Is your own domain close to expiring or being deleted?
The domain registration check reads public registry data for your own domain and flags it when expiry is near or a deletion status is set. A lapsed domain takes your site and email down with it.
What does this check look at?
It looks at whether the registry shows your own domain near expiry or with a deletion status. Reading DNS records, certificate logs and domain registration never touches your site.
Pulse and Deep scans both run it. It reads public records about your domain and never touches your site.
What does a result mean?
| What the report shows | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Medium finding | The registry shows near expiry or a deletion status. | Check renewal and payment details at your registrar. |
It is a prompt to check renewal, not proof that renewal failed or control was lost. A clean result means nothing was found in what the scan read. It does not prove the problem is absent from parts the scan never sees.
How serious is a finding?
Fix this soon. A finding of this kind needs a victim or a second step before it causes harm, so it ranks below anything someone could use directly. Confidence starts at medium, because it rests on public records rather than a response from your site. The report lists what to fix by how directly someone could use it, not by the severity label.
What does a confirmed finding have to show?
| Part | For this check |
|---|---|
| Where it starts | A failed renewal or later domain acquisition |
| The protection that should stop it | Registration of the assessed domain |
| What is reached | Website and email availability |
| What follows | Interrupted service or traffic redirected by a new registrant |
Fix it with your AI
This one is a check in your registrar account, not a code change.
The registry shows my domain [paste the domain] near expiry or with a deletion status. Walk me through checking it at my registrar: whether auto-renew is on, whether the payment card on file is current, which contact email gets renewal notices, and whether a registrar lock is set. Do not change my DNS records.How to check
Say Atlas, our example app at atlas.example, renews its domain on a card that expired in the spring. The check flags the domain a few weeks before expiry, in time to update the card.
Run a Pulse scan from your Lockpick account to see it for your site. Pulse or Deep explains what each scan reads, and the full list of checks shows the rest.
Questions people ask
My registrar renews automatically. Why did this flag?
Auto-renew can fail when a card expires or a contact email bounces. The finding is a prompt to check, not proof that renewal failed.
What does a deletion status mean?
It means the registry has started removing the domain, usually after a missed renewal. Contact your registrar straight away.
See what your site shows from outside
A quick check reads your homepage the way a visitor would and gives you a score. No account needed.
Check your siteSources
- How we check Lockpick docs, read on October 7, 2026
- How we rate findings Lockpick docs, read on October 7, 2026