Major incident

Render: Certificate issuance paused for Let's Encrypt

Affected: Custom Domains

Current status of Render: Operational — live Render status

Timeline

1. May 8, 2026, 20:22 UTC
   monitoring
   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.
2. May 8, 2026, 21:06 UTC
   resolved
   Let's Encrypt has resumed certificate issuance.

Updates as published by Render (original).