# Atlas is experiencing issues with issuing certificates from Lets Encrypt

- Provider: [MongoDB Atlas](https://down.guide/mongodb-atlas)
- Level: confirmed
- Impact: Degraded
- lasted 2h 23m
- started 2026-09-11 01:28 UTC
- MongoDB Cloud, MongoDB Atlas for Government
- id: DWN-dd2b433941
- Official page: https://stspg.io/hxqhp3d2p4nt

## Updates from MongoDB Atlas
### 2026-09-11 01:28 UTC: investigating
We are currently investigating issues related to certificate issuing failures with Lets Encrypt. Free and Flex cluster provisioning may be delayed.

### 2026-09-11 02:01 UTC: monitoring
Atlas is seeing elevated errors rates of certificate issuance due to a Let's Encrypt outage (https://letsencrypt.status.io/pages/incident/55957a99e800baa4470002da/6aa35c1d892d7304f2747e01). Free and flex tier cluster provisioning may be delayed.

### 2026-09-11 03:51 UTC: resolved
This incident has been resolved.

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