CNAME records for DKIM (Sendgrid) are not propagating

What is the name of the domain?

What is the issue you’re encountering

I am trying to set up sender authentication for Sendgrid on Cloudflare. My DKIM CNAME records are not propagating to all regions. For example, the record s1._domainkey.embeddables.com (see attached screenshot for the Cloudflare DNS setup) has only propagated to around 50% of regions, over 72 hours after I updated it.

What steps have you taken to resolve the issue?

  • I have made sure that Cloudflare Proxy is turned off for that DNS record.
  • I have made sure that CNAME flattening is turned off, both globally and for that record (I have also tried turning flattening ON for another record, s2._domainkey.embeddables.com, which showed 0% regions propagated after 72 hours).
  • I have tried deleting the record and trying again (and waiting 72 hours).
  • I have verified that Cloudflare is controlling this domain.

What feature, service or problem is this related to?

DNS not responding/updating

What are the steps to reproduce the issue?

  1. Go here: Check DNS Propagation Worldwide – WhatsMyDNS
  2. Verify that only 50% of the regions have propagated.

Screenshot of the error

Resolves for me with 1.1.1.1 and 8.8.8.8

Do you by any chance still also have a TXT record in your config for that name?

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Or… ns records for _domainkey pointing to namefind.com?

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Kindly, see the things which need to be fixed from here:

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