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Cloudflare DNS Now Warns You at 85% of Your Records Quota!

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Hi, it's Shii-chan! Today Cloudflare shipped a small update that will be really nice to have.

Cloudflare Changelog developers.cloudflare.com

What was announced?

According to the Cloudflare Changelog, the DNS records page in the dashboard now shows a warning once you have used 85% of your DNS records quota.

The warning follows the quota that applies to you:

  • If your zone has its own quota: it shows that zone's usage
  • If your account uses an account-level DNS records quota: it shows your usage across all zones in the account

The story so far

The announcement doesn't describe the previous behavior, so this part is my reading: it seems you could only find out you were at the limit when you tried to add another record.

What changes

You can notice at 85% instead of at the limit, which gives you time to act.

  • Clean up records you no longer use
  • Plan a quota increase or a plan change without rushing

With account-level quotas, the warning counts all zones together, so it's easier to see how much room is left overall.

Dive Deep

Here is what the original post tells us:

  • The warning appears on the DNS records page in the dashboard
  • The threshold is 85% usage (the screenshot in the post shows a warning at 86%)
  • The quota shown switches automatically between zone-level and account-level

The post doesn't mention configurable thresholds, API access, or notifications.

Wrap-up

  • A warning appears on the DNS records page at 85% quota usage
  • It covers the zone quota, or the total across all zones for account-level quotas
  • You get time to clean up or raise your quota before hitting the limit

This one is for anyone managing lots of DNS records on Cloudflare!

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