Domain Renew

Registrar managed domain names are auto-renewed once in a year, so <renew> command is not implemented for domain objects.

The renewal process of domain names

Registrar-managed domains are renewed automatically unless the registrar has refused their next renewal by setting clientAutoRenewProhibited through the domain:update extension.

The status cannot be added if:

• the domain is newly registered and has not yet been renewed;

• the domain is currently in its hold period;

• clientAutoRenewProhibited has already been removed during the domain’s hold period (the registrar has chosen to renew the domain);

• serverUpdateProhibited is active.

Bills are generated on the first day of each month. Domains whose paid registration period ended in the previous month and that have the clientAutoRenewProhibited status are excluded from the bill. These domains are assigned a hold period scheduled to start five days after bill generation. During the hold process DNS records will be removed from the .lv zone. An active registrar hold period with no active nameservers is reported as serverHold.

Removing clientAutoRenewProhibited clears the renewal refusal. If a hold period has already been assigned, removing the status during that period cancels the hold period, cancels the scheduled commenting/deletion, and restores DNS records. If the status is removed during the hold period, it cannot be added again to place the domain back on hold.

If a request attempts to remove clientAutoRenewProhibited from a domain that does not currently have this status, the server rejects the request with result code 2304 (“Object status prohibits operation”). Adding or removing the status is also prohibited while serverUpdateProhibited is active.