Resolved after 3 hours 3 minutes, affecting acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org (Staging) and acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org (Staging) (acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org (Staging) — High Assurance Datacenter 1) and 1 more, on March 16, 2026.
We have concluded our drill activities in staging for today, and issuance has appeared healthy for a while.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Mar 16, 2026, 05:36 PM UTC
To fulfill our required compliance obligations, we are performing an incident drill. During this drill, we are stopping issuance from staging.
- monitoring Mar 16, 2026, 06:05 PM UTC
We are resuming issuance. As part of our drill, we have dropped authorizations prior to the beginning of the drill. If you receive an error related to missing authorizations, retry issuance.
- monitoring Mar 16, 2026, 06:05 PM UTC
We are resuming issuance. As part of our drill, we have dropped authorizations prior to the beginning of the drill. If you receive an error related to missing authorizations, retry issuance.
- investigating Mar 16, 2026, 06:24 PM UTC
We are disabling staging issuance again for our incident drill.
- monitoring Mar 16, 2026, 07:17 PM UTC
We are resuming issuance. As part of our drill, we have expired all preexisting orders. If you receive an error, retry issuance with a new order.
- resolved Mar 16, 2026, 08:40 PM UTC
We have concluded our drill activities in staging for today, and issuance has appeared healthy for a while.
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