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Bugzilla #1630040 Certificate Problem Report

Google Trust Services: OCSP serving issue 2020-04-09

RESOLVED FIXED Google Trust Services LLC
AI Summary

Google Trust Services experienced an OCSP serving issue from April 8 to April 9, 2020, where empty OCSP data was served, leading to unauthorized responses. The problem was detected through monitoring, and the root cause was identified quickly. Safeguards have since been implemented to prevent recurrence. The affected CAs were primarily used for custom certificate issuance, and no significant certificate issuance occurred during the incident.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 21:20 UTC Confidence: 0.90
Chronology
  1. Scheduled system update begins
  2. Incorrect OCSP archives generated
  3. First production monitoring alert fires
  4. Monitoring confirms all probes are passing
Participants
Andy Warner Ryan Sleevi
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