Cloudflared tunnels failing to reach origin service that is running on a .local domain on linux

Author: NotTimIsRealCreated Aug 15, 2026Updated Sep 3, 2026
LabelsType: BugPriority: Normal

Describe the bug Cloudflared tunnels failing to reach origin service that is running on a .local domain on linux

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Create a new tunnel
  2. Add a new route to a service with a hostname that uses a .local tld
  3. Access the tunneled site

Expected behavior The expected page content to appear

Environment and versions

  • OS: Linux
  • Architecture: ARM64, AMD64
  • Version: 2026.8.2

Logs and errors 2026-08-13T01:12:18Z ERR error="dial tcp: lookup server.local on 1.1.1.1:53: no such host" connIndex=0 destAddr=ssh://server.local:22 event=1 ingressRule=0 originService=ssh://server.local:22 2026-08-13T01:12:18Z ERR Request failed error="dial tcp: lookup server.local on 1.1.1.1:53: no such host" connIndex=0 dest=#### event=0 ip=### type=ws

Additional context Tested on multiple devices, including amd64 and arm64 linux, received the same error. However when tested on macos, it works as expected.