# MongoDB Atlas: Atlas is experiencing issues with issuing certificates from Lets Encrypt

- Impact (vendor’s label): minor
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-09-11 01:28 UTC · Resolved: 2026-09-11 03:51 UTC · Duration: 2.4 h
- Updates: 3 · Affected components: MongoDB Cloud, MongoDB Atlas for Government
- [Vendor status page: https://stspg.io/hxqhp3d2p4nt](https://stspg.io/hxqhp3d2p4nt)
- [Company: MongoDB Atlas](https://rewindex.com/company/mongodb-atlas.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **investigating** 2026-09-11 01:28 UTC: We are currently investigating issues related to certificate issuing failures with Lets Encrypt. Free and Flex cluster provisioning may be delayed.
- **monitoring** 2026-09-11 02:01 UTC: Atlas is seeing elevated errors rates of certificate issuance due to a Let's Encrypt outage (https://letsencrypt.status.io/pages/incident/55957a99e800baa4470002da/6aa35c1d892d7304f2747e01). Free and flex tier cluster provisioning may be delayed.
- **resolved** 2026-09-11 03:51 UTC: This incident has been resolved.


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