Registered domain names @ Freenom not resolving... Cloudfare now not working

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Just curious if it is just me or not, but are DNS name registered with Freenom resolving? Domain name showing as pending. Was working 10 hours ago.

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Same here, domain pending and shows no DNS records.

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Free or paid domain ?

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free, a .tk domain. Showing pending all of a sudden.

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Pleased Iā€™m not alone. I had a .tk domain configured with Cloudfare. Stopped working yesterday.
I suspect hassle ahead so decided to ditch the .tk domain and purchased a .net domain from Cloudfare. Low cost and got things back up and running.
Bit of a chew remembering the AWS part linking Alexa back in and changing url but working in the endā€¦

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https://www.reddit.com/r/freenom/comments/1akf1cv/every_domain_is_now_down/

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i have same issue, for 2day now. tk domain show pending.

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I sent an email to [email protected] to ask them to re-enable my account and just got the domain working again after getting the following response (domain .cf free, now validated for 9 years !)

Dear registrant,

We have changed the PENDING status of your domains to AUTHORIZED.

To ensure that this doesnā€™t happen again we have registered the
domains as ā€˜Paid Domainsā€™ in our systems. Rest assured, you donā€™t
need to pay anything, they are ā€˜paid forā€™ for the next 9 years.

Thank you for using Freenom.
Kind regards,

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Yeah. Iā€™m stuck too :frowning:

Will send support a message.

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Same here. My domain status just pending

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I found this related to the Freenom domains not resolving.
Announcement to Freenom/OpenTLD domain owners

ICANN has selected Gandi as the gaining registrar for the gTLD domain names previously managed by OpenTLD (operating as ā€œFreenomā€). These domains are being transferred to Gandi and we are in the process of importing them into our system.ICANN has selected Gandi as the gaining registrar for the gTLD domain names previously managed by OpenTLD (operating as ā€œFreenomā€). These domains are being transferred to Gandi and we are in the process of importing them into our system.

More information with the notice on Gandiā€™s site.

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Freenom has been experiencing similar issues since last year. Domains such as .ml and .cf have been in pending status since last year. Although they offer a nine-year period, it is not certain if this is sustainable. I have also found some resources, and currently, I have switched to l53.net for free domains. Their promotion in March offers two years of free domain.
and here is the link: Get a free 2 years domain in March 2024