CNAME Flattening

Hello.

I'm looking for some clarification on something. I will outline my issue below. Originally I was going to piggy back onto a "SSL Handshake failed" 525 error thread:

"I'm piggy-backing onto this because I want to avoid creating a new post if possible. I was seeing this issue as well for my root domain. I see that my root had an A record with "ABCD.com" and a CNAME record with www and the content field being "parking.namecheap.com".

I deleted the A record and now I get the following up top in the "Recommended steps to complete setup..."
Add an A, AAAA, or CNAME record for your root domain so that ABCD.com will resolve.

my question: can I simply convert the CNAME record to an A record or does that CNAME need to stay there as 'parking.namecheap.com'"


... So I answered my own question and I was able to convert the "www" CNAME record to an A record and now my root will resolve.

Now my question is this. When I try to create a CNAME record with "ABCD.com" I get the CNAME flattening info bubble, but yes, the notice about needing a CNAME record for my root domain does go away.

Am I doing something incorrectly? How or why was the previous situation flipped but I didn't get any notice of CNAME flattening?


Thanks in advance for any insight and clarification on this scenario.
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