SSL Renewal Check

Website platform · checked November 15, 2026

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

Renews automatically

Vercel’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

  • Vercel uses Let's Encrypt and attempts renewal 14 to 30 days before expiry. Team owners are notified of failed renewals.[Vercel]

What doesn’t

  • Certificates you upload yourself aren't renewed by Vercel.[Vercel]

When it renews

14–30 days before expiry.[Vercel]

What to do, and by when

  1. February 10, 2027 · In 87 days
    Let's Encrypt default certificates drop to 64 days[Let's Encrypt 1, 2]
    Nothing to do for Vercel-issued certificates.

Steps

  1. In the project's Domains settings, check each domain's configuration status.
  2. Keep CAA and DNS records compatible with Let's Encrypt validation.

Your options, free first

  1. Free: switch back to Vercel’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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Questions

When does Vercel renew certificates?

Vercel says it attempts renewal 14 to 30 days before expiry.

Sources

Facts on this page last checked November 15, 2026.