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Let’s Encrypt TLS certificate lifetimes to drop from 90 to 64 days starting February 2027

Let’s Encrypt moves to a 64-day default certificate lifetime on February 10, 2027, and admins with hardcoded renewals need to ...
SecurityWeek

Let’s Encrypt Cuts Default Certificate Validity to 64 Days Ahead of 45-Day Switch

Starting February 2027, Let’s Encrypt will move to 64-day certificate lifetimes by default, ahead of 45-day lifetimes in 2028 ...
Ars Technica

Let’s Encrypt is ending expiration notice emails—for some very good reasons

Let’s Encrypt has been providing free “wildcard” certificates for websites for nearly seven years, enabling HTTPS connections for millions of domains and doing the whole Internet a real solid. Now the ...
BleepingComputer

Let’s Encrypt ends certificate expiry emails to cut costs, boost privacy

Let's Encrypt has announced it will no longer notify users about imminent certificate expirations via email due to high costs, privacy concerns, and unnecessary complexities. The decision to end the ...
LWN.net

Let's Encrypt moving to 64-day certificate lifetimes in 2027

Let's Encrypt, the nonprofit that provides free TLS certificates for millions of sites, has announced that it will be moving to certificates with 64-day lifetimes on February 10, 2027: This means that ...

Let’s Encrypt cuts certificate lifetimes to 64 days starting February 2027

Let’s Encrypt’s update tightens security by reducing how long compromised or improperly issued certificates remain valid.