Homelab Domain Incorrectly Added to DNS Blocklist Breaking Internal Services
A homelab operator discovered their internal domain was added to a third-party DNS blocklist (Hagezi), causing all self-hosted services to become unreachable. The incident was resolved by whitelisting the domain in Pi-hole. This is an individual situational incident rather than a persistent market gap.
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