Is Let's Encrypt Down?
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Recent Let's Encrypt Outages
Is Let's Encrypt down right now? Based on our monitoring, it is currently experiencing an outage. Let's Encrypt reported 7 outages in the last 30 days. Check below for the latest status updates, outage history, and real-time component monitoring for Let's Encrypt.
| Title | Date | State | Duration | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
HA Datacenter 1 IPv6 Connectivity Let's Encrypt is aware of an IPv6 connectivity issue from HA Datacenter 1. We are engaged in communication with our upstream provider. | 2026-11-06T16:52:00.000Z | Ongoing | ~1 day 21 hours 57 min | View |
Production and Staging Datacenter Maintenance We'll be performing routine maintenance in High Assurance Datacenter 1. Some ACME clients may see elevated latency. Our staging servers will be offlin... | 2026-10-27T22:42:00.000Z | Resolved | ~8 days 1 min | View |
Staging Remote Validation Maintenance We will be adding two additional remote validation perspectives to our staging environment per https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/lets-encrypt-is-add... | 2026-10-27T18:46:00.000Z | Resolved | ~1 hour 14 min | View |
API Database Maintenance We're performing database maintenance which may result in some ACME clients receiving timeouts for up to a 10 minute period. | 2026-10-22T23:39:00.000Z | Resolved | ~5 min | View |
Issuance disruption We're seeing elevated rates of validation failures that shouldn't be happening. We're investigating, and expect to resolve the issue soon. | 2026-10-20T00:28:00.000Z | Resolved | ~26 min | View |
API Database Maintenance We're performing database maintenance which may result in some ACME clients receiving timeouts for up to a 10 minute period. | 2026-10-15T03:20:00.000Z | Resolved | ~5 min | View |
Issuance disruption We've identified an issue that's disrupting certificate issuance in production. We're working on it, and expect to resolve it quickly. | 2026-10-12T17:38:00.000Z | Resolved | ~5 hours 58 min | View |
Let's Encrypt 30-day Outage History
Total outages 7 | Last incident: November 6, 2026
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Is Let's Encrypt down right now?
Yes, Let's Encrypt is experiencing an outage.
How can I check if Let's Encrypt is experiencing an outage?
You can check if Let's Encrypt is experiencing an outage, service degradation, or maintenance by checking this page or by checking their official status page. Let's Encrypt had a total of 7 outages in the last 30 days.
What Let's Encrypt issues are currently reported?
View the Let's Encrypt outages section above for current problems affecting Let's Encrypt services.
How long will Let's Encrypt be down?
Let's Encrypt is down. The duration of a service degradation or outage is not always known in advance. You can sign up for an IncidentHub account to get notified when Let's Encrypt is back up or keep checking their status page.
How can I stay updated on Let's Encrypt's status?
You can stay updated on Let's Encrypt's status by creating an account at IncidentHub. IncidentHub is a vendor outage monitor and status page aggregator that will notify you when Let's Encrypt has an outage or a scheduled maintenance and when it's back up.
How can I fine tune my alerts for Let's Encrypt's status?
You can fine tune your alerts for Let's Encrypt's status by selecting only those components that are relevant to you. You can also choose to be alerted for the start and end of an outage, or for all updates for an outage.
How do you detect Let's Encrypt outages?
We detect outages by monitoring Let's Encrypt's official status page periodically.
How do you detect Let's Encrypt maintenance?
We detect maintenances by monitoring Let's Encrypt's official status page periodically.
How do I report a Let's Encrypt outage?
You can report a Let's Encrypt outage by clicking on the "Report an outage" button at the top of this page.
How long does Let's Encrypt maintenance take?
Let's Encrypt's maintenance duration is usually announced on their official status page. You can also stay updated on Let's Encrypt's maintenance by creating an IncidentHub account.
How can I see scheduled maintenances for Let's Encrypt?
You can see scheduled maintenances for Let's Encrypt and your other services by logging into your IncidentHub dashboard.
What services other than Let's Encrypt do you monitor?
Apart from Let's Encrypt, IncidentHub - as a status page aggregator - monitors 1125+ Cloud and SaaS status pages.
How can IncidentHub notify me about future Let's Encrypt outages?
IncidentHub is a vendor outage monitor and status page aggregator that can notify you about future Let's Encrypt outages using Email, Slack, PagerDuty, Discord, Webhooks, Freshdesk, and more.
How does IncidentHub differ from Downdetector in monitoring Let's Encrypt outages?
IncidentHub monitors Let's Encrypt's official status page directly, so you can see confirmed outages with component-level detail and history. IncidentHub can also send alerts and create a single status page for all your third-party services, including Let's Encrypt.