Major incident

namecom: DENIC DNS Disruption - DNSSEC outage .DE

Affected: name.com Registry Connections

Current status of namecom: Operational — live namecom status

Timeline

1. May 5, 2026, 22:01 UTC
   investigating
   DENIC is currently experiencing a disruption in its DNS service for .de domains. As a result, all DNSSEC-signed .de domains are currently affected in their reachability. The root cause of the disruption has not yet been fully identified by DENIC. DENIC’s technical teams are working intensively on analysis and on restoring stable operations as quickly as possible. Based on current information, users and operators of .de domains may experience impairments in domain resolution. Further updates will be provided as soon as reliable findings on the cause and recovery are available from DENIC.
2. May 6, 2026, 00:07 UTC
   resolved
   This incident has been resolved. DENIC confirmed systems are operating normally again for .de domains, but are still investigating the cause of the temporary disruption. For a posted summary directly from DENIC, follow their status page here https://status.denic.de/.

Updates as published by namecom (original).