League of Legends players worldwide couldn't login for hours because Riot forgot to renew the client's SSL certificate—just like it did 10 years ago

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League of Legends players are shocked at the reason servers went down today

League of Legends servers went down on January 4th, 2026 and it was for a pretty embarrassing reason on Riot's end.

League of Legends was completely down yesterday unless you reset your system clock, because Riot forgot to update a security certificate

Many League of Legends players around the world found themselves unshackled from Riot's hit MOBA recently when it became ...