# Chrome bug shows SSL certificates as invalid when they aren't

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-bug-shows-ssl-certificates-as-invalid-when-they-arent/162689
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 1, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-bug-shows-ssl-certificates-as-invalid-when-they-arent/162689 "2020-09-01T18:33:25Z")
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### Author: ![EricGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-bug-shows-ssl-certificates-as-invalid-when-they-arent/162689/1 "2020-09-01T18:33:25Z")

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Check certificate by mousing over padlock icon before url to show drop-down menu.  
Click `Certificate`

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/8/283483cac984ab9152f05d62d6e69ae57c699eed.png)

Clicking `certificate` will show the certificate

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/0/b0aba2cee700a62f85666bfb724c78796e725c53.png)

Site still seems to work.

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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-bug-shows-ssl-certificates-as-invalid-when-they-arent/162689/2 "2020-09-01T18:51:28Z")

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Cert looks fine to me…

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/b/9b3c60f6d54b7fd693ec335a7854264ea0e07fd5.png)

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### Author: ![EricGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-bug-shows-ssl-certificates-as-invalid-when-they-arent/162689/5 "2020-09-01T18:56:11Z")

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Thanks.

I don’t know why I am seeing expired certificates on Chrome.

Looking at your example it looks like Microsoft Edge. For Edge I see

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/5/05b52b91673dc8eb2e4481d445a452b8ef05487a.png)

Thanks for the feed back and I will look into this more. If I find something of interest I will update.

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### Author: ![supermathie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/supermathie/32/507518_2.png) [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-bug-shows-ssl-certificates-as-invalid-when-they-arent/162689/6 "2020-09-01T18:57:58Z")

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Short answer: this is a Chrome bug, we’ll post more information about it later.

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### Author: ![EricGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-bug-shows-ssl-certificates-as-invalid-when-they-arent/162689/7 "2020-09-01T18:58:50Z")

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Thanks, will save me some leg work.

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### Author: ![supermathie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/supermathie/32/507518_2.png) [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-bug-shows-ssl-certificates-as-invalid-when-they-arent/162689/8 "2020-09-08T17:44:53Z")

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See: [Chrome / Chromium bug: SSL certificates show incorrect (expired) dates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-chromium-bug-ssl-certificates-show-incorrect-expired-dates/163394)
