An error has occurred, error message: An error occurred while requesting an order, error message: Client error: POST https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/acme/new-order resulted in a 429 Too Many Requests response: { “type”: “urn:ietf:params:acme:error:rateLimited”, “detail”: "too many certificates (5) already issued for this exa (truncated…)
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Heya, @7a73830df6b84115a74bfc25a7f787
You’ve hit Let’s Encrypt’s duplicate certificate rate limit — max 5 certificates per exact same set of domains in 7 days.
The 429 too many certificates already issued for this exact set error means you must wait for the cooldown period (revoking/deleting won’t reset it).
To avoid this next time:
• Don’t repeatedly click “Create SSL” if issuance is failing
• Verify DNS A/AAAA records point correctly before retrying
• Make sure /.well-known/acme-challenge/ is publicly reachable
• Use Let’s Encrypt staging while troubleshooting
If you need HTTPS immediately, you can temporarily request a cert for a slightly different hostname set (e.g., only example.com instead of example.com + www).
Hope that this helps!
Hi there,
That error means Let’s Encrypt rate limited your requests. They only allow a certain number of certificates per domain within a specific time window (usually 5 per 7 days), so if multiple SSL requests were triggered, new ones will fail with the 429 error.
What you can do:
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Wait for the rate limit window to reset (typically up to 7 days).
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Check CloudPanel to make sure it’s not repeatedly requesting certificates.
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Verify your domain/DNS configuration before retrying so it doesn’t fail again.
You can also check Let’s Encrypt rate limits here: https://letsencrypt.org/docs/rate-limits/
If you share your setup (domain + CloudPanel config), someone can help you troubleshoot further.
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