After succesfull renewal the browser still see the old certificate

Hi everyone, i have a problem with the renewal of my let's encrypt certificate.
After the successful operation the browser still see the old one with the error:
err_cert_date_invalid

Please if you have any suggestion.

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renewal doesnt mean your webserver using the new certificaten try reload the webserver

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Hi, thanks for the reply.
I've already reloaded with:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

but the error is still there

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Show the nginx config:
nginx -T

And also the currently covered certs.
If using certbot, with:
certbot certificates

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nginx -T

nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful
# configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:
user www-data;
worker_processes auto;
pid /run/nginx.pid;
include /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/*.conf;

events {
	worker_connections 768;
	# multi_accept on;
}

http {

	##
	# Basic Settings
	##

	sendfile on;
	tcp_nopush on;
	types_hash_max_size 2048;
	# server_tokens off;

	# server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
	# server_name_in_redirect off;

	include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
	default_type application/octet-stream;

	##
	# SSL Settings
	##

	ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3; # Dropping SSLv3, ref: POODLE
	ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;

	##
	# Logging Settings
	##

	access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
	error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;

	##
	# Gzip Settings
	##

	gzip on;

	# gzip_vary on;
	# gzip_proxied any;
	# gzip_comp_level 6;
	# gzip_buffers 16 8k;
	# gzip_http_version 1.1;
	# gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;

	##
	# Virtual Host Configs
	##

	include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
	include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
}


#mail {
#	# See sample authentication script at:
#	# http://wiki.nginx.org/ImapAuthenticateWithApachePhpScript
#
#	# auth_http localhost/auth.php;
#	# pop3_capabilities "TOP" "USER";
#	# imap_capabilities "IMAP4rev1" "UIDPLUS";
#
#	server {
#		listen     localhost:110;
#		protocol   pop3;
#		proxy      on;
#	}
#
#	server {
#		listen     localhost:143;
#		protocol   imap;
#		proxy      on;
#	}
#}

# configuration file /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/50-mod-http-auth-pam.conf:
load_module modules/ngx_http_auth_pam_module.so;

# configuration file /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/50-mod-http-dav-ext.conf:
load_module modules/ngx_http_dav_ext_module.so;

# configuration file /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/50-mod-http-echo.conf:
load_module modules/ngx_http_echo_module.so;

# configuration file /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/50-mod-http-geoip2.conf:
load_module modules/ngx_http_geoip2_module.so;

# configuration file /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/50-mod-http-image-filter.conf:
load_module modules/ngx_http_image_filter_module.so;

# configuration file /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/50-mod-http-subs-filter.conf:
load_module modules/ngx_http_subs_filter_module.so;

# configuration file /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/50-mod-http-upstream-fair.conf:
load_module modules/ngx_http_upstream_fair_module.so;

# configuration file /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/50-mod-http-xslt-filter.conf:
load_module modules/ngx_http_xslt_filter_module.so;

# configuration file /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/50-mod-mail.conf:
load_module modules/ngx_mail_module.so;

# configuration file /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/50-mod-stream.conf:
load_module modules/ngx_stream_module.so;

# configuration file /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/70-mod-stream-geoip2.conf:
load_module modules/ngx_stream_geoip2_module.so;

# configuration file /etc/nginx/mime.types:

types {
    text/html                             html htm shtml;
    text/css                              css;
    text/xml                              xml;
    image/gif                             gif;
    image/jpeg                            jpeg jpg;
    application/javascript                js;
    application/atom+xml                  atom;
    application/rss+xml                   rss;

    text/mathml                           mml;
    text/plain                            txt;
    text/vnd.sun.j2me.app-descriptor      jad;
    text/vnd.wap.wml                      wml;
    text/x-component                      htc;

    image/png                             png;
    image/tiff                            tif tiff;
    image/vnd.wap.wbmp                    wbmp;
    image/x-icon                          ico;
    image/x-jng                           jng;
    image/x-ms-bmp                        bmp;
    image/svg+xml                         svg svgz;
    image/webp                            webp;

    application/font-woff                 woff;
    application/java-archive              jar war ear;
    application/json                      json;
    application/mac-binhex40              hqx;
    application/msword                    doc;
    application/pdf                       pdf;
    application/postscript                ps eps ai;
    application/rtf                       rtf;
    application/vnd.apple.mpegurl         m3u8;
    application/vnd.ms-excel              xls;
    application/vnd.ms-fontobject         eot;
    application/vnd.ms-powerpoint         ppt;
    application/vnd.wap.wmlc              wmlc;
    application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml  kml;
    application/vnd.google-earth.kmz      kmz;
    application/x-7z-compressed           7z;
    application/x-cocoa                   cco;
    application/x-java-archive-diff       jardiff;
    application/x-java-jnlp-file          jnlp;
    application/x-makeself                run;
    application/x-perl                    pl pm;
    application/x-pilot                   prc pdb;
    application/x-rar-compressed          rar;
    application/x-redhat-package-manager  rpm;
    application/x-sea                     sea;
    application/x-shockwave-flash         swf;
    application/x-stuffit                 sit;
    application/x-tcl                     tcl tk;
    application/x-x509-ca-cert            der pem crt;
    application/x-xpinstall               xpi;
    application/xhtml+xml                 xhtml;
    application/xspf+xml                  xspf;
    application/zip                       zip;

    application/octet-stream              bin exe dll;
    application/octet-stream              deb;
    application/octet-stream              dmg;
    application/octet-stream              iso img;
    application/octet-stream              msi msp msm;

    application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document    docx;
    application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet          xlsx;
    application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation  pptx;

    audio/midi                            mid midi kar;
    audio/mpeg                            mp3;
    audio/ogg                             ogg;
    audio/x-m4a                           m4a;
    audio/x-realaudio                     ra;

    video/3gpp                            3gpp 3gp;
    video/mp2t                            ts;
    video/mp4                             mp4;
    video/mpeg                            mpeg mpg;
    video/quicktime                       mov;
    video/webm                            webm;
    video/x-flv                           flv;
    video/x-m4v                           m4v;
    video/x-mng                           mng;
    video/x-ms-asf                        asx asf;
    video/x-ms-wmv                        wmv;
    video/x-msvideo                       avi;
}

# configuration file /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*************.com.conf:
server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;

types {
# nginx's default mime.types doesn't include a mapping for wasm or wav.
    application/wasm     wasm;
    audio/wav            wav;
}
upstream prosody {
    zone upstreams 64K;
    server 127.0.0.1:5280;
    keepalive 2;
}
upstream jvb1 {
    zone upstreams 64K;
    server 127.0.0.1:9090;
    keepalive 2;
}
map $arg_vnode $prosody_node {
    default prosody;
    v1 v1;
    v2 v2;
    v3 v3;
    v4 v4;
    v5 v5;
    v6 v6;
    v7 v7;
    v8 v8;
}
server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;
    server_name ***********.com;

    location ^~ /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
        default_type "text/plain";
        root         /usr/share/jitsi-meet;
    }
    location = /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
        return 404;
    }
    location / {
        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
    }
}
server {
    listen 443 ssl;
    listen [::]:443 ssl;
    server_name ***********.com;

    # Mozilla Guideline v5.4, nginx 1.17.7, OpenSSL 1.1.1d, intermediate configuration
    ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
    ssl_ciphers ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers off;

    ssl_session_timeout 1d;
    ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;  # about 40000 sessions
    ssl_session_tickets off;

    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000" always;
    set $prefix "";

    ssl_certificate /etc/jitsi/meet/***********..com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/jitsi/meet/***********..com.key;

    root /usr/share/jitsi-meet;

    # ssi on with javascript for multidomain variables in config.js
    ssi on;
    ssi_types application/x-javascript application/javascript;

    index index.html index.htm;
    error_page 404 /static/404.html;

    gzip on;
    gzip_types text/plain text/css application/javascript application/json image/x-icon application/octet-stream application/wasm;
    gzip_vary on;
    gzip_proxied no-cache no-store private expired auth;
    gzip_min_length 512;

    location = /config.js {
        alias /etc/jitsi/meet/***********..com-config.js;
    }

    location = /external_api.js {
        alias /usr/share/jitsi-meet/libs/external_api.min.js;
    }

    location = /_api/room-info {
        proxy_pass http://prosody/room-info?prefix=$prefix&$args;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    }

    # ensure all static content can always be found first
    location ~ ^/(libs|css|static|images|fonts|lang|sounds|connection_optimization|.well-known)/(.*)$
    {
        add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
        alias /usr/share/jitsi-meet/$1/$2;

        # cache all versioned files
        if ($arg_v) {
            expires 1y;
        }
    }

    # BOSH
    location = /http-bind {
        proxy_pass http://$prosody_node/http-bind?prefix=$prefix&$args;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
        proxy_set_header Connection "";
    }

    # xmpp websockets
    location = /xmpp-websocket {
        proxy_pass http://$prosody_node/xmpp-websocket?prefix=$prefix&$args;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
        tcp_nodelay on;
    }

    # colibri (JVB) websockets for jvb1
    location ~ ^/colibri-ws/default-id/(.*) {
        proxy_pass http://jvb1/colibri-ws/default-id/$1$is_args$args;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
        tcp_nodelay on;
    }

    # load test minimal client, uncomment when used
    #location ~ ^/_load-test/([^/?&:'"]+)$ {
    #    rewrite ^/_load-test/(.*)$ /load-test/index.html break;
    #}
    #location ~ ^/_load-test/libs/(.*)$ {
    #    add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
    #    alias /usr/share/jitsi-meet/load-test/libs/$1;
    #}

    location ~ ^/([^/?&:'"]+)$ {
        try_files $uri @root_path;
    }

    location @root_path {
        rewrite ^/(.*)$ / break;
    }

    location ~ ^/([^/?&:'"]+)/config.js$
    {
        set $subdomain "$1.";
        set $subdir "$1/";

        alias /etc/jitsi/meet/***********..com-config.js;
    }

    # BOSH for subdomains
    location ~ ^/([^/?&:'"]+)/http-bind {
        set $subdomain "$1.";
        set $subdir "$1/";
        set $prefix "$1";

        rewrite ^/(.*)$ /http-bind;
    }

    # websockets for subdomains
    location ~ ^/([^/?&:'"]+)/xmpp-websocket {
        set $subdomain "$1.";
        set $subdir "$1/";
        set $prefix "$1";

        rewrite ^/(.*)$ /xmpp-websocket;
    }

    location ~ ^/([^/?&:'"]+)/_api/room-info {
        set $subdomain "$1.";
        set $subdir "$1/";
        set $prefix "$1";

        rewrite ^/(.*)$ /_api/room-info;
    }

    # Anything that didn't match above, and isn't a real file, assume it's a room name and redirect to /
    location ~ ^/([^/?&:'"]+)/(.*)$ {
        set $subdomain "$1.";
        set $subdir "$1/";
        rewrite ^/([^/?&:'"]+)/(.*)$ /$2;
    }
}

# configuration file /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default:
##
# You should look at the following URL's in order to grasp a solid understanding
# of Nginx configuration files in order to fully unleash the power of Nginx.
# https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/
# https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/topics/tutorials/config_pitfalls/
# https://wiki.debian.org/Nginx/DirectoryStructure
#
# In most cases, administrators will remove this file from sites-enabled/ and
# leave it as reference inside of sites-available where it will continue to be
# updated by the nginx packaging team.
#
# This file will automatically load configuration files provided by other
# applications, such as Drupal or Wordpress. These applications will be made
# available underneath a path with that package name, such as /drupal8.
#
# Please see /usr/share/doc/nginx-doc/examples/ for more detailed examples.
##

# Default server configuration
#
server {
	listen 80 default_server;
	listen [::]:80 default_server;

	# SSL configuration
	#
	# listen 443 ssl default_server;
	# listen [::]:443 ssl default_server;
	#
	# Note: You should disable gzip for SSL traffic.
	# See: https://bugs.debian.org/773332
	#
	# Read up on ssl_ciphers to ensure a secure configuration.
	# See: https://bugs.debian.org/765782
	#
	# Self signed certs generated by the ssl-cert package
	# Don't use them in a production server!
	#
	# include snippets/snakeoil.conf;

	root /var/www/html;

	# Add index.php to the list if you are using PHP
	index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;

	server_name _;

	location / {
		# First attempt to serve request as file, then
		# as directory, then fall back to displaying a 404.
		try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
	}

	# pass PHP scripts to FastCGI server
	#
	#location ~ \.php$ {
	#	include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
	#
	#	# With php-fpm (or other unix sockets):
	#	fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
	#	# With php-cgi (or other tcp sockets):
	#	fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
	#}

	# deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
	# concurs with nginx's one
	#
	#location ~ /\.ht {
	#	deny all;
	#}
}


# Virtual Host configuration for example.com
#
# You can move that to a different file under sites-available/ and symlink that
# to sites-enabled/ to enable it.
#
#server {
#	listen 80;
#	listen [::]:80;
#
#	server_name example.com;
#
#	root /var/www/example.com;
#	index index.html;
#
#	location / {
#		try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
#	}
#}

certbot certificates

Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log

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Found the following certs:
  Certificate Name: **********.com
    Serial Number: 3ec775d76479269ff82405901fbd78b9b76
    Key Type: RSA
    Domains: **********..com
    Expiry Date: 2023-12-05 11:38:30+00:00 (VALID: 89 days)
    Certificate Path: /etc/letsencrypt/live/**********..com/fullchain.pem
    Private Key Path: /etc/letsencrypt/live/**********..com/privkey.pem
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This cert:

is NOT this cert:

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So should i change the second to match the first?

What is the Domain Name?

Please fill out the fields below so we can help you better. Note: you must provide your domain name to get help. Domain names for issued certificates are all made public in Certificate Transparency logs (e.g. crt.sh | example.com), so withholding your domain name here does not increase secrecy, but only makes it harder for us to provide help.

My domain is:

I ran this command:

It produced this output:

My web server is (include version):

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version):

My hosting provider, if applicable, is:

I can login to a root shell on my machine (yes or no, or I don't know):

I'm using a control panel to manage my site (no, or provide the name and version of the control panel):

The version of my client is (e.g. output of certbot --version or certbot-auto --version if you're using Certbot):

Thank you for assisting us in helping YOU!

You can't change the second.

Change the first to use the second:

    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/**********..com/fullchain.pem
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/**********..com/privkey.pem
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Hi, make sure you have completely closed your browser then re-open it again. Chrome can cache the last used result.

Check your cert with something that only reads the latest cert information, such as: https://chainchecker.certifytheweb.com/

At the end of the day, all that's happening is your web server is using a certificate file. If that cert file contains your latest certificate and your webserver has been restarted then it will definitely use the latest cert, so if it's not doing that then you're pointing to an old file, or your cert file has not changed, or your web server process needs to be restarted.

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Thank you so much, it worked.

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chromium will disable cache entirely while it sees certificate error/self-signed.
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=103875

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