Acme certificate expiring notice after deletion

[4o4rh]

I used acme to create a duckdns certificate which i no longer need.
i deleted the certificate, under certificate manager, but i keep getting notifications

The following CA/Certificate entries are expiring:
Certificate: DuckDNS-xxxxxxx (68b14b77xxxxx): Expired 86 days ago @ 2026-05-06 03:01:00
The following CA/Certificate entries are expiring:
Certificate: DuckDNS-xxxxxxx (68b14b77xxxxx): Expired 87 days ago @ 2026-05-07 03:01:00

Where is it coming from?

[stephenw10]

Hmm, so it's no longer shown in the cert manager? Or in use by anything? It shouldn't be possible if it's been removed from the manager.

Is the ACME package still showing it?

[4o4rh]

@stephenw10 it's very weird Steve.
The only Acme certificate is the one i currently use for a different system.
The one referenced below was deleted from the Acme one.
I also deleted the entry from duckdns.org.
Under the Certificate Authorities I have two Acmecert CN=R13 and CN=R12,
but I don't think that has anything to do with it.

The following CA/Certificate entries are expiring:
Certificate: DuckDNS-xxxx  (68b14b779xxxx): Expired 86 days ago @ 2026-05-06 03:01:00
The following CA/Certificate entries are expiring:
Certificate: DuckDNS-xxxx (68b14b779xxxx): Expired 87 days ago @ 2026-05-07 03:01:00
The following CA/Certificate entries are expiring:
Certificate: DuckDNS-xxxx (68b14b779xxxx): Expired 88 days ago @ 2026-05-08 03:01:00
The following CA/Certificate entries are expiring:
Certificate: DuckDNS-xxxx (68b14b779xxxx): Expired 89 days ago @ 2026-05-09 03:01:00
The following CA/Certificate entries are expiring:
Certificate: DuckDNSxxxx (68b14b779xxxx): Expired 90 days ago @ 2026-05-10 03:01:00

[stephenw10]

Hmm, check the config file for the the cert reference number. It must still be present somewhere.

[4o4rh]

@stephenw10 which config file pls

[luckman212]

THE config file - it's at /cf/conf/config.xml

or if you want to do it using the GUI, go to Diagnostics → Edit File and then use ctrl+F/cmd+F...

search for <cert> ...

[stephenw10]

The pfSense config file, if you download it from Diag > Backup.

[johnpoz]

@4o4rh said in Acme certificate expiring notice after deletion:

Under the Certificate Authorities I have two Acmecert CN=R13 and CN=R12,

Did you look under just certificates?

[4o4rh]

@johnpoz thanks John, that was it... don't know why I missed that it was blaring in red... expired.

[johnpoz]

@4o4rh yeah guess that could be read as CA Certificates, vs CA and or just Certificates ;)