SSL Renewal Check

Website platform · checked November 15, 2026

Is Netlify ready for 100-day and 47-day certificates?

Renews automatically

Netlify’s own certificates renew automatically, so the shorter lifetimes (100 days from March 15, 2027, 47 days from March 15, 2029) are handled for you, with the exceptions below.

What renews automatically

  • Netlify uses Let's Encrypt. Certificates are generated and renewed automatically as needed.[Netlify]

What doesn’t

  • Custom certificates: Netlify can't renew them. You renew at your CA and install again.[Netlify]

When it renews

Unknown: Netlify doesn’t say how far ahead it renews.

What to do, and by when

  1. March 15, 2027 · In 120 days
    Maximum certificate lifetime drops to 100 days[CA/Browser Forum 1, 2]
    If you use a custom certificate, consider switching to Netlify's automatic certificate.

Steps

  1. In Netlify, open Domain management > HTTPS and check whether the certificate is Netlify's or custom.
  2. For a custom certificate, note its expiry or switch to the automatic certificate.

Your options, free first

  1. Free: switch back to Netlify’s own free certificate, which renews automatically.
  2. An automated paid certificate, if you need a paid one (for example OV/EV): choose a seller whose certificates install themselves (ACME or an install agent).
    • Namecheap SSL (with SSL Manager / SSL Proxy automation)[Namecheap]
  3. A host with built-in automatic SSL, if your current host can’t automate:
    • Hostinger (free Lifetime SSL on web, cloud and agency plans)[Hostinger]

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Not published by Netlify

  • How far ahead Netlify renews: not stated.

We re-check these every month.

Questions

Does Netlify renew custom certificates?

No. Netlify says it can't renew custom certificates automatically.

Sources

Facts on this page last checked November 15, 2026.