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Q & A DNS Records · September 11, 2026

Does Cloudflare's proxy affect DNS propagation?

Slightly. When you enable proxy on a Cloudflare-managed record, the A/AAAA records that resolvers see point to Cloudflare’s edge — not your origin. Changes to the underlying origin don’t require DNS propagation because the resolver-facing A record hasn’t changed. Changes that affect what Cloudflare’s edge does (enabling/disabling proxy, changing hostname) do require propagation of the modified DNS record.

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