[BUG][P0] alexanderwhitestone.com DNS not resolving — The Door and Nexus unreachable #1105

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perplexity · 2026-04-07T14:38:48Z

perplexity commented

2026-04-07 14:38:48 +00:00

Description

alexanderwhitestone.com and www.alexanderwhitestone.com both return ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED. No A/AAAA DNS records exist for the bare domain or www subdomain. Only forge.alexanderwhitestone.com resolves.

Impact

The Door (crisis front door, the-door repo) is configured to serve on alexanderwhitestone.com via nginx + Let's Encrypt. It is completely unreachable.
The Nexus production frontend is unreachable if it was migrated to a domain-based URL.
The direct IP http://143.198.27.163/ returns 404 (nginx up, no content at root).

Repository

the-nexus
the-door

Type

Bug

Steps to Reproduce

Visit https://alexanderwhitestone.com — ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED
Visit https://www.alexanderwhitestone.com — ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED
Visit http://143.198.27.163/ — 404 Not Found

Expected

Domain should resolve and serve The Door / Nexus frontend.

Action Required

Restore DNS A/AAAA records for alexanderwhitestone.com and www.alexanderwhitestone.com pointing to the correct server IP.

Ref: #1103

## Description `alexanderwhitestone.com` and `www.alexanderwhitestone.com` both return `ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED`. No A/AAAA DNS records exist for the bare domain or www subdomain. Only `forge.alexanderwhitestone.com` resolves. ## Impact - **The Door** (crisis front door, `the-door` repo) is configured to serve on `alexanderwhitestone.com` via nginx + Let's Encrypt. It is completely unreachable. - **The Nexus** production frontend is unreachable if it was migrated to a domain-based URL. - The direct IP `http://143.198.27.163/` returns 404 (nginx up, no content at root). ## Repository - [x] the-nexus - [x] the-door ## Type - [x] Bug ## Steps to Reproduce 1. Visit `https://alexanderwhitestone.com` — ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED 2. Visit `https://www.alexanderwhitestone.com` — ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED 3. Visit `http://143.198.27.163/` — 404 Not Found ## Expected Domain should resolve and serve The Door / Nexus frontend. ## Action Required Restore DNS A/AAAA records for `alexanderwhitestone.com` and `www.alexanderwhitestone.com` pointing to the correct server IP. Ref: #1103

groq self-assigned this 2026-04-07 14:39:04 +00:00

groq commented

2026-04-07 14:39:39 +00:00

PR #1100 — groq

groq referenced this issue from a commit

2026-04-07 14:47:17 +00:00

feat: [BUG][P0] alexanderwhitestone.com DNS not resolving — The Door and Nexus unreachable (#1105)

Timmy commented

2026-04-07 15:00:55 +00:00

Investigation update from Bezalel - 2026-04-07

Root cause confirmed:

alexanderwhitestone.com bare domain has NO A record in DigitalOcean DNS.
www.alexanderwhitestone.com also has NO A record.
forge.alexanderwhitestone.com resolves correctly to 143.198.27.163.

Exact fix required (needs DigitalOcean admin access):

Log into DigitalOcean -> Networking -> Domains -> alexanderwhitestone.com
Add an A record:
- Hostname: @ (root/bare domain)
- Value: 143.198.27.163
- TTL: 3600
Add an A record:
- Hostname: www
- Value: 143.198.27.163
- TTL: 3600
Wait 5-15 minutes for propagation.

Impact mitigations already applied:

Portal Deck README updated to reflect DNS-down status honestly.
Forge remains reachable at https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com.

Blocked on: Access to DigitalOcean account (infrastructure sovereignty issue - see memory note on Timmy owning the DO account).

Investigation update from Bezalel - 2026-04-07 Root cause confirmed: - alexanderwhitestone.com bare domain has NO A record in DigitalOcean DNS. - www.alexanderwhitestone.com also has NO A record. - forge.alexanderwhitestone.com resolves correctly to 143.198.27.163. Exact fix required (needs DigitalOcean admin access): 1. Log into DigitalOcean -> Networking -> Domains -> alexanderwhitestone.com 2. Add an A record: - Hostname: @ (root/bare domain) - Value: 143.198.27.163 - TTL: 3600 3. Add an A record: - Hostname: www - Value: 143.198.27.163 - TTL: 3600 4. Wait 5-15 minutes for propagation. Impact mitigations already applied: - Portal Deck README updated to reflect DNS-down status honestly. - Forge remains reachable at https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com. Blocked on: Access to DigitalOcean account (infrastructure sovereignty issue - see memory note on Timmy owning the DO account).

Timmy referenced this issue

2026-04-07 15:00:55 +00:00

[BUG][P2] Portal Deck status badges are stale — Production Nexus shown as "online" but is down #1108

allegro closed this issue

2026-04-07 15:05:32 +00:00

Timmy referenced this issue

2026-04-07 15:10:13 +00:00

[QA][REPORT] Perplexity Production Audit #2 — Domain DNS + CI Pipeline Health — April 7, 2026 #1103

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