# Problem with renew certificates - The request message was malformed :: Method not allowed

**URL:** <https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/problem-with-renew-certificates-the-request-message-was-malformed-method-not-allowed/107889>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [December 5, 2019, 9:45am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/problem-with-renew-certificates-the-request-message-was-malformed-method-not-allowed/107889 "2019-12-05T09:45:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 11:35am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/problem-with-renew-certificates-the-request-message-was-malformed-method-not-allowed/107889/6 "2019-12-05T11:35:54Z")

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@perrfect @superylc @JeanDuhard please post your Certbot versions. You can check using:

```
certbot --version

```

(or if you use `certbot-auto` or `letsencrypt-auto`, use that instead of `certbot`).

There were some recent changes to the Let’s Encrypt staging server, which is what’s used when you use `--dry-run`. If so, it shouldn’t affect your live (non dry-run) certificates.

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