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Summary

  • Only require valid allocation IPs for A and AAAA subdomains
  • Allow CNAME subdomains without an allocation
  • Keep requiring a primary allocation for SRV subdomains because their port is used
  • Allow compatible record types to coexist locally
  • Apply DNS conflict rules when checking existing Cloudflare records
  • Document allocation and record coexistence requirements

Record coexistence

  • A and AAAA records can coexist at the same name
  • SRV records can coexist with A, AAAA, and CNAME records because they use a service-specific name
  • CNAME records cannot coexist with another record at the same name
  • Duplicate records of the same type and effective name remain blocked

Testing

  • PHP syntax checks passed for all plugin PHP files on PHP 8.5.10
  • git diff --check
  • CI: Pint passed
  • CI: PHPStan passed on PHP 8.4 and 8.5
  • CI: plugin manifest validation passed

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Fix subdomain record coexistence with record_identifier and Cloudflare conflict rules

  • Adds a nullable-then-required record_identifier column with a unique constraint on name, domain, and record identifier, replacing the old name/domain unique constraint. Migration 011_allow_compatible_record_types.php backfills the identifier from record type and server, and rollback raises RuntimeException if duplicate name/domain records exist.
  • RecordType::uniqueIdentifier derives the identifier (server's SRV service type for SRV, type value otherwise), and a saving hook on the Subdomain model stores it before persistence.
  • RecordType::canBeUsedErrors now restricts allocation-IP and target-address validation to A/AAAA records; CNAME no longer requires an allocation.
  • The admin and server subdomain forms replace default name uniqueness with domain-scoped conflict rules: A/AAAA coexist with each other, CNAME conflicts with A/AAAA/CNAME, and SRV uniqueness uses the server-specific identifier.
  • Subdomain::upsertOnCloudflare removes the search type filter and applies the same conflict rules against all returned Cloudflare records; SubdomainService::handle restores original attributes if a Cloudflare upsert fails on an existing subdomain.
  • Behavioral Change: A and AAAA records with the same name and domain can now coexist in the database and on Cloudflare; check canBeUsedErrors in RecordType.php and the upsert logic in Subdomain.php if other code assumed name/domain uniqueness.

Macroscope summarized 23eb9e4.

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  • New Features

    • Subdomains now support CNAME records. Compatible record types can share a name, while conflicting combinations are prevented.
    • A and AAAA records can share a name; SRV records can coexist with A, AAAA, and CNAME records.
    • A and AAAA records use the primary allocation IP. SRV records require a primary allocation for its port, while CNAME records use the configured subdomain target.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Unspecified allocation addresses are rejected for A and AAAA records, while other record types are not blocked by those address checks.
    • If a DNS update fails, existing subdomain settings are restored instead of being left partially updated.

Only require valid allocation IPs for A and AAAA records, and allow compatible DNS record types to coexist while preserving CNAME conflicts.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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The changes update subdomain record compatibility in storage, validation, and Cloudflare checks. If a Cloudflare upsert fails, the service restores an existing subdomain’s original attributes.

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Subdomain Record Compatibility

Layer / File(s) Summary
Record type rules and storage
subdomains/database/migrations/011_allow_compatible_record_types.php, subdomains/src/Enums/RecordType.php, subdomains/src/Models/Subdomain.php, subdomains/README.md
The migration adds record identifiers to the uniqueness constraint. The enum and model apply record-specific identifiers and conflict rules. The README describes allocation requirements and record coexistence.
Admin name validation
subdomains/src/Filament/Admin/Resources/Servers/RelationManagers/SubdomainRelationManager.php, subdomains/src/Filament/Server/Resources/Subdomains/SubdomainResource.php
Both forms scope name validation by domain and apply record-type-specific conflicts.
Cloudflare upsert rollback
subdomains/src/Services/SubdomainService.php
If a Cloudflare upsert fails, the service restores the original attributes of an existing subdomain. The existing deletion behavior for newly created subdomains remains unchanged.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: gavidroselj, boy132

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to c307a

Installations that already have subdomains may fail to apply the new migration, or end up with missing record identifiers, because the backfill never calculates them. Fix the backfill before merging to keep upgrades safe.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟠 High · up to c307a

Compatible DNS records can now share a hostname without requiring the same server owner. On shared domains, an eligible user could add a complementary record pointing another server's hostname toward their own endpoint. The migration backfill and failed-update recovery also have weaknesses that can leave uniqueness controls or local DNS state inconsistent.

Retained concerns

  • High · security · inferred: Complementary record coexistence is not restricted to the existing hostname owner. An authorized server user with an eligible allocation and shared domain can add AAAA beside another server's A record, or A beside its AAAA record, pointing the shared hostname toward a different endpoint. Creation assigns the attacker's own server_id, so this does not require bypassing edit authorization or knowing another record's Cloudflare ID. The old hostname uniqueness control blocked this plugin-managed cross-owner combination. Traffic redirection depends on clients using the added address family and the attacker controlling a reachable service endpoint.
  • High · reliability · inferred: The migration relies on saveQuietly to populate record_identifier, but its initializer is a saving callback that quiet saves suppress. Existing rows therefore remain uninitialized before the non-null constraint is applied. Deployment can fail after the old hostname uniqueness constraint has been removed; whether that removal persists depends on database DDL transaction behavior. This affects rollout and the uniqueness control for the entire existing subdomain table.
  • Medium · reliability · inferred: The new failure recovery unconditionally restores an existing row's original attributes without a lock or version check. An older failing request can overwrite the local attributes of a newer successful update while Cloudflare retains the newer DNS record. This introduces an additional recovery-time lost-update path and breaks the correspondence between the locally displayed hostname and the externally managed record.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The hostname-sharing exposure is bounded by domains and prefixes available to the user's server, permitted complementary record types, eligible allocations, creation allowance, and blacklist restrictions. Within that scope, it can affect other owners' hostnames rather than only the attacker's records. It does not establish arbitrary zone access, credential disclosure, or access to the panel's data stores.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • inferred — After a successful rollout, an eligible user can submit another server's occupied hostname with the complementary A or AAAA type. Form validation and database uniqueness allow it, and Cloudflare preflight treats the existing address record as compatible. The plugin then creates a separate record targeting the user's allocation. Correct tenant scoping of edit and delete operations would not prevent this creation path. Successful service impersonation remains conditional on endpoint and client behavior.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Server-facing creation fixes server_id to the current tenant, accepts no Cloudflare ID in the shown form, and uses server-derived allocation or node targets. Cloudflare preflight rejects same-type and CNAME conflicts before mutation. These controls prevent the shown creation path from directly selecting another record for PATCH, but do not authorize sharing that record's hostname.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — Local snapshot restoration is not sufficient to establish cross-system rollback. Besides the concrete concurrent-recovery risk, a timeout or interruption after Cloudflare accepts a mutation could leave DNS and local state divergent. Remote compensation was already absent before this PR; the new restoration changes the local recovery outcome. Provider ambiguous-write semantics and a reconciliation owner were not established.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Reserve each logical hostname to an owner and permit compatible records only for that owner or through explicit delegation. Enforce that reservation in the persistence-to-DNS mutation path, not solely in form validation.
  • proposed — Explicitly populate and validate legacy identifiers before removing the old uniqueness protection. Give update recovery version-aware ownership and define reconciliation for ambiguous Cloudflare outcomes so stale recovery cannot overwrite a newer successful transition.
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A and AAAA may share the same.
CNAME keeps its conflicts clear,
SRV finds its own identifier here.
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NebuloDev and others added 3 commits October 1, 2026 15:17
Scope local duplicate validation by server so SRV records with different service-specific names are not incorrectly blocked.

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Fail clearly before restoring the old unique constraint when compatible duplicate records still exist.

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Use the existing typed server tenant when scoping the uniqueness rule.

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Comment thread subdomains/src/Filament/Server/Resources/Subdomains/SubdomainResource.php Outdated
Reject local CNAME and A/AAAA name conflicts and restore edited subdomains when Cloudflare synchronization fails.

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Comment thread subdomains/database/migrations/011_allow_compatible_record_types.php Outdated
Remove server_id from the compatible record type key and matching validation rules.

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Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR changes production subdomain behavior across database constraints, administrative validation, and Cloudflare synchronization, including a data backfill migration. Unresolved high-severity findings identify migration failure risk for existing rows and incorrect SRV uniqueness handling, so human review is needed.

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Use the effective SRV service name for local uniqueness and reject unmanaged same-type A or AAAA records during Cloudflare checks.

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Correct PHPStan null handling and tenant capture, and format the coexistence migration.

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$table->string('record_identifier')->nullable()->after('record_type');
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Subdomain::query()->with('server')->each(function (Subdomain $subdomain) {

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🟠 High migrations/011_allow_compatible_record_types.php:18

The migration fails at nullable(false)->change() whenever subdomains already contains rows, because saveQuietly() suppresses the saving listener that populates record_identifier, leaving every existing row NULL. Use save() here so the listener runs before the column is made non-nullable.

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The migration fails at `nullable(false)->change()` whenever `subdomains` already contains rows, because `saveQuietly()` suppresses the `saving` listener that populates `record_identifier`, leaving every existing row `NULL`. Use `save()` here so the listener runs before the column is made non-nullable.

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Backfill existing subdomains before enforcing the non-null effective record identifier and guard missing SRV service types.

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The earlier automated findings referenced commit c307aa3 and are stale relative to the current head 23eb9e4:

  • Existing rows now have record_identifier explicitly backfilled before the migration enforces NOT NULL.
  • SRV uniqueness uses the effective service-specific identifier, so distinct SRV services can share a base name while duplicate effective SRV names remain blocked.
  • Same-type A/AAAA Cloudflare conflicts are rejected, while the current record is excluded during edits.
  • PHPStan, Pint, plugin validation, and the correctness check pass on the current head.

One product-level question remains for maintainer review: should A and AAAA records for the same hostname be allowed when they belong to different servers? The current behavior permits that because A/AAAA coexistence is scoped by record type, not server ownership. If hostname ownership must be exclusive, the service/model layer should enforce that explicitly; otherwise this behavior should be documented as intentional.

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