Issues setting the root domain through google domains

Hello, this is my first time hosting to a custom domain so I may be missing something basic. I set the 'www' cname fine and I can access my site through 'www.mysite.com' but when I try to add the root following the railway instructions so I can access my site by typing 'mysite.com' things don't go right. Google first just says 'Leave this empty if you want the root domain'. And then when I leave it empty Google says, 'can't add cname records for the root domain". Any help would be appreciated.

Solution:

google domains does not support root level cnames, you would have to use cloudflare's nameservers, they have a guide for that here https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/ note, this does not involve any domain transfers...

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