# SSL certificate not updated

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/ssl-certificate-not-updated/396561
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 19, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ssl-certificate-not-updated/396561 "2026-02-19T23:58:15Z")
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### Author: ![peternlewis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/peternlewis/32/108888_2.png) [@peternlewis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peternlewis)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ssl-certificate-not-updated/396561/1 "2026-02-19T23:58:15Z")

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Damn, so after this last time:

> [@Using old ssl certificate instead of letsencrypt after update?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-old-ssl-certificate-instead-of-letsencrypt-after-update/384758):
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> After an update, Discourse is using what I think is a very old ssl certiciate I used to use long ago instead of a letsencrypt certificate. I believe I used StartCom long long ago, but long since switched to letsencrypt. My app.yml has: templates: - "templates/cron.template.yml" - "templates/postgres.template.yml" - "templates/redis.template.yml" - "templates/sshd.template.yml" - "templates/web.template.yml" - "templates/web.ssl.template.yml" - "templates/web.letsencryp…

I woke up this morning to my site being down because the certificate has expired.

I did a `./launcher rebuild app` and that renewed the certificate so at least my site is back up now, but why is the certificate not being renewed automatically?

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