WordPress VIP incident

Let’s Encrypt Service Disruption Impacting Certificate Automation

WordPress VIP experienced a notice incident on May 8, 2026 affecting WordPress VIP Dashboard, lasting 5h 39m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started: May 08, 2026, 06:37 PM UTC
Resolved: May 09, 2026, 12:16 AM UTC
Duration: 5h 39m
Detected by Pingoru: May 08, 2026, 06:37 PM UTC

Affected components

WordPress VIP Dashboard

Update timeline

monitoring May 08, 2026, 06:37 PM UTC

Let’s Encrypt is currently seeing service disruptions which may result in failed or delayed TLS certificate issuance and renewals for customers using automatic certificate management. https://letsencrypt.status.io/pages/incident/55957a99e800baa4470002da/69fe2d6698ca07050eb4b1b3 Only customers requesting new certificates or renewals via Let’s Encrypt are impacted; existing certificates remain valid until expiry We’ll continue monitoring and share updates as they become available.
monitoring May 08, 2026, 09:07 PM UTC

Let's Encrypt has resumed issuance and is continuing to monitor: https://letsencrypt.status.io/pages/incident/55957a99e800baa4470002da/69fe2d6698ca07050eb4b1b3 We will continue to monitor and provide updates until the incident is fully resolved.
resolved May 09, 2026, 12:16 AM UTC

The incident is resolved. Let's Encrypt is continuing to monitor on their end. Information on the incident can be found at: https://letsencrypt.status.io/pages/incident/55957a99e800baa4470002da/69fe2d6698ca07050eb4b1b3