# Acme.sh: Error adding TXT record to domain

**URL:** <https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/acme-sh-error-adding-txt-record-to-domain/251788>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 1, 2026, 7:31am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/acme-sh-error-adding-txt-record-to-domain/251788 "2026-10-01T07:31:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![as1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@as1](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/as1)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 7:31am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/acme-sh-error-adding-txt-record-to-domain/251788/1 "2026-10-01T07:31:27Z")

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Please fill out the fields below so we can help you better. Note: you must provide your domain name to get help. Domain names for issued certificates are all made public in Certificate Transparency logs (e.g. [https://crt.sh/?q=example.com](https://crt.sh/?q=example.com)), so withholding your domain name here does not increase secrecy, but only makes it harder for us to provide help.

My domain is:  
seem.nu

I ran this command:  
./acme.sh --issue --dns dns\_loopia -d seem.nu -d \*.seem.nu --debug 2

It produced this output:  
[Wed Sep 30 10:19:01 PM CEST 2026] invalid domain  
[Wed Sep 30 10:19:01 PM CEST 2026] Error adding TXT record to domain: \_acme-challenge.seem.nu  
[Wed Sep 30 10:19:01 PM CEST 2026] \_on\_issue\_err  
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I also see this in the debug log. I have seen this discussed in other posts:  
[Wed Sep 30 08:39:10 PM CEST 2026] 'dns\_loopia' does not contain 'dns'

./acme.sh --version  
v3.1.6

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**Author:** ![danb35](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/danb35/32/70869_2.png) [@danb35](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/danb35)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 9:31am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/acme-sh-error-adding-txt-record-to-domain/251788/2 "2026-10-01T09:31:54Z")

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The primary support channel for acme.sh is here:

> **[GitHub - acmesh-official/acme.sh: A pure Unix shell script ACME client for SSL / TLS...](https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh)**
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> A pure Unix shell script ACME client for SSL / TLS certificate automation

When you ask there, I expect they'll want you to post more detail about the error, which you can get using the `--debug` flag, as described here:

> **[How to debug acme.sh](https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/wiki/How-to-debug-acme.sh)**
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> A pure Unix shell script ACME client for SSL / TLS certificate automation - acmesh-official/acme.sh

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**Author:** ![as1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@as1](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/as1)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 8:18am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/acme-sh-error-adding-txt-record-to-domain/251788/3 "2026-10-02T08:18:19Z")

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Just for the record: The problem was with the GUI on LOOPIA. Whenever I edited the rights for the API token, the passord/secret was reset. I had to add the password every time I edited the rights for the API token.