# Rate limit too many certificates

**URL:** <https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/rate-limit-too-many-certificates/147650>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [March 17, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/rate-limit-too-many-certificates/147650 "2021-03-17T15:22:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![ToddG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@ToddG](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/ToddG)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/rate-limit-too-many-certificates/147650/1 "2021-03-17T15:22:19Z")

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An unexpected error occurred:

There were too many requests of a given type :: Error creating new order :: too many certificates already issued for exact set of domains:

i ran into an issue trying to renew on our server, and now i am stuck, is there any way to fix this? i had an issue with the old cert, and i removed it, and the new cert, and now i cant renew for a week.

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**Author:** ![Osiris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/839c29/32.png) [@Osiris](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/Osiris)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/rate-limit-too-many-certificates/147650/2 "2021-03-17T17:33:58Z")

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You've issued **FIVE** certificates before hitting that specific rate limit. You might have deleted the _old_ certificate, but I hope you didn't delete all the five **NEW** certificates, right?

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**Author:** ![JuergenAuer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/juergenauer/32/26491_2.png) [@JuergenAuer](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/JuergenAuer)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/rate-limit-too-many-certificates/147650/3 "2021-03-17T17:42:04Z")

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Hi @ToddG

your have already the answer.

> [@ToddG](#):
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> and now i cant renew for a week.

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**Author:** ![ToddG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@ToddG](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/ToddG)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/rate-limit-too-many-certificates/147650/4 "2021-03-17T18:47:01Z")

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i did because there was an issue, but i added a www.test domain, and it renewed and working now.

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**Author:** ![Osiris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/839c29/32.png) [@Osiris](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/Osiris)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/rate-limit-too-many-certificates/147650/5 "2021-03-17T18:50:34Z")

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> [@ToddG](#):
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> i did because there was an issue

What issue would make you **purposely** generate **five** certificates without being able to use **any** of them? May I point out the [staging environment](https://letsencrypt.org/docs/staging-environment/) for testing things? That way you won't run into rate limits that soon **and** you won't **abuse** the Let's Encrypt production servers with unnecessary added load.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/3X/c/a/ca6c06ea1ea201324bba7048c6841ce60236468d.png) [@system](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/rate-limit-too-many-certificates/147650/6 "2021-04-16T18:51:11Z")

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Closed on April 16, 2021, 6:51pm UTC

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