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title: "dns_zone_load: zone foo/IN errors"
slug: "aa-00305"
description: "This is often caused by TXT records with missing close quotes."
updated: 2018-10-30T19:03:19Z
published: 2018-10-30T19:03:19Z
canonical: "kb.isc.org/aa-00305"
stale: true
---

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# Why do I get errors like "dns_zone_load: zone foo/IN: loading master file bar: ran out of space"?

This is often caused by TXT records with missing close quotes.

Check that all TXT records containing quoted strings have both open and close quotes.