{
  "id": 13135290,
  "title": "Let's Encrypt moving to 64-day certificate lifetimes in 2027",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/lets-encrypt-moving-to-64-day-certificate-lifetimes-in-2027",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-09T14:02:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "LWN",
    "slug": "lwn",
    "url": "https://lwn.net/Articles/1099588/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Let's Encrypt , the nonprofit that provides free TLS certificates for millions of sites, has announced that it will be moving to certificates with 64-day lifetimes on February 10, 2027: This means that any certificate we issue or renew on and after that date will have a 64 day validity period, and we expect the last 90-day certificate to expire on May 11, 2027. We will not revoke valid…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Ars Technica",
        "title": "Let's Encrypt cuts certificate lifetimes to 64 days starting February 2027",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/lets-encrypt-cuts-certificate-lifetimes-to-64-days-starting-february",
        "published": "2026-10-08T19:57:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}