recall we have also not gotten a response there.

This is pretty much the same issue as https://community.vercel.com/t/txt-verfication/597. In addition to is-a.dev this happens to other users of the following subdomain services which are listed on the PSL as well:

Vercel Community

TXT Verfication

I have a subdomain from Open Domain. I added it to my vercel project and is requesting for a txt verification. The domain i use is added to the suffix list...

If possible adding full support for the PSL to Vercel would be amazing and would help many subdomain providers that are listed there. Basically allowing subdomains of domains listed on the PSL to be used across many user accounts without verification of the root domain. This functionality is already included in other services similar to Vercel such as Netlify.

Hello, there was a recently pull for public suffix list as i requested for the same issue for open domains https://community.vercel.com/t/txt-verfication/597

Vercel Community

TXT Verfication

I have a subdomain from Open Domain. I added it to my vercel project and is requesting for a txt verification. The domain i use is added to the suffix list...

I believe they actually just added a manual override for that specific domain for your account(s) based off what I saw in the issue.

No, I asked one person to test it and it worked then made a pull request

reply to #6

https://github.com/open-domains/register/pull/1504

GitHub

Create neerav.is-cool.dev.json by BadPotato1007 · Pull Request #1504 · open-domains/register

Requirements You have completed your website. The website is reachable. The CNAME record doesn't contain https:// or /. There is sufficient information at the owner field. Description ...

This is one of the pull request

reply to #7

Oh, my bad then. However it does seem that override was only for is-cool.dev, not the other domains run by Open Domains or the ones listed on the PSL.

Np, glad could clear the confusion

can you fix the domain name is written as is-a-dev

Seems normal to me, since it has a hyperlink which when you click on it goes to https://www.is-a.dev. Also to be fair I don't think its that big of a problem that it doesn't have a dot.

reply to #10

If you are talking about the title, I believe that it is automatically capitalized

Vercel Staff

Thanks for letting us know. I'm opening a new ticket to make sure our list is updated.

reply to #13

Thank you for the prompt response and action! We hope that we will get an update soon.

Hey, no rush, but I was wondering if there are any updates internally? Thanks!

Vercel Staff

I don't have any real news yet, but I have a ticket open and one of our engineers will update our list soon. Thanks for waiting. I'll post another update when I have more info.

Vercel Staff

Important update for anyone who finds this post in the future: Subdomains can be used across accounts with a simple access verification step. Vercel respects the Public Suffix List when treating a domain as an eTLD. You should NOT submit a request to add your domain to the PSL unless it is actually appropriate for inclusion there (see guidelines)

Vercel's list is updated!

~~The process to verify a subdomain now should be similar to the steps at https://www.is-a.dev/docs/github-pages-verification/~~

Updated to add new documentation link: You can set up your subdomain using the steps at docs.is-a.dev/guides/vercel

This is great news, thank you. One question, will Vercel continuing pulling the PSL on a regular basis (i.e. weekly)?

I just checked it out, is-a.dev works however, another domain that is listed on the PSL still requires verification of the root domain: 1000011139

Is Vercel able to support all domains listed on the PSL? That would be much better in future.

reply to #18

Thank you for the quick resolution!

reply to #19

Are you able to confirm this? Or is Vercel only adding domains on a case by case basis as it seems they are not officially supporting the PSL as I have tried other domains on the PSL and they are not working like is-a.dev now is.

reply to #22

Vercel Staff

Thanks for checking on this. I believe it's case-by-case for the moment. But I asked the team about it and I'll let you know when I learn more.

Are you able to add is-a-good.dev as an exception too, it is also listed on the PSL and experiencing the same verification issues.

Vercel Staff

The team confirmed that updates are manual for now.

I'll open a PR to get is-a-good.dev added for you

Vercel Staff

The PR was merged

You should be able to use is-a-good.dev domains now. Please let me know if you run into any trouble with it

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TXT Verfication

I have a subdomain from Open Domain. I added it to my vercel project and is requesting for a txt verification. The domain i use is added to the suffix list...