# SSL.com — TLS certificate maximum validity by Certificate Authority: what each CA actually issues today

For SSL.com, maximum validity (days) is 198; still issuing tls certificates is yes; notes is SSL.com issues 198 days, or the remaining duration of the certificate order, whichever is shorter; previously issued for 396 days. A purchase still represents a 12-month license period fulfilled through reissued 198-day certificates. The change took effect March 11, 2026, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **Certificate Authority:** SSL.com _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum validity (days):** 198 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Still issuing TLS certificates:** yes _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Notes:** SSL.com issues 198 days, or the remaining duration of the certificate order, whichever is shorter; previously issued for 396 days. A purchase still represents a 12-month license period fulfilled through reissued 198-day certificates. The change took effect March 11, 2026. _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> To comply with the new requirement, SSL now issues certificates for 198 days, or the remaining duration of the certificate order, whichever is shorter.

## Source

- https://www.ssl.com/blog/ssl-certificate-validity/

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2026-09-17.
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