I have issues with my project “auto configure” on vercel, after linking the project to cloudflare, the domain is not active. I need help and its urgent.
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.
Hi Ben,
I’d first separate the Cloudflare setup from what Vercel can see publicly. The important part is not only what Cloudflare shows in the dashboard, but whether the public DNS records match the exact values Vercel shows in Project Settings → Domains.
From a terminal, check:
dig NS yourdomain.com +short
dig A yourdomain.com +short
dig CNAME www.yourdomain.com +short
For the root/apex domain, the A record should match the value Vercel shows. For www or another subdomain, the CNAME should match the Vercel target exactly. Also make sure there are no conflicting old A, AAAA, or CNAME records for the same hostname.
If you’re using Cloudflare, I’d keep the relevant record set to DNS-only while verifying the domain, then test again in Vercel. If Vercel is asking for a _vercel TXT ownership record, also check:
dig TXT _vercel.yourdomain.com +short
If the dig output does not match Vercel’s requested records, the issue is still DNS configuration or propagation. If it does match exactly and the domain is still inactive, can you share the domain name and the current DNS records with anything unrelated removed?