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LaunchDarkly: Action Recommended: Update SDKs and Relay Proxy for eMudhra CA Issue

Affected components: SDKs

Timeline of updates

1. scheduled2026-10-21 18:34 UTCEdited

   We currently have no indication that LaunchDarkly-hosted services or customer data are impacted by the publicly-disclosed compromised intermediate CA certificates from eMudhra (https://emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com/ (opens in new tab)). This guidance applies to all LaunchDarkly instances: Commercial, EU, and Federal.
   LaunchDarkly has already taken precautionary steps to secure our platform and has released updated versions of the Relay Proxy and SDKs used by our customers. We continue to monitor the situation and patch all non-critical services.
   We highly recommend that customers immediately take the following steps to secure the network connection between their systems and LaunchDarkly:
   - Update LaunchDarkly SDKs and Relay Proxy listed below to the latest version provided
   - Ensure your application hosts disallow the compromised CAs
   - Follow publicly-documented remediation steps for your application infrastructure to disallow compromised CAs: https://emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com/ (opens in new tab)
   LaunchDarkly SDKs
   Only the following LaunchDarkly SDKs are affected by this issue and require an update to the versions listed.
   - Server-side SDK for Python (9.18.3): https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/releases/tag/9.18.3 (opens in new tab)
   - Server-Side SDK for Erlang/Elixir (3.12.1): https://github.com/launchdarkly/erlang-server-sdk/releases/tag/v3.12.1 (opens in new tab)
   - OpenFeature provider for the Server-Side SDK for Python (0.8.3): https://github.com/launchdarkly/openfeature-python-server/releases/tag/0.8.3 (opens in new tab)
   - SDK OTEL integration for the Python server side SDK (1.3.0): https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk-otel/releases/tag/1.3.0 (opens in new tab)
   - Observability and Session Replay SDK for Python (1.3.4): https://github.com/launchdarkly/observability-sdk/releases/tag/launchdarkly-observability-python-1.3.4 (opens in new tab)
   LaunchDarkly Relay Proxy
   - Relay Proxy (8.23.2): https://github.com/launchdarkly/ld-relay/releases/tag/v8.23.2 (opens in new tab)
   - Relay Proxy Helm Chart (3.11.3): https://github.com/launchdarkly/ld-relay-helm/releases/tag/3.11.3 (opens in new tab)
   We will provide further updates as the situation develops. You can always view our trust center (https://app.vanta.com/launchdarkly.com/trust/gu6fblhdgsyexg8g2xsj0 (opens in new tab)) for the latest updates, as well

2. in progress2026-10-21 18:40 UTC

   Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.

3. completed2026-11-03 03:40 UTC

   The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

Changes Rewindex caught on this incident

• Oct 26Incident silently edited: Action Recommended: Update SDKs and Relay Proxy for eMudhra CA Issue
• Nov 3Incident updated: Action Recommended: Update SDKs and Relay Proxy for eMudhra CA Issue

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