Hello MarcH, thanks for your answer!
I checked now in company, found that the problem relies probably on the HTTP 
get request, that fails if there is a dot there. I'm attaching the two pcap 
files that shows no DNS errors (with or without the dot)


wget connectivity-check.ubuntu.com
Prepended http:// to 'connectivity-check.ubuntu.com'
--2026-05-07 13:06:30--  http://connectivity-check.ubuntu.com/
Resolving connectivity-check.ubuntu.com (connectivity-check.ubuntu.com)... 
91.189.91.97, 91.189.91.98, 185.125.190.99, ...
Connecting to connectivity-check.ubuntu.com 
(connectivity-check.ubuntu.com)|91.189.91.97|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 204 No Content
2026-05-07 13:06:30 (0.00 B/s) - ‘index.html’ saved [0]

wget connectivity-check.ubuntu.com.
Prepended http:// to 'connectivity-check.ubuntu.com.'
--2026-05-07 13:06:34--  http://connectivity-check.ubuntu.com./
Resolving connectivity-check.ubuntu.com. (connectivity-check.ubuntu.com.)... 
91.189.91.96, 185.125.190.99, 91.189.91.98, ...
Connecting to connectivity-check.ubuntu.com. 
(connectivity-check.ubuntu.com.)|91.189.91.96|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden
2026-05-07 13:06:34 ERROR 403: Forbidden.


So, looks like:

1) if we add the "." char the DNS resolution needs only one request, but
the http request fails due to (badly) configured proxies

2) if we keep the change without the "." char, the DNS resolution takes
some more packets, but the http request is more robust.

We might even patch network manager to strip the "." after the dns
resolution process if needed, I have to check the code

** Attachment added: "pcaps.zip"
   
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/2148643/+attachment/5968734/+files/pcaps.zip

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