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Telegram’s t.me Links Go Offline After Registry Places Domain on serverHold

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Telegram’s widely used t.me short-link domain stopped resolving worldwide after the .me registry placed the domain under serverHold, cutting off browser access to links for profiles, channels, groups, bots, and individual posts.

The outage does not appear to affect Telegram’s messaging service itself. Users who are already signed in can continue using the app, while links beginning with t.me fail because the domain is not resolving through the Domain Name System, or DNS.

WHOIS records reviewed on July 14 show serverHold among several status codes attached to t.me. The record lists GoDaddy as the registrar and shows that the domain remains registered until May 20, 2035, ruling out an expired registration as the cause.

What is a serverHold?

A serverHold status is applied at the registry level and prevents a domain from being published in DNS. When someone opens a t.me link, their device asks DNS where the domain...

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