SSL Cert failed to autorenew

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My domain is:
bundles.powform.com

I ran this command:
sudo certbot renew

It produced this output:
Renewing an existing certificate for bundles.powform.comCertbot failed to authenticate some domains (authenticator: nginx). The Certificate Authority reported these problems:
Domain: bundles.powform.com
Type: connection
Detail: 155.4.244.78: Fetching http://bundles.powform.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/1YPVaIbm2j_Lg3yqdncXPWGyo2yZTOjDOvovJ2pj3q8: Timeout during connect (likely firewall problem)Hint: The Certificate Authority failed to verify the temporary nginx configuration changes made by Certbot. Ensure the listed domains point to this nginx server and that it is accessible from the internet.Failed to renew certificate bundles.powform.com with error: Some challenges have failed.

My web server is (include version):
nginx 1.18.0

The operating system my web server runs on is (include version):
ubuntu 22.04

My hosting provider, if applicable, is:
N/A

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

I'm using a control panel to manage my site (no, or provide the name and version of the control panel):
No

The version of my client is (e.g. output of certbot --version or certbot-auto --version if you're using Certbot):
certbot 1.21.0

Did you close port 80 after you got your original certificate? Because it must remain open for the renewal to succeed

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That was it. Thanks for the help @MikeMcQ , much appreciated.

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