# Render: Certificate issuance paused for Let's Encrypt

- Impact (vendor’s label): major
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-05-08 20:22 UTC · Resolved: 2026-05-08 21:06 UTC · Duration: 44 min
- Updates: 2 · Affected components: Custom Domains
- [Vendor status page: https://stspg.io/5dxgkm5p8dc9](https://stspg.io/5dxgkm5p8dc9)
- [Company: Render](https://rewindex.com/company/render.md)

## 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)_
## Timeline of updates

- **monitoring** 2026-05-08 20:22 UTC: 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.
- **resolved** 2026-05-08 21:06 UTC: Let's Encrypt has resumed certificate issuance.

## Rewindex changes for this incident

- 2026-05-08 20:22 UTC: [Major incident: Certificate issuance paused for Let's Encrypt](https://rewindex.com/change/i06f5eaaec4edad.md)


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