Guide · updated November 15, 2026

Let’s Encrypt stopped expiry emails: how to get reminders now

Let’s Encrypt stopped sending “your certificate expires soon” emails on June 4, 2025.[Let's Encrypt 1 (Let's Encrypt — Expiration Notification Service Has Ended (Jun 26, 2025)), 2 (Let's Encrypt — Ending Support for Expiration Notification Emails (Jan 22, 2025))] With shorter certificates coming (64 days from February 10, 2027), a failed renewal now gives you less time to notice. Here are the free options first.

Why they stopped

Let’s Encrypt gives four reasons: more subscribers have reliable automation; keeping millions of email addresses linked to issuance records conflicts with its privacy goals; the service cost tens of thousands of dollars a year; and it added complexity. It deleted the stored addresses.[Let's Encrypt]

Free ways to get reminders

1. Red Sift Certificates Lite: recommended by Let’s Encrypt, free for up to 250 certificates.[Let's Encrypt 1 (Let's Encrypt — Expiration Notification Service Has Ended (Jun 26, 2025)), 2 (Let's Encrypt — Monitoring Service Options)]
2. Other services on Let’s Encrypt’s list: UptimeRobot, Datadog SSL Monitoring, TrackSSL, Host-Tracker, HeyOnCall (self-hosted scripts), CertKit, CertObserver and Chill SSL. Let’s Encrypt notes these are unaffiliated and listed for information only; check each one’s free tier yourself.[Let's Encrypt]
3. Your provider’s own notices: for example, Cloudflare emails 30 and 14 days before an uploaded custom certificate expires, Namecheap emails 30 days before a manual reissue is due, and Kinsta emails 30 days before its free certificate expires if renewal can’t proceed.[Cloudflare; Namecheap; Kinsta]

Better than reminders: make renewal automatic

Let’s Encrypt recommends that your systems have monitoring that alerts you if certificates aren’t renewed when expected, alongside automated renewal.[Let's Encrypt] Run the checker to see whether your renewals look automated today.