[image] We've Issued Our First IP Address Certificate Since Let’s Encrypt started issuing certificates in 2015, people have repeatedly requested the ability to get certificates for IP addresses, an option that only a few certificate authorities have offered. Until now, they’ve had to loo…

If you wait just a tiny bit, we plan to launch shortlived certs to general availability very soon.

See Upcoming Changes to Let’s Encrypt Certificates "This week"

Hi there, I would like to request early access for IP certificates. Account URL: https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/acct/2882207456 Use Case: I am running a few internal services and testing environments on bare IPs where assigning a domain name is not practical. I need to secure the commu…

[image] tom31: I would like to request early access Please see the post immediately before yours in this thread :slight_smile: It explains more about the general availability of these features. Earlier posts in this thread explained that early access was closed given the imminent g/a

I'm getting shortlived certificate on my other machine :partying_face:

[image] xlionjuan: I'm getting shortlived certificate So am I. Not yet with the "Y" generation described chain (described here ).

Yep, I just got a shiny new shortlived certificate. Congrats LE team on the release!

We're still sorting out a few details on the "Gen Y" switch, so you should regard this change as still "in progress"

Thank you. I have deployed IP certificate on my server via acme.sh

Now that GA for shortlived and ip address certs has been delayed, can I get early access? My account URI is https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/acct/2728573601

When will Let's Encrypt's IP certificates be officially launched?

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MikeMcQ December 16, 2025, 11:14pm 84

So am I.

Not yet with the "Y" generation described chain (described here).

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When will Let's Encrypt's IP certificates be officially launched?

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