# Failed to create A records.

**URL:** <https://community.fly.io/t/failed-to-create-a-records/11718>\
**Category:** Questions / Help\
**Tags:** login-only\
**Created:** [March 25, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/failed-to-create-a-records/11718 "2023-03-25T22:18:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Donitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Donitz](https://community.fly.io/u/Donitz)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/failed-to-create-a-records/11718/1 "2023-03-25T22:18:43Z")

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Hey!

I haven’t been able to access the site I created for about a week. During some update there must have been some issue creating the A record for it. I tried destroying the app and waiting it out to see if it would resolve on its own, but it doesn’t seem like it. Here’s what the doctor says:

```auto
Testing authentication token... PASSED
Testing flyctl agent... PASSED
Testing local Docker instance... PASSED
Pinging WireGuard gateway (give us a sec)... PASSED

App specific checks for tileset-explorer:
Checking that app has ip addresses allocated... PASSED
Checking A record for tileset-explorer.fly.dev... Nope
	These IPs are missing from the tileset-explorer.fly.dev. A record: 66.241.124.52
	This likely means we had an operational issue when we tried to create the record.
	Post in https://community.fly.io/ or send us an email if you have a support plan, and we'll get this fixed

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There isn’t much I can do other than use another name, but that’s not a good solution.

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**Author:** ![lillian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/lillian/32/49616_2.png) [@lillian](https://community.fly.io/u/lillian)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/failed-to-create-a-records/11718/2 "2023-03-27T13:55:05Z")

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Hello, it doesn’t seem like your app has an IP address assigned. Running `flyctl ips allocate-v4 --shared` should fix your issue.

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**Author:** ![lillian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/lillian/32/49616_2.png) [@lillian](https://community.fly.io/u/lillian)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/failed-to-create-a-records/11718/3 "2023-03-27T16:52:05Z")

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Hey @Donitz, this was actually an issue with our DNS server when the app is missing IPv6 records. I’ve deployed a fix now, you should be good to go.

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**Author:** ![Donitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Donitz](https://community.fly.io/u/Donitz)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/failed-to-create-a-records/11718/4 "2023-03-27T17:50:20Z")

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Thank you! Now it works.

If I were to guess, the cause was because of my workflow of destroying and re-creating the app from scratch during updates, which probably messed up the state in some way.

I’ve updated my deployment script now so I only update the existing machine, not destroy the entire app.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/original/3X/6/e/6e8955d00cb218e186ebbe3a6ab06fefdce15290.svg) [@system](https://community.fly.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/failed-to-create-a-records/11718/5 "2023-04-03T17:51:15Z")

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Closed on April 3, 2023, 5:51pm UTC

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