# Support for certificates valid more than 90days

**URL:** <https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/support-for-certificates-valid-more-than-90days/140742>\
**Category:** Issuance Policy\
**Created:** [December 17, 2020, 9:27am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/support-for-certificates-valid-more-than-90days/140742 "2020-12-17T09:27:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![gucheng](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@gucheng](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/gucheng)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 9:27am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/support-for-certificates-valid-more-than-90days/140742/1 "2020-12-17T09:27:29Z")

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Hi, I'm wondering the support status of certificates validity duration. Is it still capped at 90 days, or we can configure issuer/certificate objects to get a longer valid time. Thanks,

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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:** [December 17, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/support-for-certificates-valid-more-than-90days/140742/2 "2020-12-17T09:30:44Z")

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Hi @gucheng

> [@gucheng](#):
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> Is it still capped at 90 days

the FAQ has your answer.

It's capped. 90 days.

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**Author:** ![gucheng](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@gucheng](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/gucheng)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/support-for-certificates-valid-more-than-90days/140742/3 "2020-12-17T09:32:09Z")

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FAQ: [https://letsencrypt.org/docs/faq/#what-is-the-lifetime-for-let-s-encrypt-certificates-for-how-long-are-they-valid](https://letsencrypt.org/docs/faq/#what-is-the-lifetime-for-let-s-encrypt-certificates-for-how-long-are-they-valid)  
Got it, Thanks, JuergenAuer.

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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:** [December 17, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/support-for-certificates-valid-more-than-90days/140742/4 "2020-12-17T12:24:00Z")

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> [@gucheng](#):
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> (…) still (…)

"Still" probably shouldn't be in any sentence regarding the lifetime of LE certs. Perhaps when you're talking about lifetimes **less** than 90 days, but there's no need to talk about an _increasing_ lifetime: it's just not going to happen. Just don't even think about it.

Also, certificate issuance and installation should be automated, is the LE motto. Therefore, cert lifetime shouldn't matter.

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**Author:** ![Rip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/rip/32/70863_2.png) [@Rip](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/Rip)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/support-for-certificates-valid-more-than-90days/140742/5 "2020-12-24T21:40:29Z")

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Topic changed to issuance policy as it is more appropriate category.

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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:** [January 23, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/support-for-certificates-valid-more-than-90days/140742/6 "2021-01-23T21:42:43Z")

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