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22 May 2026 · 4 min read

Why test.example.com breaks WHOIS — and the fix

A customer asked why our WHOIS panel said "temporarily unavailable" for their hosting service on a subdomain like test.gocelerus.com. The answer is structural — RDAP servers don't hold entries for subdomains. The fix is a small public-suffix table and one careful peel.