Status pages now support apex domains

You can now host your Honeybadger status page at a root domain (example.com instead of status.example.com).

The DNS spec doesn't allow CNAME records at the apex of a zone, and Honeybadger's custom domain verifier previously only accepted CNAMEs. That blocked DNS providers like Cloudflare and Route 53, which transparently resolve apex ALIAS and CNAMEs to A records before they reach Honeybadger's verifier.

That's fixed. Honeybadger now accepts A and AAAA records during domain verification, so your apex domain can work with:

• Cloudflare — add a CNAME at @ (root); Cloudflare's CNAME flattening handles the rest
• Route 53 — use an ALIAS record
• DNSimple — use an ALIAS record
• Any other provider that supports apex CNAME-equivalent records

Once your DNS is configured, add the apex domain in your status page settings and verify as usual.

Each status page supports a single custom domain. If you want both example.com and www.example.com to resolve, pick one as the primary and redirect from the other.

Existing CNAME-based subdomain configurations are unaffected.

See our status pages guide for full setup instructions.