DNS Integration for Cloudflare® extension does not synchronize newly added DNS records with Cloudflare after Import button is pressed

Symptoms

• After Import is pressed for a domain in the DNS Integration for Cloudflare® extension and a new DNS record is created for that same domain on the side of Plesk immediately afterwards, the extension does not synchronize the newly created DNS record with Cloudflare automatically, even though the Auto-sync toggle remains enabled for the domain within the extension in the meantime
• Due to the above, if an attempt to issue a Wildcard Let's Encrypt SSL certificate for that domain on the side of Plesk is made immediately afterwards, it fails once the Continue button is pressed

Cause

Five minutes after you select a domain and press on the Import button in the DNS Integration for Cloudflare® extension for Plesk, nothing you create on the side of Plesk as a DNS record for the domain will be synchronized with Cloudflare.

This delay is implemented, because the process of finalizing the synchronization of records from Cloudflare to the local DNS zone for your domain on the side of Plesk requires enough time to pass after pressing on Import to be finalized completely.

The development team has created a task #EXTPLESK-5633 which has the aim of adding more transparency in Plesk GUI about this necessary delay.

Resolution

You must always wait 5 minutes for after pressing the Import button for a domain in the DNS Integration for Cloudflare® extension for Plesk, because the DNS zone for the domain on the side of Plesk will be locked for synchronization with Cloudflare during these 5 minutes.

After the 5 minutes pass, you can proceed and execute any changes to records in the DNS zone for the domain on the side of Plesk and they will be automatically synchronized with the DNS zone of the domain on the side of Cloudflare almost immediately.