DNS Resolution for .co TLD

lowDigitalOceanApr 17, 2026 21:22Duration: 16h 48m
networkdns
DNS FailureNetwork / Routing

Summary

Our Engineering team has confirmed that the issue affecting the DNS resolution of .co top-level domain (TLD) has been resolved. The DNS resolution for .co domains is now working as expected. We apologize for the inconvenience. If you continue to face any issues, please open a support ticket from within your account.

Impact

minor

Timeline

Apr 17, 2026 21:22

[identified] Our Engineering team is aware of a widespread, external issue affecting .co top-level domain (TLD). While this incident originates outside of DigitalOcean's infrastructure, you may experience errors when querying a .co domain, regardless of the DNS resolver being used. Our Engineers are actively deploying temporary backend mitigations to help minimize the impact on our customers. We will continue to monitor the situation closely and post updates as more information becomes available.

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+1h 30m
Apr 17, 2026 22:53

[monitoring] Our Engineering team has implemented a fix to resolve the issue that was affecting the DNS resolution of .co top-level domain (TLD). During this time, users who are using DigitalOcean DNS resolvers in their resources should no longer experience issues related to the DNS resolution. Our Engineers are currently monitoring the situation. We will post an update as soon as the issue is fully resolved.

via statuspage
+15h 17m
Apr 18, 2026 14:10

[resolved] Our Engineering team has confirmed that the issue affecting the DNS resolution of .co top-level domain (TLD) has been resolved. The DNS resolution for .co domains is now working as expected. We apologize for the inconvenience. If you continue to face any issues, please open a support ticket from within your account.

via statuspage

Lessons Learned

DigitalOcean has experienced 94 incidents in the past year. This frequency suggests systemic reliability challenges that may warrant additional monitoring.

📊Incidents related to network, dns have occurred 182 times across all providers in the past year. This is one of the most common failure categories in cloud infrastructure.

💡This incident is categorized as: DNS Failure, Network / Routing. Consider implementing preventive measures specific to this failure category.