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I'm attempting to add a custom domain to firebase hosting.

Added the TXT records as instructed, and I get this message in the firebase dashboard:

"Unexpected TXT records found. Continuing to watch for changes."

There is one additional TXT record in my DNS settings, but I can't remove it. I don't see how it would get in the way of firebase's verification of my domain either.

I'm using Namecheap if that helps.

Thanks in advance!

Tyler Biscoe
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I had to make sure that for the host field, it was set to '@', and not my actual host name.

I'm told this varies from registrar to registrar. Some require '@' for the host field if it's for the root domain, and others do not.

Hope this helps someone.

Tyler Biscoe
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    I have this exact issue on Namecheap/firebase. Did you set host to `@` for both `globalsign-domain` and `firebase=`? – Script Kitty Jun 20 '16 at 03:38
  • Yes I did. For CNAME, however, I used 'www', and '*'. – Tyler Biscoe Jun 20 '16 at 12:30
  • I'm sorry, I got the verification complete but get stuck on Step 3. For CNAME, I cannot figure out how to get it to work. For my project currently CNAME has host `www.shipthem.me` and value `shippymcshipface.firebaseapp.com` But nothing is happening? I tried putting `www` in host. Can you please specify what your CNAME looks like? Thank you for your help so far. – Script Kitty Jun 20 '16 at 19:11
  • Yep, I used 'www', and '*'. I would revert back to WWW then wait a half a day and see if maybe it's just taking a while to propagate. – Tyler Biscoe Jun 20 '16 at 23:29
  • I should also mention that I updated the A records as well to point to the supplied IP addresses. This seemed to resolve an issue where www.mysite.com would work but, mysite.com would not. – Tyler Biscoe Jun 20 '16 at 23:30
  • Thank you, currently I have seen no change http://tinypic.com/r/2rz5gmx/9 – Script Kitty Jun 21 '16 at 02:32
  • I've seen this as reference and the google's namecheap article http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33979673/unable-to-verify-custom-domain-with-firebase-using-namecheap – Script Kitty Jun 21 '16 at 02:39
  • Hmmm. I'm stumped, your DNS page looks identical to mine, except I have TTL set to automatic for everything. I also noticed that my domains have a period on the end for the CNAME records. So like 'someproject.firebaseapp.com.' Yours is cut off so you might already have that. Sorry I can't be of more help!! – Tyler Biscoe Jun 21 '16 at 03:47
  • My domain Provider is only allowing @ , but i am not able to get the domain verified... what should i do :( – N.K Jul 05 '16 at 03:23
  • @ScriptKitty try adding a dot after the value: `shippymcshipface.firebaseapp.com.` –  Nov 30 '16 at 06:56
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If you've updated your TXT records in your DNS settings as per the instructions, then it just a matter of time for firebase to detect the changes. Normally upto 48 hours. This message is normal though, if there is a real problem then you will be able to see an error message after the 48 hours.

ALI MAKEEN
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On namecheap what worked was changing my host field to '@' rather than the host provided on firebase help.

Next step was to wait for an SSL

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  • This is what finally worked for me. It had been over 48 hours, but once I found this thread and changed it, worked in 30 minutes. – Joshua Dance Nov 07 '22 at 16:13