# Inaccurate email from Let’s Encrypt saying certificate will expire in 10 days **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [October 8, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/inaccurate-email-from-let-s-encrypt-saying-certificate-will-expire-in-10-days/135521 "2020-10-08T04:26:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drkirkby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@drkirkby](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/drkirkby)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/inaccurate-email-from-let-s-encrypt-saying-certificate-will-expire-in-10-days/135521/1 "2020-10-08T04:26:10Z")
I received an email from Let’s Encrypt a few hours ago. I received the same email on 7th October 28th September 27th September The significant part of the contents of the email received a few hours ago is **Hello,** **Your certificate (or certificates) for the names listed below will expire in 10 days (on 18 Oct 20 02:29 +0000). Please make sure to renew your certificate before then, or visitors to your website will encounter errors.** **We recommend renewing certificates automatically when they have a third of their** **total lifetime left. For Let's Encrypt's current 90-day certificates, that means** **renewing 30 days before expiration. See** **[https://letsencrypt.org/docs/integration-guide/](https://letsencrypt.org/docs/integration-guide/) for details.** **[www.g8wrb.co.uk](http://www.g8wrb.co.uk/)** However, I believe that the email is inaccurate, as SSL Labs indicates that the certificate expires on Thu, 12 Nov 2020 15:09:53 UTC (expires in 1 month and 4 days) > **[SSL Server Test: www.g8wrb.co.uk (Powered by Qualys SSL Labs)](https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=www.g8wrb.co.uk)** So it seems that the email is sent in error. Had the certificate been renewed in the last few hours then the certificate should be valid for 90 days. Dave ---
**Author:** ![stevenzhu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/stevenzhu/32/18864_2.png) [@stevenzhu](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/stevenzhu)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/inaccurate-email-from-let-s-encrypt-saying-certificate-will-expire-in-10-days/135521/2 "2020-10-08T04:42:25Z")
Hi, You have a single hostname certificate issued on July 20 2020 that was set to expire on Oct 18 2020. [https://crt.sh/?id=3111393846](https://crt.sh/?id=3111393846) As of now, you have a new certificate that contains both hostnames (your www and non-www version) issued on Aug 14 2020 and is the certificate currently in use. [https://crt.sh/?id=3237782433](https://crt.sh/?id=3237782433) According to Let's Encrypt's automated system, the certificate in use are not considered a renewal because it have one additional hostname, so that's why Let's Encrypt send you automated emails notifying the expiry of the old certificate. However, since you have a new certificate, please make sure to renew it before the expiry date and you are good to go. That email indeed can be ignored. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![drkirkby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@drkirkby](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/drkirkby)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 4:49am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/inaccurate-email-from-let-s-encrypt-saying-certificate-will-expire-in-10-days/135521/3 "2020-10-08T04:49:19Z")
Thank you. That makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/3X/c/a/ca6c06ea1ea201324bba7048c6841ce60236468d.png) [@system](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 4:49am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/inaccurate-email-from-let-s-encrypt-saying-certificate-will-expire-in-10-days/135521/4 "2020-11-07T04:49:28Z")
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