Netlify not detecting my Cloudflare DNS records (no “Check DNS configuration” button)

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I’m trying to connect my Cloudflare-managed domain guessthatnote.com to my Netlify site support-guessthatnote.netlify.app, keeping Cloudflare in DNS-only mode.

The problem on Netlify side is In Site settings → Domain management, I’ve added guessthatnote.com, but I never see the “Awaiting external DNS” or “Check DNS configuration” button—so Netlify won’t verify or provision SSL.

What I’ve configured in Cloudflare DNS (all grey-cloud/DNS only):

  1. A guessthatnote.com → 75.2.60.5
  2. A guessthatnote.com → 99.83.190.102
  3. CNAME www → support-guessthatnote.netlify.app

This is what I see on my terminal. It returns what I config at Cloudflare.

git:(main) dig CNAME www.guessthatnote.com +short @1.1.1.1
support-guessthatnote.netlify.app.

git:(main) dig A guessthatnote.com +short @1.1.1.1
99.83.190.102
75.2.60.5

What I’d like help with:

Has anyone run into this? What settings or steps might I be missing to get Netlify to pick up my Cloudflare records?

My Netlify site: support-guessthatnote.netlify.app
Custom domain: guessthatnote.com (I bought this in Cloudflare)

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@Happy1127 Where did you get 99.83.190.102 from?

If you search the forum for that IP you’ll see many threads related to it causing issues:

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Netlify advise that you delete it:

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Interesting. That was the AI suggested config.

I will remove that record. Thank you!

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Hi, @Happy1127. Would you be willing to please tell us which AI bot made this incorrect suggestion? We really want to stop this problem from repeating so knowing which bot is wrong would be helpful.

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It was from ChatGPT.

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Thank you so much, @Happy1127. This is incredibly helpful!