Tail of the log file (/var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log):
2026-09-16 09:40:22,484:INFO:certbot._internal.auth_handler:Cleaning up challenges
2026-09-16 09:40:22,485:DEBUG:certbot._internal.plugins.webroot:Removing /var/www/nextcloud/.well-known/acme-challenge/tScKBFBJwTypFsF5p23hImkxy43Q0BjcC3XZ0OL09fg
2026-09-16 09:40:22,486:DEBUG:certbot._internal.plugins.webroot:All challenges cleaned up
2026-09-16 09:40:22,487:ERROR:certbot._internal.renewal:Failed to renew certificate nc.myproject.org with error: Some challenges have failed.
2026-09-16 09:40:22,499:DEBUG:certbot._internal.renewal:Traceback was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File â/snap/certbot/5892/lib/python3.12/site-packages/certbot/_internal/renewal.pyâ, line 715, in handle_renewal_request
main.renew_cert(lineage_config, plugins, renewal_candidate)
File â/snap/certbot/5892/lib/python3.12/site-packages/certbot/_internal/main.pyâ, line 1551, in renew_cert
renewed_lineage = _get_and_save_cert(le_client, config, lineage=lineage)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File â/snap/certbot/5892/lib/python3.12/site-packages/certbot/_internal/main.pyâ, line 131, in _get_and_save_cert
renewal.renew_cert(config, sans, le_client, lineage)
File â/snap/certbot/5892/lib/python3.12/site-packages/certbot/_internal/renewal.pyâ, line 565, in renew_cert
new_cert, new_chain, new_key, _ = le_client.obtain_certificate(sans, new_key)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File â/snap/certbot/5892/lib/python3.12/site-packages/certbot/_internal/client.pyâ, line 434, in obtain_certificate
orderr = self._get_order_and_authorizations(csr.data, self.config.allow_subset_of_names)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File â/snap/certbot/5892/lib/python3.12/site-packages/certbot/_internal/client.pyâ, line 512, in _get_order_and_authorizations
authzr = self.auth_handler.handle_authorizations(orderr, self.config, best_effort)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File â/snap/certbot/5892/lib/python3.12/site-packages/certbot/_internal/auth_handler.pyâ, line 104, in handle_authorizations
self._poll_authorizations(authzrs, max_retries, max_time_mins, best_effort)
File â/snap/certbot/5892/lib/python3.12/site-packages/certbot/_internal/auth_handler.pyâ, line 208, in _poll_authorizations
raise errors.AuthorizationError(âSome challenges have failed.â)
certbot.errors.AuthorizationError: Some challenges have failed.
2026-09-16 09:40:22,506:DEBUG:certbot._internal.display.obj:Notifying user:
2026-09-16 09:40:22,508:ERROR:certbot._internal.renewal:All simulated renewals failed. The following certificates could not be renewed:
2026-09-16 09:40:22,509:ERROR:certbot._internal.renewal: /etc/letsencrypt/live/nc.myproject.org/fullchain.pem (failure)
2026-09-16 09:40:22,510:DEBUG:certbot._internal.display.obj:Notifying user: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2026-09-16 09:40:22,510:DEBUG:certbot._internal.log:Exiting abnormally:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File â/snap/certbot/5892/bin/certbotâ, line 6, in
sys.exit(main())
^^^^^^
File â/snap/certbot/5892/lib/python3.12/site-packages/certbot/main.pyâ, line 18, in main
return internal_main.main(cli_args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File â/snap/certbot/5892/lib/python3.12/site-packages/certbot/_internal/main.pyâ, line 1889, in main
return config.func(config, plugins)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File â/snap/certbot/5892/lib/python3.12/site-packages/certbot/_internal/main.pyâ, line 1639, in renew
renewal.handle_renewal_request(config)
File â/snap/certbot/5892/lib/python3.12/site-packages/certbot/_internal/renewal.pyâ, line 745, in handle_renewal_request
raise errors.Error(
certbot.errors.Error: 1 renew failure(s), 0 parse failure(s)
2026-09-16 09:40:22,515:ERROR:certbot._internal.log:1 renew failure(s), 0 parse failure(s)