CF Nameservers Changed
I've been struggling to get a domain registered on CF for 4 and a half months now (upstream issues, not CF). However, domain authentication timed out again today. I re-added the domain and noticed my two nameservers have changed. I thought they were supposed to be the same across an account. Can anyone explain why this happened, and if there's any possible way to change them back? Unfortunately, the nameservers switching up on me means I will need to start over on a slow and lengthy process with the upstream administrator which has taken me since the beginning of this year.
Any and all insight is appreciated.
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I re-added the domain and noticed my two nameservers have changed. I thought they were supposed to be the same across an account.All you have is account preferred ones, not always constant. There's a handful of cases you would get assigned random ones, for example: On conflict with another user On conflict with lower level of the domain using the same nameservers They would also get randomized if they were preset at the registrar/dns level above and already equal, a more recent change to prevent domain hijacking. Guessing you hit one of those, only way to get guaranteed ones are Business or Enterprise's account level custom nameservers ref: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/reference/nameserver-assignment/
Each domain’s assigned nameservers may be different than other domains, even if those domains are within the same account. These nameserver assignments cannot be changed unless you set up custom or vanity nameservers. To prevent domain hijacking, you can no longer preset Cloudflare nameservers at your registrar before creating the respective zone in Cloudflare. If you preset your nameservers and then add the domain, your domain will be assigned a new pair of nameservers. To keep the same nameservers across your domains, use Account custom nameservers.
Makes sense, thanks.