Server Version#: 1.43.1.10611 Server name: Plex OS: Windows 10/11 Log excerpt: May 15, 2026 18:59:41.545 ERROR - CERT: Error acquiring new certificate: Failed to upload CSR: 429 Could a moderator please reset the rate limit on my account? @ChuckPa @BigWheel

Same Here, 429 Rate Limit request reset

Server Version#: v1.43.1.10611-1e34174b1 Machine Identifier: c83a5daba59d120134fbfe2d8eddc5853ebf843a Same 429 CSR issue. LAN access works, remote access broken. Log shows: CERT: Error acquiring new certificate: Failed to upload CSR: 429 @ChuckPa @BigWheel @OttoKerner — could one of you please r…

I am retired as of February. I no longer have access to certificates.

I am having the same issue. I just spent 4 hours looking through all of this and it’s still the same. I have tried removing the cert-v2.p12 file from the Cache folder, and the Remote Access shows a green checkmark, but I am getting the same CERT: Error 429 as above (API rate limit exceeded).

Same issue here. 429 API rate limit exceeded retrieving updated SSL Cert. [mod edit: Your certificate is valid and has been successfully renewed a few hours ago.]

I am having this issue as well, so whatever magic needs to happen, I would appreciate it if someone could work it on my account also! ERROR - CERT: Error acquiring new certificate: Failed to upload CSR: 429 [mod edit: please stop and restart your server now.] EDIT: All set now, thank you!!!

Thank you. Confirmed my server renewed its cert overnight last night and was working externally this morning again. Are these certificates supposed to renew 30 days before expiration like standard let’s encrypt stuff? I am wondering what the threshold is for “uh oh this is broken” before we get to …

[image] GldRush98: Are these certificates supposed to renew 30 days before expiration like standard let’s encrypt stuff? They are valid for ~90 days. I actually don’t know how far in advance they get renewed. But I assume it’s quite shortly before they elapse. The issue here is not that they…

And what has Plex done to insure this doesn’t happen yet again? This was an issue 6 months ago. It’s an issue today. Is it going to still be an issue 6 months from now? It seems like monitoring your api end point for 429 error would be an extremely simple mitigation for at least the time being… …

Certificate stuck on 429 rate limit - request reset

Plex Media Server

OttoKerner May 16, 2026, 8:44am 13

All the other posters in here: I have reset your server certificates. They were stuck during their automated renewal process.
Please stop and restart your server(s) now.

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