Stape/FAQ

Certificate Authority Authorization (CAA) records

Updated Mar 9, 2026

There is a DNS resource record type - CAA (Certificate Authority Authorization) - that allows to indicate which CAs are allowed to issue certificates for domains.

Stape uses the following Certificate Authorities: digicert.com, letsencrypt.org, pki.goog, sectigo.com.

Error if you use the Stape CDN functionality
Error example without adding these records

If you are using CAA records for your own domain, please make sure that you added these records: 

  • If you do not use the Stape CDN functionality:

gtm.example.com. IN CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"

  If you do not use Stape CDN functionality

gtm.example.com. IN CAA 0 issue "digicert.com"
gtm.example.com. IN CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"
gtm.example.com. IN CAA 0 issue "pki.goog"

If you use the Stape CDN functionality

gtm.example.com. IN CAA 0 issue "sectigo.com"

If you use the Disabled CDN functionality

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