Equinix IP address expiring for 4-year old sites

As part of our infrastructure improvements, we're updating certain IP addresses for older sites. Some sites that have been live on Netlify for over 4 years will need to update their DNS by August 30, 2025 to avoid going offline. Who is impacted Your site may be using the outdated Equinix IP address 147.75.40.150, if your site meets the following criteria:

• Your site has been live since around March 25, 2021
• Your site is using our Standard Edge CDN
• You are on a free, starter, or Pro account

To check whether your site is impacted you can:

• Enter your site domain on this DNS check site to see if your domain points to 147.75.40.150: https://toolbox.googleapps.com/apps/dig/
• Alternatively, you can run the dig command in your terminal with your site domain, such as dig www.mytestsite.com

Action required To avoid downtime by August 30, 2025, do this:

• Update your DNS entry from the previous load balancer IP address 147.75.40.150 to point to Netlify’s new load balancer IP address at 75.2.60.5

The exact way you update this will vary depending on your external DNS provider but here are some generalized docs for configuring an apex domain that you can use. For the most specific instructions, check your external DNS provider’s docs or support. Why is this happening? To improve our infrastructure and performance, we are updating certain IP addresses for older sites. These changes help ensure your sites and apps can fully benefit from Netlify’s Edge network and our improved load balancing infrastructure. Need more help? If you need extra help, just let us know by reaching out to Netlify Support.

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