ns1a.dub1.discourse.cloud has no CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig ns1a.dub1.discourse.cloud. NS
Answer
The response has no answer records.
Authority
dub1.discourse.cloud. 2529 SOA ns1.discourse.cloud. hostmaster.discourse.org. 1772567105 16384 2048 1048576 2560
Additional
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0