Quad9 plans to withdraw its service from France on November 24

Quad9 says it will withdraw its service from France on November 24 following court-ordered DNS blocking requirements. The resolver operator argues that complying conflicts with how its privacy-focused service works, including its limited ability to assign users to jurisdictions. This is a planned change, not an outage already happening everywhere. Administrators relying on Quad9 in France have time to assess their resolver configuration.

Quad9 · Oct 22, 2026

Why it matters

A dependency can change availability because of jurisdictional requirements even when its underlying technology still works.

More context

Read the provider’s announcement and track its implementation updates before planning any resolver change. Check both application and network-level DNS dependencies so an implicit resolver choice does not become a surprise service dependency.

Keep in mind

The legal interpretation is Quad9’s account. The announcement does not establish a worldwide shutdown or a completed withdrawal today.

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