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

MongoDB Cloud · mongodb.comImpact: minorResolved2026-09-11 02:01 UTC

Public — what happened

Summary

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.

Timeline

Started — 2026-09-11 01:28 UTC
Last update — 2026-09-11 02:01 UTC
Resolved — 2026-09-11 03:55 UTC

Source of record: provider status page. Mirrored as reported; times in UTC.

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