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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0001592Main CAcert Websitecertificate issuingpublic2026-08-03 16:50
ReporterL10N Assigned To 
PriorityimmediateSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status newResolutionopen 
PlatformMain CAcert WebsiteOSN/AOS Versionstable
Summary0001592: Cert issuing issue
DescriptionCerts can / cannot been issued / renewed.
Steps To ReproduceERROR
When I try to create a new client certificate at https://www.cacert.org/account.php?id=3, I receive the following error
message:
"I didn't receive a valid Certificate Request, hit the back button and try again."

Even I followed before the link "Here is a link to that procedure.
and copied the CSR created at https://community.cacert.org/clientcert to the form.
Additional InformationNO ERROR
but on https://www.cacert.org/account.php?id=5 I can still renew old certificates
Tagsblock, ca-cacert, certificates, client certificate, client certificate generation webapp, CSR
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L10N

2026-08-02 09:05

reporter   ~0006368

CAcert.org Zuwachs in den letzten 12 Monaten
Datum Neue Benutzer Neue Assurer Neue Zertifikate
2026-08 0 0 0
2026-07 41 0 0
2026-06 55 0 0
2026-05 38 0 0
2026-04 7 0 0
2026-03 0 0 0
2026-02 114 0 220
2026-01 80 1 290
2025-12 96 0 274
2025-11 141 0 316

Is this true: no certs since 03/2026 or is the statistic broken?

L10N

2026-08-02 09:12

reporter   ~0006369

first e-mail at cacert-support@lists.cacert.org 28-04-2026, followed by others in May and June, but never a bug postet.

L10N

2026-08-03 16:49

reporter   ~0006372

Information from Support (2. Aug. 2026):
Dirk can see the OTRS tickets, and some were discussed on the Matrix chat.
I know that
1. WoT and the signer are still located in Ede,
2. CATS is down,
3. all other services incl. OTRS run on an emergency system at Dirk's home, and
4. the email server don't send to the most of servers die to a flaw in the CAcert's DNS, so the mail server is considered as an insecure one. OTRS mailings work.
I think the system in Ede should be repaired, and the emergency system content should be copied there. Also the certs issuing should be fixed.

L10N

2026-08-03 16:50

reporter   ~0006373

Information from Support (3. Aug 2026):
in the OTRS I can see about 5 users/members complaining that no cert can be issued, and there is about 5 other members who cannot create account or add an email address.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2026-08-02 09:01 L10N New Issue
2026-08-02 09:01 L10N Tag Attached: block
2026-08-02 09:01 L10N Tag Attached: ca-cacert
2026-08-02 09:01 L10N Tag Attached: certificates
2026-08-02 09:01 L10N Tag Attached: client certificate
2026-08-02 09:01 L10N Tag Attached: client certificate generation webapp
2026-08-02 09:01 L10N Tag Attached: CSR
2026-08-02 09:05 L10N Note Added: 0006368
2026-08-02 09:12 L10N Note Added: 0006369
2026-08-03 16:49 L10N Note Added: 0006372
2026-08-03 16:50 L10N Note Added: 0006373