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Are there limits on the number of TXT records per domain?

TXT record count considerations:

DNS protocol: No inherent limit on number of TXT records.

Provider limits: Some providers restrict total record count or records per name.

Practical limits: UDP response size may cause issues with many records.

What works:

Multiple TXT records for different purposes (SPF, verifications, etc.)

DKIM selectors at different names

What fails:

Multiple SPF records at same name (permerror)

Multiple DMARC records at _dmarc name

Different protocols can coexist. Same protocol at same name causes conflicts.

Multiple different document types allowed in the registry. Duplicate registration numbers cause rejection.