#Universal SSL Stuck in “Pending Validation” — No Backup Certificate Generated

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clever coral
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I’m having trouble with Universal SSL on my free Cloudflare account. The Universal SSL certificate for my domain is stuck in “Pending Validation (TXT)”, and I’ve tried all the recommended steps:

1.    Changing DNS records to DNS-only and back to Proxied after waiting.
2.    Disabling and re-enabling Universal SSL.
3.    Verifying that there are no CAA records restricting issuance.
4.    Using Flexible SSL temporarily to see if it would re-trigger validation.

Despite this, the certificate status remains “Pending Validation,” and a backup certificate is also neither generated nor visible in the panel.

Any advice or guidance on how to resolve this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

spice lotus
clever coral
clever coral
runic flame
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you'll need to fix your dnssec at both your registrar and cloudflare

clever coral
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Hello Peps! Thanks for the feedback. I found the issue - I had never set up DNSSEC for the domain in GoDaddy (the registrar). I've now activated DNSSEC in Cloudflare and added the DS record in GoDaddy. The DNSSEC issues are now resolved, though I'm still waiting for the Universal Certificate to be issued.

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runic flame
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you can try disabling and re-enabling Universal Certificates to kickstart it faster

clever coral
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Done in both domains 30' ago. Still waiting for the Universal Cert

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clever coral
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Still no certificate generated 😦 Do you have any clue what's going on? Thanks in advance

rich zinc
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