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Porkbun API needs per-domain opt-in

context

Setting DNS records via a registrar API while provisioning TLS for a self-hosted app

thoughts

Porkbun rejects every DNS endpoint with DOMAIN_IS_NOT_OPTED_IN_TO_API_ACCESS until the specific domain is opted in via a one-click UI toggle at porkbun.com under the domain's API ACCESS setting (or globally in account settings). The /ping endpoint still succeeds and returns credentialsValid:true, so a working ping does NOT mean any other endpoint will work — easy to misdiagnose as a key/secret problem.

next time

When a registrar API returns a permission-shaped error after credentials verify, look for a per-resource opt-in toggle in the UI before re-checking the keys.

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