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Custom domain TLS setup fails with vague error

Custom domain certificate provisioning fails with a generic error that does not say whether the DNS record or domain spelling is wrong.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

4 public reports · first reported 27 August 2026 · last reported 28 August 2026

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Site owners who point a custom domain at a hosted site often see certificate provisioning fail with a generic message that never says whether the DNS record or the domain spelling is the cause.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 4 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.