# The "too many certificates" error
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-too-many-certificates-error/413078
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** letsencrypt
**Created:** [September 23, 2026, 1:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-too-many-certificates-error/413078 "2026-09-23T01:21:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@agemo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/agemo)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2026, 1:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-too-many-certificates-error/413078/1 "2026-09-23T01:21:56Z")
I think this is killing a discourse instance. It’s not getting past the _“Oops…”_ heavy load message.
```plaintext
Create new order error. Le_OrderFinalize not found. {
"type": "urn:ietf:params:acme:error:rateLimited",
"detail": "too many certificates (5) already issued for this exact set of identifiers in the last 168h0m0s, retry after ....
```
I see others have encountered this for whatever reason, but is there solution?
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2026, 3:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-too-many-certificates-error/413078/2 "2026-09-23T03:35:26Z")
I think you’d just need to wait a few hours and try again. IIRC the rate limit resets on an hourly basis. You could also request for a `www` prefix on the domain to get a new cert and reset the count.
> [@Need help with dual container. Issue with LetsEncrypt for a few days now](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-with-dual-container-issue-with-letsencrypt-for-a-few-days-now/411097/2):
>
> What I’d probably recommend is to add www to the hostname so you get certs for both (but maybe you already did that, so you could add a third name, just to get a new cert).
>
> [Set up Let’s Encrypt with multiple domains / redirects](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-let-s-encrypt-with-multiple-domains-redirects/56685/1) is supposed to help.