> That's like saying "why does the government expire my passport/driver's license when I haven't changed my name". That's not how it works; the document is stamped valid for a specific amount of time, and you get a new document with a new expiration time when you renew it.
Because certificate lifetimes need to be determined when they’re issued. They aren’t dynamic and so can’t be changed in response to whether an acme challenge file exists.
