I am trying to point my custom domain www.valleyirrigationpakistan.com to my PythonAnywhere web app webapp-2828368.pythonanywhere.com. All DNS records have been verified and are live globally, and I have ensured that the www CNAME is set to webapp-2828368.pythonanywhere.com (DNS only). My domain’s nameservers are correctly pointing to Cloudflare and all other records are functioning as expected. Despite this, the PythonAnywhere console still shows:
There is a problem with your domain name configuration. Take a look at the DNS setup section below for details. Be aware that DNS changes can take some time to propagate across the internet. The exact time they take will depend on your domain configuration, but it could be as long as a day. DNS setup:
How to point your domain at your website. CNAME: webapp-2828368.pythonanywhere.com We were unable to find a CNAME for your domain. Check this help page for more information about how to set it up correctly.
Could you please assist in resolving this? My web app should be live at the custom domain, and I would like to confirm that the setup is correct.
dig www.valleyirrigationpakistan.com
; <<>> DiG 9.18.39-0ubuntu0.22.04.2-Ubuntu <<>> www.valleyirrigationpakistan.com ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 33707 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 65494 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.valleyirrigationpakistan.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION: www.valleyirrigationpakistan.com. 300 IN CNAME webapp-2828368.pythonanywhere.com. webapp-2828368.pythonanywhere.com. 30 IN A 35.173.69.207
;; Query time: 760 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.53#53(127.0.0.53) (UDP) ;; WHEN: Tue Nov 11 15:51:36 PKT 2025 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 121
