Let’s Encrypt ends certificate expiry emails to cut costs, boost privacy

Let's Encrypt announced it has discontinued email notifications for imminent certificate expirations as of June 4, 2025, citing high operational costs, privacy concerns from retaining email-address data, and the widespread adoption of ACME-based automated renewal. The post urges users to adopt automation or external alerting to avoid unexpected expirations as certificate lifetimes shorten and manual management becomes impractical.