OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol) is an Internet protocol used to determine the status of a website's certificate used for secure communications. This article describes how to fix or work around the error message, The OCSP server has no status for the certificate.
For other security-related error messages, see This Connection Is Untrusted.
For other security-related error messages, see Secure connection failed and Firefox did not connect.
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Check settings
Ensure that Firefox has the default settings for OCSP connection failures:
- In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click and then select or , depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button and select .
- Click on the icon to open the Advanced panel.
- Click on the tab.
- Click on . The Certificate Validation window will appear.
- Make sure When an OCSP server connection fails, treat the certificate as invalid is not selected.
- Close the Certificate Validation window.
- Close the page. Any changes you've made will automatically be saved.
Workaround
To work around the OCSP error, you may temporarily disable OCSP certificate validation.
- In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click and then select or , depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button and select .
- Click on the icon to open the Advanced panel.
- Click on the tab.
- Click on . The Certificate Validation window will appear.
- Click Use the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) to confirm the validaty of certificates to un-select it.
- Close the Certificate Validation window.
- Close the page. Any changes you've made will automatically be saved.