CertBot enumerating existing certificates

Why does CerrBot enumerate all certificates it already issued when requesting a new one ?

I did an strace and it goes through all the files in its directory. It greatly slows down when I have lots of certs.

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Certbot doesn't have a storage engine, so parses the directory structure. The initial load is done, amongst other reasons, to help detect and deter from unnecessary duplicate certificate requests.

Certbot is not designed for large installations.

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Thanks! By any chance, can you recommend another acme client with a storage engine ?

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