--- title: Blink and you'll miss them: 6-day certificates are here! description: Let's Encrypt now offers 6-day validity certificates through their 'shortlived' profile, accessible via ACME clients like acme.sh. Google Trust Services also... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/wpzgcbkqb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Blink and you'll miss them: 6-day certificates are here! | daily.dev og:description: Let's Encrypt now offers 6-day validity certificates through their 'shortlived' profile, accessible via ACME clients like acme.sh. Google Trust Services also... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/wpzgcbkqb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WpZgcBkqb.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Blink and you'll miss them: 6-day certificates are here! **[NetDevOps](https://daily.dev/sources/netdevops)** · [@cjbaccus](https://daily.dev/cjbaccus) · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Let's Encrypt now offers 6-day validity certificates through their 'shortlived' profile, accessible via ACME clients like acme.sh. Google Trust Services also provides short-lived certificates with configurable validity periods, even down to one day. The shift toward shorter certificate lifespans (with industry moving to 47-day maximum by 2029) emphasizes the importance of automation, as ACME-based certificate renewal makes validity period largely irrelevant once properly configured. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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