diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 8e21f66..1bf6abe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: test_pdns_restart.sh
         run: bash hosting-panels/common/tests/test_pdns_restart.sh
 
+      - name: test_cpanel_hook_payload.sh
+        run: bash hosting-panels/common/tests/test_cpanel_hook_payload.sh
+
       - name: test_cyberpanel_db.sh
         run: bash hosting-panels/common/tests/test_cyberpanel_db.sh
 
diff --git a/hosting-panels/common/tests/test_cpanel_hook_payload.sh b/hosting-panels/common/tests/test_cpanel_hook_payload.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1fde2f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosting-panels/common/tests/test_cpanel_hook_payload.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# cPanel nests the event under "data", and Accounts::Remove carries only the
+# user — reading the top level finds nothing and the hook exits silently.
+# Run: bash hosting-panels/common/tests/test_cpanel_hook_payload.sh
+set -u
+HERE="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+PASS=0; FAIL=0
+ok()   { PASS=$((PASS+1)); echo "  ok: $1"; }
+fail() { FAIL=$((FAIL+1)); echo "  FAIL: $1"; }
+
+TMP="$(mktemp -d)"; trap 'rm -rf "$TMP"' EXIT
+
+# the parser as each hook embeds it, so the test cannot drift from the code
+extract() { # $1 hook file, $2 json
+    local py
+    py=$(sed -n '/^import sys, json/,/^    pass$/p' "$1")
+    [ -n "$py" ] || { echo "PARSER-NOT-FOUND"; return; }
+    printf '%s' "$2" | python3 -c "$py"
+}
+
+REAL='{"context":{"category":"Whostmgr","event":"Accounts::Create","stage":"post"},"hook":{"exectype":"script"},"data":{"user":"acct","domain":"real.example.com","plan":"default"}}'
+
+for hook in domain_create domain_delete; do
+    f="$HERE/../../cpanel/$hook.sh"
+    [ -f "$f" ] || { echo "missing $f"; exit 1; }
+    echo "== $hook"
+    [ "$(extract "$f" "$REAL")" = "real.example.com" ] \
+        && ok "reads domain from data" || fail "got '$(extract "$f" "$REAL")'"
+    [ "$(extract "$f" '{"domain":"flat.example.com"}')" = "flat.example.com" ] \
+        && ok "still reads a top-level domain" || fail "flat shape broken"
+    [ -z "$(extract "$f" 'not json')" ] && ok "malformed input yields nothing" || fail "malformed input"
+done
+
+echo "== an addon domain arrives as newdomain"
+[ "$(extract "$HERE/../../cpanel/domain_create.sh" '{"data":{"newdomain":"addon.example.com"}}')" = "addon.example.com" ] \
+    && ok "reads newdomain from data" || fail "newdomain not read"
+
+echo "== Accounts::Remove carries only the user"
+DEL="$HERE/../../cpanel/domain_delete.sh"
+REMOVE='{"context":{"event":"Accounts::Remove","stage":"pre"},"data":{"user":"acct","killdns":1}}'
+
+mkdir -p "$TMP/userdata/acct"
+cat > "$TMP/userdata/acct/main" <<'YAML'
+---
+addon_domains:
+  addon.example.com: addon.main.example.com
+main_domain: main.example.com
+parked_domains:
+  - parked.example.com
+sub_domains: []
+YAML
+got=$(SECONDDNS_CPANEL_ROOT="$TMP" extract "$DEL" "$REMOVE" | sort | tr '\n' ' ')
+[ "$got" = "addon.example.com main.example.com parked.example.com " ] \
+    && ok "every domain of the account is listed" || fail "got '$got'"
+
+FB="$(mktemp -d)"; mkdir -p "$FB/users"
+printf 'DNS=fallback.example.com\nUSER=acct\n' > "$FB/users/acct"
+got=$(SECONDDNS_CPANEL_ROOT="$FB" extract "$DEL" "$REMOVE" | tr '\n' ' ')
+[ "$got" = "fallback.example.com " ] && ok "falls back to the user file" || fail "fallback got '$got'"
+rm -rf "$FB"
+
+got=$(SECONDDNS_CPANEL_ROOT="$TMP" extract "$DEL" '{"data":{"user":"nosuch"}}')
+[ -z "$got" ] && ok "unknown user yields nothing" || fail "invented '$got'"
+
+got=$(SECONDDNS_CPANEL_ROOT="$TMP" extract "$DEL" "$REAL")
+[ "$got" = "real.example.com" ] && ok "an explicit domain still wins" || fail "explicit domain got '$got'"
+
+echo "== park sends new_domain"
+PARK='{"context":{"category":"Whostmgr","event":"Domain::park","stage":"post"},"data":{"target_domain":"main.example.com","new_domain":"addon.example.com","user":"acct"}}'
+[ "$(extract "$HERE/../../cpanel/domain_create.sh" "$PARK")" = "addon.example.com" ] \
+    && ok "create reads new_domain, not the target" || fail "create got '$(extract "$HERE/../../cpanel/domain_create.sh" "$PARK")'"
+[ "$(extract "$DEL" "$PARK")" = "addon.example.com" ] \
+    && ok "delete reads new_domain, not the target" || fail "delete got '$(extract "$DEL" "$PARK")'"
+
+echo "== an account with no readable userdata is reported, not swallowed"
+TMPLOG="$(mktemp -d)"
+cat > "$TMPLOG/conf" <<'CONF'
+[seconddns]
+api_url = http://127.0.0.1:1
+api_key = test-key
+master_ip = 192.0.2.10
+CONF
+SECONDDNS_CONFIG="$TMPLOG/conf" SECONDDNS_LOG="$TMPLOG/log" SECONDDNS_CPANEL_ROOT="$TMPLOG/empty" \
+    bash "$DEL" <<< '{"data":{"user":"nosuchuser","killdns":1}}' >/dev/null 2>&1
+grep -q "nosuchuser" "$TMPLOG/log" 2>/dev/null \
+    && ok "names the account in the log" || fail "silent: '$(cat "$TMPLOG/log" 2>/dev/null)'"
+rm -rf "$TMPLOG"
+
+echo
+echo "passed=$PASS failed=$FAIL"
+[ "$FAIL" -eq 0 ]
diff --git a/hosting-panels/cpanel/domain_create.sh b/hosting-panels/cpanel/domain_create.sh
index d77c47e..689f5e7 100755
--- a/hosting-panels/cpanel/domain_create.sh
+++ b/hosting-panels/cpanel/domain_create.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ ZONE_NAME=$(echo "$STDIN_DATA" | python3 -c "
 import sys, json
 try:
     d = json.load(sys.stdin)
-    print(d.get('domain') or d.get('newdomain') or '')
+    # cPanel nests the event under "data"; older shapes put it at the top level
+    src = d.get('data') if isinstance(d.get('data'), dict) else d
+    print(src.get('new_domain') or src.get('domain') or src.get('newdomain') or '')
 except Exception:
     pass
 " 2>/dev/null)
diff --git a/hosting-panels/cpanel/domain_delete.sh b/hosting-panels/cpanel/domain_delete.sh
index b2993ba..99c0af9 100755
--- a/hosting-panels/cpanel/domain_delete.sh
+++ b/hosting-panels/cpanel/domain_delete.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 # Triggered before a cPanel account or addon domain is removed
 # Input: JSON on stdin — field: domain
 
-CONFIG="/etc/seconddns.conf"
-LOG="/var/log/seconddns.log"
+CONFIG="${SECONDDNS_CONFIG:-/etc/seconddns.conf}"
+LOG="${SECONDDNS_LOG:-/var/log/seconddns.log}"
 
 log() { echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') $1" >> "$LOG"; }
 
@@ -20,24 +20,85 @@ MASTER_IP=$(grep "^master_ip" "$CONFIG" | sed 's/^master_ip[[:space:]]*=[[:space
 [ -z "$API_URL" ] || [ -z "$API_KEY" ] && exit 0
 
 STDIN_DATA=$(cat)
-ZONE_NAME=$(echo "$STDIN_DATA" | python3 -c "
-import sys, json
+# Accounts::Remove carries only the user: every domain of the account has to be
+# read from its userdata, which stage "pre" still has on disk.
+ZONE_NAMES=$(echo "$STDIN_DATA" | python3 -c "
+import sys, json, os
+def account_domains(user):
+    # userdata/<user>/main lists every domain of the account; parsed by hand so
+    # the hook does not depend on PyYAML being installed
+    root = os.environ.get('SECONDDNS_CPANEL_ROOT', '/var/cpanel')
+    names, section = [], None
+    try:
+        with open('%s/userdata/%s/main' % (root, user)) as fh:
+            for line in fh:
+                line = line.rstrip('\n')
+                if not line or line.startswith('---'):
+                    continue
+                if not line[:1].isspace():
+                    key, _, value = line.partition(':')
+                    section, value = key.strip(), value.strip()
+                    if section == 'main_domain' and value:
+                        names.append(value)
+                    continue
+                item = line.strip()
+                if section == 'addon_domains' and ':' in item:
+                    names.append(item.split(':', 1)[0].strip())
+                elif section == 'parked_domains' and item.startswith('- '):
+                    names.append(item[2:].strip())
+    except Exception:
+        try:
+            with open('%s/users/%s' % (root, user)) as fh:
+                for line in fh:
+                    if line.startswith('DNS'):
+                        names.append(line.split('=', 1)[1].strip())
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+    return [n for n in names if n]
+
 try:
     d = json.load(sys.stdin)
-    print(d.get('domain') or '')
+    src = d.get('data') if isinstance(d.get('data'), dict) else d
+    one = src.get('new_domain') or src.get('domain') or src.get('newdomain')
+    if one:
+        print(one)
+    elif src.get('user'):
+        for n in account_domains(src['user']):
+            print(n)
 except Exception:
     pass
 " 2>/dev/null)
 
-[ -z "$ZONE_NAME" ] && exit 0
+if [ -z "$ZONE_NAMES" ]; then
+    # an account whose userdata cannot be read would otherwise leave every one
+    # of its zones on the secondary, silently
+    HOOK_USER=$(echo "$STDIN_DATA" | python3 -c "
+import sys, json
+try:
+    d = json.load(sys.stdin)
+    src = d.get('data') if isinstance(d.get('data'), dict) else d
+    print(src.get('user') or '')
+except Exception:
+    pass
+" 2>/dev/null)
+    [ -n "$HOOK_USER" ] && log "[!] No domains found for account '$HOOK_USER' — its zones stay on the secondary; check /var/cpanel/userdata/$HOOK_USER/main"
+    exit 0
+fi
 
 DOMAIN_LIB="/usr/local/bin/seconddns-domain"
 [ -r "$DOMAIN_LIB" ] || { log "[!] $DOMAIN_LIB missing, cannot validate zone name"; exit 0; }
 SECONDDNS_DOMAIN_LIB=1 . "$DOMAIN_LIB"
+
+OWNER_LIB="/usr/local/bin/seconddns-owner"
+[ -r "$OWNER_LIB" ] && SECONDDNS_OWNER_LIB=1 . "$OWNER_LIB"
+QUEUE="/usr/local/bin/seconddns-queue"
+
+echo "$ZONE_NAMES" | while IFS= read -r ZONE_NAME; do
+[ -z "$ZONE_NAME" ] && continue
 RAW_NAME="$ZONE_NAME"
 if ! canonical_domain "$ZONE_NAME"; then
     log "[!] Zone '$ZONE_NAME' refused: $DOMAIN_ERROR (cpanel hook)"
-    exit 0
+    continue
 fi
 ZONE_NAME="$DOMAIN"
 # keep what the panel actually handed over, for later diagnosis
@@ -45,22 +106,20 @@ RAW_NOTE=""; [ "$RAW_NAME" != "$ZONE_NAME" ] && RAW_NOTE=" (received as '$RAW_NA
 
 log "Zone deleted: $ZONE_NAME (cpanel hook)$RAW_NOTE"
 
-OWNER_LIB="/usr/local/bin/seconddns-owner"
-[ -r "$OWNER_LIB" ] && SECONDDNS_OWNER_LIB=1 . "$OWNER_LIB"
 if type owner_check >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     owner_check "$ZONE_NAME" "$MASTER_IP"
     case $? in
-        1) log "[~] Zone $ZONE_NAME is mastered by $OWNER_IP, not this server — delete skipped"; exit 0 ;;
+        1) log "[~] Zone $ZONE_NAME is mastered by $OWNER_IP, not this server — delete skipped"; continue ;;
         2) log "[~] Zone $ZONE_NAME owner check: API unreachable, queued; checked again at delivery" ;;
         4) log "[!] Zone $ZONE_NAME owner check skipped: api_url/api_key/master_ip missing in config, queued WITHOUT check" ;;
     esac
 fi
 
-QUEUE="/usr/local/bin/seconddns-queue"
 if "$QUEUE" enqueue delete "$ZONE_NAME" "$MASTER_IP"; then
     log "[>] Zone $ZONE_NAME removal queued for SecondDNS"
 else
     log "[!] Zone $ZONE_NAME removal NOT queued (seconddns-queue failed)"
 fi
+done
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/hosting-panels/cpanel/install.sh b/hosting-panels/cpanel/install.sh
index fbc37ea..c39cc9b 100755
--- a/hosting-panels/cpanel/install.sh
+++ b/hosting-panels/cpanel/install.sh
@@ -272,24 +272,32 @@ else
     echo "[!] Failed: Whostmgr::Accounts::Remove"
 fi
 
-# cPanel addon domain create (post)
+# Addon, parked and alias domains all go through park/unpark; the Api2
+# AddonDomain events are not fired by current cPanel and are kept as a fallback.
 if "$HOOKS_BIN" add script "$SCRIPT_DIR/seconddns-cpanel-domain_create.sh" \
-    --category Api2 --event AddonDomain::addaddon --stage post 2>/dev/null; then
-    echo "[+] Registered: Api2::AddonDomain::addaddon (post)"
+    --category Whostmgr --event Domain::park --stage post 2>/dev/null; then
+    echo "[+] Registered: Whostmgr::Domain::park (post)"
     REGISTERED=$((REGISTERED+1))
 else
-    echo "[!] Failed: Api2::AddonDomain::addaddon"
+    echo "[!] Failed: Whostmgr::Domain::park"
 fi
 
-# cPanel addon domain delete (post)
 if "$HOOKS_BIN" add script "$SCRIPT_DIR/seconddns-cpanel-domain_delete.sh" \
-    --category Api2 --event AddonDomain::deladdondomain --stage post 2>/dev/null; then
-    echo "[+] Registered: Api2::AddonDomain::deladdondomain (post)"
+    --category Whostmgr --event Domain::unpark --stage pre 2>/dev/null; then
+    echo "[+] Registered: Whostmgr::Domain::unpark (pre)"
     REGISTERED=$((REGISTERED+1))
 else
-    echo "[!] Failed: Api2::AddonDomain::deladdondomain"
+    echo "[!] Failed: Whostmgr::Domain::unpark"
 fi
 
+# older cPanel: the Api2 addon events, harmless where they never fire
+"$HOOKS_BIN" add script "$SCRIPT_DIR/seconddns-cpanel-domain_create.sh" \
+    --category Api2 --event AddonDomain::addaddondomain --stage post &>/dev/null \
+    && echo "[+] Registered: Api2::AddonDomain::addaddondomain (post)"
+"$HOOKS_BIN" add script "$SCRIPT_DIR/seconddns-cpanel-domain_delete.sh" \
+    --category Api2 --event AddonDomain::deladdondomain --stage post &>/dev/null \
+    && echo "[+] Registered: Api2::AddonDomain::deladdondomain (post)"
+
 echo "[+] Registered $REGISTERED hooks"
 
 # DNS backend detection