--- title: Trailing Dots in Domain Names | daily.dev description: The dot at the end of a fully-qualified DNS domain name is correct and ensures unambiguous resolution. Web browsers often put in what the user typed instead of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/trailing-dots-in-domain-names-zuxn7aay2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Trailing Dots in Domain Names | daily.dev og:description: The dot at the end of a fully-qualified DNS domain name is correct and ensures unambiguous resolution. Web browsers often put in what the user typed instead of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/trailing-dots-in-domain-names-zuxn7aay2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ZUxn7AAY2.png og:image:alt: Trailing Dots in Domain Names og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Trailing Dots in Domain Names **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The dot at the end of a fully-qualified DNS domain name is correct and ensures unambiguous resolution. Web browsers often put in what the user typed instead of the fully-qualified domain name, causing issues with server configuration. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#apache](https://daily.dev/tags/apache), [#browsers](https://daily.dev/tags/browsers), [#dns](https://daily.dev/tags/dns) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/trailing-dots-in-domain-names-zuxn7aay2) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Trailing Dots in Domain Names","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/trailing-dots-in-domain-names-zuxn7aay2","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/trailing-dots-in-domain-names-zuxn7aay2"},"datePublished":"2024-03-20T00:44:13.636Z","dateModified":"2026-04-02T02:15:49.540Z","description":"The dot at the end of a fully-qualified DNS domain name is correct and ensures unambiguous resolution. Web browsers often put in what the user typed instead of...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VDukGCjf--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2002","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VDukGCjf--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2002","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Lobsters","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Lobsters","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--tl8v_Fku--/f_auto,t_logo/v1698841318/logos/lobste.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/trailing-dots-in-domain-names-zuxn7aay2","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"apache,browsers,dns","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lobsters","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Trailing Dots in Domain Names"}]} ```