Improve Cloudflare connector: Avoid full DNS wipe on changes

GustaveS

It would be great to improve the Cloudflare connector, as currently any small change to a single parameter causes all DNS records to be deleted and then recreated one by one.

This results in a temporary period where no records exist, leading to Cloudflare errors (1016).

Ideally, the connector should only call the Cloudflare API to edit the specific records that have changed for example, using the endpoint described here: Cloudflare API - Edit DNS Record

Thank you for your consideration!

tecreasey

DracoBlue

ferrokot

+1 it's a really big problem.
I'm even afraid to imagine what the slightest integration failure after the addition will lead to, there is a high probability of losing everything

Honeytree

pratik_asabe

webdig

MrBeef

Kosta

daniellopesjp

MarkD

slimx

I think proposing a method of execution would be smarter:

I propose we had a PULL RECORDS button on the UI so when integrating cloudflare api you can press that button and make it all sync.

SystemFreaks

slimx that's actually a good idea.... The API currently has issues with NS records so eventually you will have to edit on cloudflare side .

pratik_asabe

slimx I propose we had a PULL RECORDS button on the UI so when integrating cloudflare api you can press that button and make it all sync.

slimx This is must! many times cloudflare dns records gets overwritten..

GustaveS

@slimx and @SystemFreaks - Thanks for the feedback!

@slimx, a "PULL RECORDS" sync button could indeed be useful (with clear overwrite rules prioritizing Enhance as the source of truth), but my suggestion addresses a different issue: every single parameter change in Enhance currently wipes ALL DNS records via DELETE+CREATE, regardless of what you modify.

This causes temporary downtime/errors while records are recreated one by one. I'm proposing targeted PATCH updates instead .

@SystemFreaks, NS record issues are a separate bug already tracked here: https://community.enhance.com/d/2670. The connector should fetch existing NS records via Cloudflare's list DNS endpoint and skip them during sync (only syncing subdomain NS records).