pendingRestore domain status
pendingRestore means the registrar has asked the registry to bring a deleted domain back. The registry holds the name while it waits for the required restoration documentation.
Updated
- Set by
- Registry, on a registrar restore request
- Effect
- Restore in progress; reverts to redemptionPeriod if paperwork fails
- Typical duration
- About 7 days for documentation
- RDAP shows
- pending restore
What pendingRestore means
A domain in redemptionPeriod can only come back through a restore, and pendingRestore is the in-flight state of that request. Per ICANN, the registry holds the name for a window, commonly seven days, while the registrar submits the restoration documentation that confirms the request.
If the documentation arrives in time, the domain returns to normal registration. If it does not, the domain reverts to redemptionPeriod and continues toward pendingDelete and the drop.
On a domain you are watching
On a name heading for the drop, pendingRestore means someone is rescuing it. If the restore completes, the name returns to an ordinary registration under its existing registrant rather than opening up for re-registration.
Check a domain’s status codes
The lookup reads a domain’s live RDAP record and returns its current status set.
What to do about pendingRestore
A registrant mid-restore should watch the record during the documentation window. If the domain slips back to redemptionPeriod, contact the registrar to find out what blocked the paperwork before the redemption window closes entirely.
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Frequently asked questions
If the registrar’s restoration documentation reaches the registry inside the window, the domain returns to normal status. If not, it reverts to redemptionPeriod and resumes the path to deletion.
The documentation window is registry-defined; ICANN describes a period of about seven days.
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