> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tallwatch.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Status page domains

> Serve your status page on a tallwatch.com subdomain, or connect your own domain with a CNAME and a TXT verification record.

Every status page is reachable on a Tallwatch subdomain right away. When you want it on your own domain, connect one with two DNS records.

## The default subdomain

Your page lives at `your-slug.tallwatch.com`, where the slug is the one you set when you created it. A page with the slug `acme` is at `acme.tallwatch.com`. Nothing to configure: it works as soon as the page exists.

## Connect a custom domain

To serve the page at something like `status.acme.com`:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Enter the domain">
    In the status page's settings, add your custom domain (for example `status.acme.com`).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add the DNS records">
    Tallwatch shows you a `CNAME` target and a `TXT` record. Add both at your DNS provider: the `CNAME` points the domain at Tallwatch, and the `TXT` proves you own it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Verify">
    Click **Verify**. Tallwatch checks that both records resolve. DNS can take a few minutes to propagate, so if it doesn't verify right away, wait and retry.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Once verified, Tallwatch issues an HTTPS certificate for the domain automatically. There's no certificate to upload or renew.

<Tip>
  Use a subdomain like `status.` rather than your apex domain. A `CNAME` can't sit on an apex (`acme.com`) at most DNS providers, and you generally don't want your main domain pointed at the status page anyway.
</Tip>

## Troubleshooting

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Verification keeps failing">
    Confirm both records are exactly as shown, with no extra subdomain appended by your DNS provider (some auto-append the zone). Check propagation with `dig CNAME status.acme.com` and `dig TXT <the txt record name>`. Wait a few minutes between retries.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="The page loads but shows a certificate warning">
    The certificate is issued just after verification succeeds. If you opened the domain in the seconds before that completed, reload. If it persists, re-run verification.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>