Certificate refusals 'forbidden by policy' lack explanation
Certificates are refused with 'forbidden by policy' and no reason, review route, or alternative issuer is given to affected domain owners.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
13 public reports · first reported 7 September 2026 · last reported 14 September 2026
What's going wrong
Domain owners using Let's Encrypt sometimes find that new certificates are refused with a 'forbidden by policy' message, while earlier certificates for the same names had worked.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
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