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Shorter Certificate Lifetimes and Rate Limits

As previously announced, over the next two years we will be switching the default certificate lifetime from 90 days to 64 days, and then 45 days. This will ultimately double the number of certificate renewal requests each day: today we expect renewal around day 60 (of a 90-day certificate), while in the future we expect renewal around day 30 (of a 45-day certificate). If you use an ACME client tha

Reference details

Source category
Research & news
Report title
Shorter Certificate Lifetimes and Rate Limits
First reported
Feb 24, 2026 00:00 UTC
Last reported
Feb 24, 2026 00:00 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 08, 2026 03:47 UTC
Record ID
0af209fb7141083429fcbf6f0958ef39f3702ea47cd008825bd52278535d7ea6

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Source observations

src_823f7b237762257237

Source-provided label
Not reported
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Feb 24, 2026 00:00 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 08, 2026 03:47 UTC

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