Short-lived = 6 days. Even if you reissue after 2 or 3 days, that's… not a lot of breathing room.

striking 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You have to opt in, and they are honest about the tradeoffs when discussing them:

> Short-lived certificates are opt-in and we have no plan to make them the default at this time. Subscribers that have fully automated their renewal process should be able to switch to short-lived certificates easily if they wish, but we understand that not everyone is in that position and generally comfortable with this significantly shorter lifetime. We hope that over time everyone moves to automated solutions and we can demonstrate that short-lived certificates work well.

https://letsencrypt.org/2026/01/15/6day-and-ip-general-avail...

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eqvinox 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That's not really an answer, especially with:

> We hope that over time everyone moves to automated solutions and we can demonstrate that short-lived certificates work well.

They're expressly trying to show that this is a viable approach. It's actually kinda good that this outage, whatever it is, is happening now, as it's giving them a chance to demonstrate (or not) that they can deliver.

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nottorp 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> no plan to make them the default at this time

At this time! Boil the frog slowly...

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Dylan16807 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Is the frog the guy that still won't automate their certificates?

	▲	nottorp 19 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Mine are automated. Somehow it reminds me of prayer wheels though...

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bakies 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

3-4 days is a ton of breathing room