Certbot 5.6.0
2026-05-12T08:51:51Z•ad7add5d81c46c11cb0896f7bfe074e452d9be65fcf6b452203d8ce03293ab5e
alpine-3.23certbotcertbot-dns-cloudflarecertbot-dns-ovhdependency-updatedeprecationdns-lexicondockerip-address-certificatespyOpenSSLpython-3.14release-notessnap
What happened
Release notes for Certbot v5.x (most recent v5.6.0) covering dependency bumps, feature additions, deprecations, and bug fixes. Notable items: certbot now requires distro>=1.7 and certbot-dns-cloudflare requires Cloudflare Python lib>=4.0; certbot-dns-ovh snap/docker now properly delete TXT challenge records by requiring dns-lexicon 3.25.1 (fixes leftover TXT records); Docker images rebuilt to use Python 3.14 and Alpine Linux 3.23; added support for IP address issuance and a new --ip-address flag; multiple deprecations and removal of pyOpenSSL-related APIs. No CVEs are disclosed in these notes.
Why it matters
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- Source ID
- certbot_releases
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- ad7add5d81c46c11cb0896f7bfe074e452d9be65fcf6b452203d8ce03293ab5e
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- 2026-05-12T08:51:51Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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