Feature Request: Support for Hetzner DNS Migration to Hetzner Cloud Console

[rueckert-digital]

Description

On October 7, 2025, Hetzner announced that DNS Management is being migrated to the Hetzner Cloud Console:
🔗 Hetzner News – DNS Beta

This change introduces a new management interface and authentication model for DNS zones. It appears that existing API tokens and zone identifiers from the legacy DNS Console (https://dns.hetzner.com) are not compatible with the new Cloud Console (https://console.hetzner.com).

Impact

1. API Tokens created in the old DNS Console are not migrated automatically.

• Old tokens
• New tokens

2. Token format has changed — new tokens are significantly longer and likely tied to Hetzner Cloud project scope.

3. API endpoints have also changed:

• Legacy DNS API
• New Cloud DNS API

As a result, tools relying on the legacy Hetzner DNS API (such as ddns-updater) may no longer function properly once users migrate their domains to the Cloud Console.

Request

Please add support for the new Hetzner Cloud DNS API, including:

• Updated authentication using new Cloud API tokens.
• Compatibility with zone identifiers under the Cloud Console structure.
• Optional backward compatibility with the legacy DNS API (if feasible).

Related Issues / References

• Feature request: Hetzner API #493
• DNS Provider Hetzner #534

Remarks

Fantastic work on ddns-updater — it’s an excellent tool and has worked flawlessly with the old Hetzner DNS API.
This feature would ensure continued compatibility with Hetzner’s new Cloud DNS environment going forward.