# Is the API down

**URL:** <http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/is-the-api-down/6966>\
**Category:** API Issues\
**Created:** [October 10, 2023, 9:59am UTC](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/is-the-api-down/6966 "2023-10-10T09:59:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![phillips\_chris](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@phillips\_chris](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/u/phillips_chris)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 9:59am UTC](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/is-the-api-down/6966/1 "2023-10-10T09:59:40Z")

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This morning we seem to have problems using the API, i.e. nothing comes back not even an error message. How is it for anyone else?

Thanks,  
Chris

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**Author:** ![phillips\_chris](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@phillips\_chris](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/u/phillips_chris)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 10:09am UTC](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/is-the-api-down/6966/2 "2023-10-10T10:09:33Z")

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Hi, Looks like we have a Certificate Validation failure, so our problem.  
Chris

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**Author:** ![sanjaykumar.patel](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@sanjaykumar.patel](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/u/sanjaykumar.patel)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 10:19am UTC](http://forum.companieshouse.gov.uk/t/is-the-api-down/6966/3 "2023-10-10T10:19:20Z")

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Company House has updated the intermediary certificate. Please update this new certificate at your end if this is failing with SSL error. We did same at our end and API is working now