CNAMEing to an address with @ does not work

What is the name of the domain?

What is the issue you’re encountering

I want to forward to that website and because it has the @, it gets replaced by my domain. How can i escape the @ char?

What feature, service or problem is this related to?

DNS records

When entering DNS records using @ for your apex domain, the dashboard will show the domain name when you list the records. This is normal and everything will work.

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Additionally a CNAME at the root is invalid so Cloudflare will automatically translate it to an IP with the target IP value or the edge proxy IPs.

Thank you guys. I think I was not clear enough or you guys did not check the URL.
The URL has the @. So it gets replaced by the apex domain. Also it contains /, that is also a no-no. I’m trying to escape those characters with no luck. Any tip is welcomed!

This is the URL i’d like to forward to: www.printables.com/@GabrielZ/models

CNAMEs don’t redirect, they just point at another DNS record so what you are entering is invalid.

Use a Single Redirect Rule instead…

If there is no origin and you are redirecting from the whole domain/subdomain, use a dummy proxied DNS record of AAAA 100:: for any hostnames.

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