# 90 day expiration

**URL:** <https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/90-day-expiration/234104>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [February 23, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/90-day-expiration/234104 "2025-02-23T16:38:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![danb35](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/danb35/32/70869_2.png) [@danb35](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/danb35)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/90-day-expiration/234104/14 "2025-02-23T19:26:52Z")

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> [@FITS](#):
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> not all my requests can be automated.

Automation has been a core principle of Let's Encrypt for as long as it's been around--"short cert lifetimes make it hard for me to operate manually" just isn't something they care about addressing. It was brought up repeatedly during this epic thread several years back:

> [@Pros and cons of 90-day certificate lifetimes](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/pros-and-cons-of-90-day-certificate-lifetimes/4621):
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