Let's Encrypt: 64-Day Certificate Lifetimes Coming Feb 2027
allddd
48 points
24 comments
October 08, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
bombcar
At what point are we minting new certificates for each connection, and what does that mean for the original design?
doublerabbit
I recently purchased an yearly wildcard SSL certificate and was notified that the certificate needs to be resigned every 200 days, why!?
schoen
I've worked with Let's Encrypt (I mean inside the organization, not just as an end user) a bunch and I feel like I often know or can guess rationales for things, but while I know "why short-lived certs", I surely don't know "why 64". Is it because it's a round number in binary?