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title: Certificate events
description: PingFederate sends email notifications for the creation, update, and expiration of certificates.
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# Certificate events

PingFederate sends email notifications for the creation, update, and expiration of certificates.

PingFederate also sends email notifications for the creation and activation of new pending certificates when automatic rotation for self-signed certificates is enabled in the **Security > Certificate & Key Management > Signing & Decryption Keys & Certificates** window. It sends notifications to the email address that has been configured for certificate events on the **Runtime Notifications** window.

| Email subject and template file name                                               | Event                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Action                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| A PingFederate Certificate Is About to Expiremessage-template-cert-warning.html    | A certificate is about to expire.PingFederate generates a notification based on settings defined on the **Runtime Notifications** window\.The message includes the details of the certificate and the connections associated with it.                                                                                                                       | Create a new certificate and work with the applicable partners to update the expiring certificate.If a self-signed certificate is used for signing or decryption, consider enabling certificate rotation while creating the new certificate.For a clustered PingFederate environment, replicate the configuration using the administrative console. |
| A PingFederate Certificate Has Expiredmessage-template-cert-expire.html            | A certificate expired.PingFederate generates a notification upon the expiration of a certificate.The message includes the details and the connections associated with the certificate.                                                                                                                                                                      | Create a new certificate and work with the applicable partners to update the expiring certificate.If a self-signed certificate is used for signing or decryption, consider enabling certificate rotation while creating the new certificate.For a clustered PingFederate environment, replicate the configuration using the administrative console. |
| A New PingFederate Certificate Has Been Createdmessage-template-cert-rotation.html | A new pending certificate has been created for signing or decryption.PingFederate generates a notification when a new pending certificate is created.The message includes the details of the current certificate, the details of the new certificate, the activation date, and the connections that will be affected when the new certificate is activated. | Work with the applicable partners to update the expiring certificate.PingFederate supports providing metadata for Browser SSO connections.For a clustered PingFederate environment, replicate the configuration using the administrative console.                                                                                                   |
| A PingFederate Certificate Has Been Updatedmessage-template-cert-deactivation.html | A new certificate for signing or decryption is activated.PingFederate generates a notification when the new certificate is activated.The message includes the details of the new certificate and the affected connections.                                                                                                                                  | None, unless the applicable partners have not been notified or configuration has not been replicated in a clustered PingFederate environment.                                                                                                                                                                                                       |