Error map
SEC_ERROR_EXPIRED_CERTIFICATE Firefox: Peer's Certificate has expired. Error code: SEC_ERROR_EXPIRED_CERTIFICATE
SSL / TLS · layer 2, Network
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Directly related (7)
NET::ERR_CERT_DATE_INVALID (certificate expired)
The site’s certificate has expired (or isn’t valid yet) — or the device clock is wrong.
Old clients: certificate has expired — Let's Encrypt chain uses expired DST Root CA X3 (OpenSSL 1.0.x, Android < 7.1.1)
Older systems fail to validate Let's Encrypt certificates because their trust store lacks ISRG Root X1 and relies on the expired…
Apache: [ssl:warn] AH01909: example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
Apache's SSL virtual host name does not match any name inside the certificate it loads.
Firefox: Secure Connection Failed — SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length. Error code: SSL_ERROR_RX_RECORD_TOO_LONG
Firefox sent a TLS handshake but received plain HTTP back — you used `https://` on a port that serves HTTP.
Firefox: Websites prove their identity via certificates — the certificate is only valid for other names. Error code: SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN
The certificate does not include the hostname you typed.
OpenSSL: verify error:num=10:certificate has expired — notAfter=Jan 1 00:00:00 2025 GMT
OpenSSL's verification found a certificate in the chain whose validity period has ended.
Let's Encrypt: Fetching http://example.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/token: Timeout during connect (likely firewall problem)
The ACME validation server could not reach your server on port 80 within the timeout.
Two steps away (21)
Cloudflare Error 526: Invalid SSL Certificate
With SSL mode Full (strict), the origin’s certificate is expired, self-signed, or doesn’t match the hostname.
javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: PKIX path building failed: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
Java doesn’t trust the server’s certificate chain (self-signed, corporate proxy CA, or missing intermediate).
QuotaExceededError: Failed to execute 'setItem' on 'Storage': Setting the value exceeded the quota
localStorage/sessionStorage is full (about 5 MB per origin) or storage is disabled.
OpenSSL: error:num=20:unable to get local issuer certificate / SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED
The client could not build a chain from the server's certificate to a CA it trusts — the issuer is missing locally or the server…
Let's Encrypt: urn:ietf:params:acme:error:rateLimited :: too many certificates (5) already issued for this exact set of identifiers in the last 168 hours
You hit a Let's Encrypt rate limit — too many certificates, failed validations or new orders in a period.
Certbot: Detail: DNS problem: NXDOMAIN looking up A for www.example.com - check that a DNS record exists for this domain
Let's Encrypt could not resolve the domain you asked a certificate for; no A/AAAA record exists.
ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS with Cloudflare (Flexible SSL redirect loop)
The page redirects to itself forever — classic cause: Cloudflare SSL mode “Flexible” while the origin redirects HTTP to HTTPS.
ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH on a Cloudflare site (certificate not issued / multi-level subdomain)
Cloudflare has no edge certificate for the hostname — the Universal SSL cert is still pending, or the hostname is a second-level…
NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID with a Cloudflare Origin Certificate (record not proxied)
Cloudflare Origin CA certificates are only trusted by Cloudflare — visitors reaching the origin directly (grey-cloud record, dire…
ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR (This site can't provide a secure connection)
The browser couldn’t negotiate TLS — the server sent an invalid response, often plain HTTP on the HTTPS port.
OpenSSL: error:1408F10B:SSL routines:ssl3_get_record:wrong version number
The peer did not answer with a TLS record — you spoke TLS to a plain HTTP/SMTP port (or the reverse), or a proxy intervened.
OpenSSL: error:14094410 / SSL alert number 70 — tlsv1 alert protocol version
The server rejected the TLS version your client offered, because it requires a newer (or older) protocol.
NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID: Your connection is not private (certificate is for a different domain)
The certificate presented doesn’t include the hostname you visited — e.g. visiting www.example.com with a certificate only for ex…
curl: (51) SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name 'example.com'
The certificate's names (SANs) don't include the host curl connected to.
OpenSSL: SSL alert number 112 — tlsv1 unrecognized name
The server did not recognise the hostname sent in SNI and rejected the handshake (or an alert/warning is logged).
Error: error:0308010C:digital envelope routines::unsupported
An old build tool (webpack 4, old react-scripts) uses a hash algorithm that OpenSSL 3 in Node 17+ disables.
OpenSSL: unable to load certificate / PEM routines:get_name:no start line (key values mismatch)
OpenSSL (or Nginx/Apache) couldn’t read the certificate or key — wrong file format, wrong file, or the key doesn’t match the cert…
OpenSSL/Nginx/Apache: error:0909006C:PEM routines:get_name:no start line / unable to load Private Key
The server or tool cannot read the private key file — wrong format, encrypted with a passphrase, wrong path, or a certificate pas…
Cloudflare Error 1020: Access Denied
A Cloudflare firewall/WAF custom rule blocked the request — the visitor’s IP, country, user agent or request pattern matched a bl…
ssh: connect to host x port 22: Connection timed out
SSH packets get no reply — a firewall/security group drops them, the server is off, or the IP is wrong.
connect: No route to host (EHOSTUNREACH)
The destination host isn’t reachable — it’s down, on another subnet without routing, or a firewall rejects with “host unreachable…
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