Please remove stale DNS (404 cache issue)

Hi Netlify Team,

This domain (diana-haron.com) previously pointed to a site I hosted on Netlify, but I have since deleted the project and removed all site associations. However, when visiting the domain, it still returns a Netlify 404 page instead of following the updated DNS settings I configured via my domain registrar (GoDaddy).

It seems like Netlify’s CDN or DNS routing is still caching the domain, causing traffic to be routed incorrectly even though there are no active projects tied to it anymore.

Could you please remove or release any stale DNS/CDN entries related to diana-haron.com from your system?

Thanks a lot in advance!

No one can purge DNS records cached in downstream resolves unless the owners of those resolvers provide a method to do so. So, in most cases, one must simply wait for the cached DNS responses to reach the end of their time to live (TTL) value, whatever that value may be.

Very few DNS services provide a way to purge their resolver caches but Google does here:

https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/cache

If the caching issue is in their resolvers you can use the tool above to purge the records. However, if the records are cached elsewhere, Netlify does not control any third-party DNS systems so you will need to wait until the TTL expires.

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