# Apply for ratelimit exception

**URL:** <https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/apply-for-ratelimit-exception/17084>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 16, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/apply-for-ratelimit-exception/17084 "2016-06-16T02:15:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![thefallentree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/thefallentree/32/1758_2.png) [@thefallentree](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/thefallentree)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/apply-for-ratelimit-exception/17084/1 "2016-06-16T02:15:59Z")

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Hi,

We are trying to work on a solution automatically setup SSL for subdomains, but we are hitting the  
20 cert per root domain per week limit. Is there a place we can apply for a exception of the rate limit? What is the criteria?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![serverco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/serverco/32/4251_2.png) [@serverco](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/serverco)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 7:01am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/apply-for-ratelimit-exception/17084/2 "2016-06-16T07:01:47Z")

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You can add up to 100 subdomains on each certificate - so that’s 2000 subdomains per week … how many do you need ?

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**Author:** ![thefallentree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/thefallentree/32/1758_2.png) [@thefallentree](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/thefallentree)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 8:00am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/apply-for-ratelimit-exception/17084/3 "2016-06-23T08:00:29Z")

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But that would assume we are able to batch request in 100s ,which we can’t , we are issuing cert for each domain as it generates.

Thanks