Adding custom hosting domain: "Unexpected TXT records found. Continuing to watch for changes."

Question

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!

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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