# HTTPS connection failures (timeouts) from validation servers **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [December 7, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/https-connection-failures-timeouts-from-validation-servers/243673 "2025-12-07T23:37:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![jc-rimu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/977dab/32.png) [@jc-rimu](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/jc-rimu)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/https-connection-failures-timeouts-from-validation-servers/243673/7 "2025-12-08T00:19:20Z")
Keep in mind [this](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/tomryder-inspirenet)'s thread is a continuation of the existing "heads up" thread here: ["your server may be slow or overloaded" acme-v02.api](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/your-server-may-be-slow-or-overloaded-acme-v02-api/243671) . What we have in common is we are both hosting providers based in New Zealand. 103.248.176.0/24 and 202.37.129.0/24 contain the servers being affected (that I've observe thus far). --- _[View the full topic](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/https-connection-failures-timeouts-from-validation-servers/243673)._