DNS problem: NXDOMAIN looking up TXT for _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru - check that a DNS record exists for this domain

I'm also thinking you might be running into Path MTU issues, if your authoritative nameservers were working with this configuration before July 27 when Let's Encrypt made a small change, based on the DNSViz report saying that it needed to use smaller packets in order to get replies:

https://dnsviz.net/d/_acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru/dnssec/

  • _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru/A (NODATA): The server returned a no error (NOERROR) response when queried for _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru having record data of type A, but returned a name error (NXDOMAIN) when queried for _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru having record data of type AAAA. (2a02:6b8:0:1::213, UDP_-_EDNS0_4096_D_KN)
  • _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru/A (NODATA): The server returned a no error (NOERROR) response when queried for _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru having record data of type A, but returned a name error (NXDOMAIN) when queried for _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru having record data of type TXT. (2a02:6b8:0:1::213, UDP_-_EDNS0_4096_D_KN)
  • _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru/A (NXDOMAIN): No response was received from the server over UDP (tried 7 times) until the NSID EDNS option was removed (however, this server appeared to respond legitimately to other queries with the NSID EDNS option present). (2a02:6b8::213, UDP_-_EDNS0_4096_D_KN)
  • _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru/A (NXDOMAIN): The server returned a no error (NOERROR) response when queried for _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru having record data of type AAAA, but returned a name error (NXDOMAIN) when queried for _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru having record data of type A. (2a02:6b8::213, UDP_-_EDNS0_4096_D)
  • _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru/AAAA (NODATA): No response was received until the UDP payload size was decreased, indicating that the server might be attempting to send a payload that exceeds the path maximum transmission unit (PMTU) size. (2a02:6b8::213, UDP_-_EDNS0_4096_D_KN)
  • _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru/AAAA (NODATA): The server returned a no error (NOERROR) response when queried for _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru having record data of type AAAA, but returned a name error (NXDOMAIN) when queried for _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru having record data of type A. (2a02:6b8::213, UDP_-_EDNS0_4096_D)
  • _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru/AAAA (NODATA): The server returned a no error (NOERROR) response when queried for _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru having record data of type AAAA, but returned a name error (NXDOMAIN) when queried for _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru having record data of type TXT. (2a02:6b8::213, UDP_-_EDNS0_4096_D_KN)
  • _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru/AAAA (NXDOMAIN): No response was received until the UDP payload size was decreased, indicating that the server might be attempting to send a payload that exceeds the path maximum transmission unit (PMTU) size. (2a02:6b8:0:1::213, UDP_-_EDNS0_4096_D_KN)
  • _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru/AAAA (NXDOMAIN): The server returned a no error (NOERROR) response when queried for _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru having record data of type A, but returned a name error (NXDOMAIN) when queried for _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru having record data of type AAAA. (2a02:6b8:0:1::213, UDP_-_EDNS0_4096_D_KN)
  • _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru/TXT (NXDOMAIN): No response was received until the UDP payload size was decreased, indicating that the server might be attempting to send a payload that exceeds the path maximum transmission unit (PMTU) size. (2a02:6b8:0:1::213, UDP_-_EDNS0_4096_D_KN)
  • _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru/TXT (NXDOMAIN): The server returned a no error (NOERROR) response when queried for _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru having record data of type A, but returned a name error (NXDOMAIN) when queried for _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru having record data of type TXT. (2a02:6b8:0:1::213, UDP_-_EDNS0_4096_D_KN)
  • _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru/TXT (NXDOMAIN): The server returned a no error (NOERROR) response when queried for _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru having record data of type AAAA, but returned a name error (NXDOMAIN) when queried for _acme-challenge.vadim.com.ru having record data of type TXT. (2a02:6b8::213, UDP_-_EDNS0_4096_D_KN)

It's looking like your DNS servers aren't always responding correctly, at any rate, so I'd suggest first looking at ensuring they give a response worldwide correctly while the record is there.

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