# Render: Major incident: Certificate issuance paused for Let's Encrypt

**Summary:** Render reported a major Custom Domains incident from 2026-05-08 20:22 UTC to 2026-05-08 21:06 UTC, lasting 44 min. Let's Encrypt paused all certificate issuance, primarily affecting wildcard domains and, rarely, non-wildcard custom domains using its certificates; issuance resumed and the incident was resolved. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-05-08 20:22 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://stspg.io/5dxgkm5p8dc9](https://stspg.io/5dxgkm5p8dc9)
- [Company: Render](https://rewindex.com/company/render.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:203/2vv09pxl869t@9dd987608aa9
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

```diff
+ Certificate issuance paused for Let's Encrypt
```

**2. Added: Impact**

```diff
+ major
```

**3. Added: Status**

```diff
+ resolved
```

**4. Added: Start time**

```diff
+ 2026-05-08 20:22 UTC
```

**5. Added: Resolved time**

```diff
+ 2026-05-08 21:06 UTC
```

**6. Added: Affected components**

```diff
+ Custom Domains
```

**7. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-05-08 20:22 UTC

```diff
+ Due to an ongoing incident, Let's Encrypt has paused all certificate issuance. This primarily impacts wildcard domains on Render. In rare instances, non-wildcard custom domains may be using Let's Encrypt for their certificates.
```

**8. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-05-08 21:06 UTC

```diff
+ Let's Encrypt has resumed certificate issuance.
```

## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-08 20:22 UTC | Major incident: Certificate issuance paused for Let's Encrypt (this change) | outage |

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