Too many certificates

Hello.

virtualmin-7.2,1
py311-certbot-3.1.0,1

"2025-05-07 12:21:05,117:ERROR:certbot._internal.log:too many certificates (5) already issued for this exact set of domains in the last 168h0m0s, retry after 2025-05-08 13:17:52 UTC: see Rate Limits - Let's Encrypt"

Help plz.

With what? The message means exactly what it says on the tin: you've created five identical certificates within the past week. Use one of them, and stop wasting Let's Encrypt's resources.

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On the server only old certificate.
Which will expire soon.
How to download at least one of the 5 ?
And how to delete 4 of them ?

You can find the certificates on crt.sh, probably, but they won't do anything if you don't have the private key.

The private key usually does not leave the machine that asked for a certificate. What caused the issuance of these five certificates? Do you still have them?

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