Problem with manual authentication

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My domain is: edidmpd.pl

I ran this command:

sudo certbot certonly --manual --preferred-challenges http --manual-public-ip-logging-ok -d edidmpd.pl

It produced this output:

Certbot failed to authenticate some domains (authenticator: manual). The Certificate Authority reported these problems:
Domain: edidmpd.pl
Type: unauthorized
Detail: The key authorization file from the server did not match this challenge. Expected "sY2ICHjdC4B_jLTZMeLnVld-ZNnPuAiqrGb_Nd4QPtk._CtP9rVyYz2EBGZ7jexGmDHI5LHPwg4cbns0aWFXJDA" (got "sY2ICHjdC4B_jLTZMeLnVld-ZNnPuAiqrGb_Nd4QPtk.4E3VCTFsySjUrqnCg0ooULx-3kbdPBygi0aWkvg5Gd8")

Hint: The Certificate Authority failed to verify the manually created challenge files. Ensure that you created these in the correct location.

Some challenges have failed.
Ask for help or search for solutions at https://community.letsencrypt.org. See the logfile /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log or re-run Certbot with -v for more details.

My web server is (include version): I don't know

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version): I don't know

My hosting provider, if applicable, is: ovh.com

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

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): 2.9.0

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Welcome to the Let's Encrypt Community! :slightly_smiling_face:

Did you add the new challenge file and remove the old one?

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Note: You should always remove challenge files immediately after validation succeeds. They are never reused.

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Using the manual plugin is almost never a good idea. What's the reason why you're performing the challenge manually?

Can you even use the cert once you've got it without root access?

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