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Certificate warnings during a server move with new hostname

Moving a site to a new server with a new hostname leaves visitors facing certificate warnings during the DNS switchover.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

23 public reports · first reported 29 August 2026 · last reported 30 August 2026

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

When a website moves to a new server under a different hostname, visitors can briefly see certificate warnings while DNS records are switched over.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

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