100-day certificates are coming. Renewing by hand isn’t an option.
Public TLS certificate lifetimes are dropping to 100 days in 2027 — and 47 by 2029. CertiNext automates discovery, issuance, renewal and retirement across your entire estate, so shorter certificates never mean more work or more outages.
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Maximum public TLS certificate lifetime, by CA/Browser Forum phase — and shrinking.
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The rules for public TLS certificates have changed — permanently
In August 2026, the CA/Browser Forum confirmed a fixed, browser-enforced schedule that cuts the maximum lifetime of a public TLS certificate in stages. This is not a recommendation — a non-compliant certificate is distrusted by browsers, which for any public-facing service means an outage.
The maximum lifetime, in four phases
Domain-control validation reuse contracts on the same timeline — to just a 10-day window by 2029. Organisations must replace certificates far more often and re-prove domain control almost continuously.
398 days
Today — previous maximum
Until Mar 2026
200 days
Phase 1 — current
15 March 2026 (in force)
100 days
Phase 2 — the mandate
15 March 2027
47 days
Phase 3 — future state
15 March 2029
100 days is the mandate enterprises must hit first — 47 days is the automation bar CertiNext already clears.
Turn a compliance deadline into a non-event
Zero certificate outages
Automated renewal replaces every certificate before it expires — no missed renewals, no services going dark on an expired cert.
Effortless at any lifetime
Whether certificates last 100 days or 47, automation absorbs the frequency. Shorter lifetimes stop meaning more manual work.
Stronger security posture
Shorter-lived, continuously validated certificates shrink the window a compromised certificate can be abused — automated end to end.
Lower cost and risk
Eliminate emergency renewals, audit findings and the headcount that manual tracking demands across a growing certificate estate.
One vendor that both issues and automates your certificates
Automation
- Automated discovery of every certificate across your network — including shadow and forgotten certs
- ACME-based auto-issuance and renewal, before expiry
- Multi-CA connectors — manage all your certificate authorities from one console
- Centralised monitoring, proactive alerts and a full audit trail
- Post-quantum-ready by design
Trust
- Globally trusted, WebTrust-audited Certificate Authority
- EAL4+ assured; QTSP status in the UAE and Qatar
- Publicly trusted TLS, private PKI, code-signing and more
- Auditor-ready issuance from a single accountable partner
CertiNext controls the lifecycle end to end.
Supports more than emSign — CertiNext integrates with any certificate authority.
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Analyst recognition
Featured in Gartner Peer Insights for Certificate Lifecycle Management, with strong enterprise ratings.
Security & compliance
WebTrust-audited CA operations and EAL4+ assurance underpin every certificate issued.
Trust & regulatory standards
QTSP status in the UAE and Qatar; CCA-licensed in India; aligned to CA/Browser Forum and NIST.
Why enterprises choose CertiNext for the 100-day era
Compliance & risk management
- Stay ahead of every CA/Browser Forum deadline automatically
- Full audit trail and reporting for compliance teams
Scalable deployment
- Container-native; runs on-premise, private cloud or edge
- Scales from thousands to millions of certificates
Single-vendor simplicity
- Issuance and automation from one accountable partner
- One trust chain, one support relationship, one roadmap
Get ready for 100 days
A practical guide to the mandate, the scale problem, and a readiness checklist.
Everything security and infrastructure teams need to plan the move to 100-day certificates — in one download.
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100 Days
The readiness guide for the CA/Browser Forum mandate
The 100-Day Certificate Countdown — what changes and how to prepare.
The full breakdown of the CA/Browser Forum schedule, what it costs to ignore, and how to get ahead of it.
ReadSee exactly where you stand before March 2027
Most enterprises underestimate their certificate count — often badly. Run a free certificate discovery and expiry audit to surface your true exposure, then automate it with CertiNext.
Frequently asked questions
The maximum lifetime falls to 100 days on 15 March 2027, following the 200-day limit in force since March 2026, and precedes a 47-day maximum from March 2029.
The CA/Browser Forum, whose Baseline Requirements are enforced by every major browser and operating system, making compliance effectively mandatory.
The mandate covers publicly trusted TLS certificates, but the discipline it forces — automated discovery and renewal — is best applied across the whole estate, internal certificates included.
Start with certificate discovery to map your estate, then automate renewal with ACME. CertiNext delivers discovery, renewal, monitoring and retirement in one platform.
eMudhra both issues (emSign) and automates (CertiNext) certificates — one trust chain and one accountable partner, with post-quantum readiness built in.