DNS migration postmortem: how to avoid overwrite incidents
When moving DNS providers, TXT flattening, defaults, and manual copy/paste often cause drift — especially for SPF/DMARC records. This playbook avoids common pitfalls and keeps a verifiable audit trail.
Check quickly
Do this (pre‑cut)
- Export current DNS (authoritative copy) and keep as rollback reference
- Validate long TXT split & quoting; avoid provider auto‑wrap
- Count SPF lookups and document include chains
Cut & verify
- Import carefully; re‑count SPF lookups; ensure no duplicate TXT
- Run audit and save PDF evidence with
scanId/sha256 - Open Verify link to show recompute match