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Let's Encrypt's ACME protocol has fully automated certificate application, validation, and renewal, and has so far issued more than 3 billion certificates.
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9/7/2026
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This claim has expired. It is kept for the record and no longer describes the current state.
Valid until: 9/21/2026(expired)
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