# HTTP 429 when fetching certificate
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/http-429-when-fetching-certificate/909321
**Category:** Remote Access
**Tags:** server-linux
**Created:** [March 19, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/http-429-when-fetching-certificate/909321 "2025-03-19T00:07:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Nickgee31](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Nickgee31)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/http-429-when-fetching-certificate/909321/1 "2025-03-19T00:07:22Z")
Server Version#: 1.41.5.9522
Hi,
My HTTPS connection doesn’t seem to be working anymore, looking in the logs it seems to be related to a certificate. I’ve seen others have had this reset, is it possible to do the same please?
Thanks in advance
```auto
Mar 19, 2025 00:03:26.149 [139701374765880] DEBUG - CERT: Certificate did not exist, fetching a new one.
Mar 19, 2025 00:03:26.149 [139701374765880] DEBUG - [HCl#1b] HTTP requesting GET https://plex.tv/api/v2/devices/22ba03e1a543f04a7f5e5a2d2356f99ac179426f/certificate/subject
Mar 19, 2025 00:03:26.179 [139701423688504] DEBUG - [HttpClient/HCl#1b] HTTP/1.1 (0.0s) 200 response from GET https://plex.tv/api/v2/devices/22ba03e1a543f04a7f5e5a2d2356f99ac179426f/certificate/subject (reused)
Mar 19, 2025 00:03:26.180 [139701374765880] DEBUG - [HCl#1c] HTTP requesting PUT https://plex.tv/api/v2/devices/22ba03e1a543f04a7f5e5a2d2356f99ac179426f/certificate/csr?reason=missing&invalidIn=0
Mar 19, 2025 00:03:26.214 [139701423688504] DEBUG - [HttpClient/HCl#1c] HTTP/1.1 (0.0s) 429 response from PUT https://plex.tv/api/v2/devices/22ba03e1a543f04a7f5e5a2d2356f99ac179426f/certificate/csr?reason=missing&invalidIn=0 (reused)
Mar 19, 2025 00:03:26.214 [139701374765880] ERROR - CERT: Error acquiring new certificate: Failed to upload CSR: 429,
```
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### Author:  [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/http-429-when-fetching-certificate/909321/2 "2025-03-19T00:49:16Z")
@Nickgee31
“429” is Plex.tv telling you there are too many requests in too short a period.
1. Stop PMS so it will calm down
2. Look at Preferences.xml to confirm you don’t have a null PlexOnlineToken
I did look at your account.
You have a “Plex” server which was seen about 40 minutes ago (as I post this)
It does have a certificate which is ok.
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### Author:  [@Nickgee31](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Nickgee31)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/http-429-when-fetching-certificate/909321/3 "2025-03-19T00:57:55Z")
Hey,
Thanks for taking a look! I have been migrating from one server to another today and it seems maybe I requested too many. I’ve shut the server down now and will turn it back on in a few hours to see if the error has gone.
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### Author:  [@Nickgee31](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Nickgee31)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2025, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/http-429-when-fetching-certificate/909321/5 "2025-03-19T09:03:17Z")
Hi @ChuckPa
I left my server offline for around 6 hours and just started up again but still seeing this in the logs:
```auto
Mar 19, 2025 07:47:16.764 [140695287786296] DEBUG - CERT: Certificate did not exist, fetching a new one.
Mar 19, 2025 07:47:16.764 [140695287786296] DEBUG - [HCl#1b] HTTP requesting GET https://plex.tv/api/v2/devices/22ba03e1a543f04a7f5e5a2d2356f99ac179426f/certificate/subject
Mar 19, 2025 07:47:16.797 [140695336643384] DEBUG - [HttpClient/HCl#1b] HTTP/1.1 (0.0s) 200 response from GET https://plex.tv/api/v2/devices/22ba03e1a543f04a7f5e5a2d2356f99ac179426f/certificate/subject (reused)
Mar 19, 2025 07:47:16.798 [140695287786296] DEBUG - [HCl#1c] HTTP requesting PUT https://plex.tv/api/v2/devices/22ba03e1a543f04a7f5e5a2d2356f99ac179426f/certificate/csr?reason=missing&invalidIn=0
Mar 19, 2025 07:47:16.823 [140695311137592] DEBUG - [JobRunner] Job running: /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/CrashUploader "--directory=/config/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Crash Reports/1.41.5.9522-a96edc606" --version=1.41.5.9522-a96edc606 --platform=Linux --platformVersion=5.15.0-134-generic --serverUuid=[REMOVED] --userId=[REMOVED] --sentryUrl=https://o17675.ingest.sentry.io/api/1233455/ --sentryKey=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --vendor=Docker --model=x86_64 "--device=Docker Container"
Mar 19, 2025 07:47:16.823 [140695311137592] DEBUG - [JobRunner] Jobs: Starting child process with pid 378
Mar 19, 2025 07:47:16.829 [140695371950904] DEBUG - Jobs: '/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/CrashUploader' exit code for process 378 is 0 (success)
Mar 19, 2025 07:47:16.830 [140695336643384] DEBUG - [HttpClient/HCl#1c] HTTP/1.1 (0.0s) 429 response from PUT https://plex.tv/api/v2/devices/22ba03e1a543f04a7f5e5a2d2356f99ac179426f/certificate/csr?reason=missing&invalidIn=0 (reused)
Mar 19, 2025 07:47:16.830 [140695287786296] ERROR - CERT: Error acquiring new certificate: Failed to upload CSR: 429,
```
My preferences.xml file does contain a PlexOnlineToken and also CertificateUUID. Certificate version is also ‘2’.
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### Author:  [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/http-429-when-fetching-certificate/909321/6 "2025-03-19T17:22:33Z")
@Nickgee31
Restart it.
The certificate was all funky and Plex.tv + your server got confused
When I first looked at it, it was OK (which is confusing. I will follow up internally)
I reset the whole lot of it and started over with all new certificate
Please let me know if it behaves now.
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### Author:  [@Nickgee31](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Nickgee31)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/http-429-when-fetching-certificate/909321/7 "2025-03-19T18:06:32Z")
Hi @ChuckPa
That’s all looking good now, thank you so much for your help!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/http-429-when-fetching-certificate/909321/8 "2025-06-17T18:07:06Z")
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