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

Affected components

• MongoDB Atlas for Government
• MongoDB Cloud

1. resolvedSep 11, 2026, 03:51 UTC

   This incident has been resolved.

2. monitoringSep 11, 2026, 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.

3. investigatingSep 11, 2026, 01:28 UTC

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

What APIStatus.watch saw

• Sep 11, 2026, 03:55 UTCdegraded → operational

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