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LetsEncrypt – Expiration Notification Service Has Ended

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181 points zdw | 1 comments | 30 Jun 25 04:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.267s | source
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leakycap ◴[30 Jun 25 04:52 UTC] No.44419518[source]▶
One could say it expired.

> Providing expiration notifications costs Let’s Encrypt tens of thousands of dollars per year, money that we believe can be better spent on other aspects of our infrastructure.

Appreciate the honesty (they had other reasons, too! but emails are a pain and expensive at their scale)

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genewitch ◴[30 Jun 25 07:34 UTC] No.44420498[source]▶
tens of thousands of dollars? that's it? No one can just write them a check? switchgear costs more than that!
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1. KaiserPro ◴[30 Jun 25 10:45 UTC] No.44421642[source]▶
Aure, but that only covers a year or so. Its an extra operating expense that might or might not cause them to cut other things to fund.

Its not only the service cost, but as they say, it costs engineering hours, which could be spent elsewhere.

Moreover, SSL cert age check should be something you're looking out for, or letting certbot restart your service for you.