wikimediafoundation.org does not support IPv6
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	taavi
	Aug 29 2025, 2:26 PM

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I noticed that wikimediafoundation.org does not have an AAAA record and so does not support IPv6. Techblog (also hosted on WPVIP) does have an AAAA record, so hopefully that's a sign that the WPVIP infrastructure does support it and we could enable it on the Foundation site as well?

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	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	wikimediafoundation.org: Add AAAA for non-apex records as well	operations/dns	master	+2 -0
	wikimediafoundation.org: Add AAAA record	operations/dns	master	+1 -0

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taavi created this task.Aug 29 2025, 2:26 PM

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Maintenance_bot added a project: SRE.Aug 29 2025, 2:29 PM

Maintenance_bot added a project: Traffic.

wikimediafoundation.org's A record is set in our zone files, while techblog is a CNAME to techblog-wikimedia-org.go-vip.net. That makes sense since we can't have a CNAME at the root, but we can surely add an AAAA record. No concerns from Traffic at least.

I've contacted @Varnent to try and get the right IPv6 address.

BCornwall moved this task from Backlog to Actively Servicing on the Traffic board.Oct 1 2025, 8:13 PM

BCornwall removed a project: SRE.

Hi @BCornwall, the IPv6 address is 2a04:fa87:fffd::c000:4280

host wikimediafoundation-org.go-vip.net
wikimediafoundation-org.go-vip.net has address 192.0.66.128
wikimediafoundation-org.go-vip.net has IPv6 address 2a04:fa87:fffd::c000:4280

Let me know if I can help with anything else!

Change #1217268 had a related patch set uploaded (by BCornwall; author: BCornwall):

[operations/dns@master] wikimediafoundation.org: Add AAAA record

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1217268

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Dec 10 2025, 7:55 PM

Change #1217268 merged by BCornwall:

[operations/dns@master] wikimediafoundation.org: Add AAAA record

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1217268

Change #1217582 had a related patch set uploaded (by Majavah; author: Majavah):

[operations/dns@master] wikimediafoundation.org: Add AAAA for non-apex records as well

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1217582

BCornwall closed this task as Resolved.Dec 16 2025, 4:11 PM