# HTTP 429 when fetching certificate

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/http-429-when-fetching-certificate/906054
**Category:** Plex Media Server
**Tags:** server-windows
**Created:** [February 18, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/http-429-when-fetching-certificate/906054 "2025-02-18T14:55:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![torokb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@torokb](https://forums.plex.tv/u/torokb)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/http-429-when-fetching-certificate/906054/1 "2025-02-18T14:55:45Z")

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Server Version#: v1.41.4.9463-630c9f557

Hi,

My HTTPS connection not working, because my server not have certificate. I get the following lines in the log:

```auto
Feb 18, 2025 15:19:30.011 [11612] DEBUG - CERT: Certificate did not exist, fetching a new one.
Feb 18, 2025 15:19:30.012 [11612] DEBUG - [HCl#1d] HTTP requesting GET https://plex.tv/api/v2/devices/0650e818328a3221f7f8a7f11ea3fa51c1db79bb/certificate/subject
Feb 18, 2025 15:19:30.087 [4028] DEBUG - [HttpClient/HCl#1d] HTTP/1.1 (0.1s) 200 response from GET https://plex.tv/api/v2/devices/0650e818328a3221f7f8a7f11ea3fa51c1db79bb/certificate/subject (reused)
Feb 18, 2025 15:19:30.299 [11612] DEBUG - [HCl#1e] HTTP requesting PUT https://plex.tv/api/v2/devices/0650e818328a3221f7f8a7f11ea3fa51c1db79bb/certificate/csr?reason=missing&invalidIn=0
Feb 18, 2025 15:19:30.358 [4028] DEBUG - [HttpClient/HCl#1e] HTTP/1.1 (0.1s) 429 response from PUT https://plex.tv/api/v2/devices/0650e818328a3221f7f8a7f11ea3fa51c1db79bb/certificate/csr?reason=missing&invalidIn=0 (reused)
Feb 18, 2025 15:19:30.358 [11612] ERROR - CERT: Error acquiring new certificate: Failed to upload CSR: 429, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<errors>
  <error code="1003" message="API rate limit exceeded" status="429"/>
</errors>

```

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### Author: ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/http-429-when-fetching-certificate/906054/2 "2025-02-21T01:25:58Z")

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@torokb

I have reset your certificate.

Stop Plex.  
Let it stay off for 20 minutes.  
Start Plex

It should get a new certificate.  
If not, please message me and I will look again at Plex.tv

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### Author: ![torokb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@torokb](https://forums.plex.tv/u/torokb)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2025, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/http-429-when-fetching-certificate/906054/3 "2025-02-21T07:24:29Z")

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Thank you!  
It’s working!

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### Author: ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2025, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/http-429-when-fetching-certificate/906054/4 "2025-05-22T07:25:16Z")

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