# MongoDB Atlas: Atlas is experiencing issues with issuing certificates from Lets Encrypt

- Provider: [MongoDB Atlas](https://outages.cc/mongodb.md)
- Type: Incident
- State: Resolved
- Worst impact: Degraded performance
- Started: 2026-09-11 01:28 UTC
- Resolved: 2026-09-11 03:51 UTC (lasted 2 h 23 min)
- Components: MongoDB Cloud, MongoDB Atlas for Government
- Official update: https://stspg.io/hxqhp3d2p4nt

## Updates from MongoDB Atlas

### resolved, 2026-09-11 03:51 UTC

This incident has been resolved.

### monitoring, 2026-09-11 02:01 UTC

Atlas is seeing elevated errors rates of certificate issuance due to a Let's Encrypt outage (https://letsencrypt.status.io/pages/incident/55957a99e800baa4470002da/6aa35c1d892d7304f2747e01). Free and flex tier cluster provisioning may be delayed.

### investigating, 2026-09-11 01:28 UTC

We are currently investigating issues related to certificate issuing failures with Lets Encrypt. Free and Flex cluster provisioning may be delayed.