Tuesday, November 3, 2020
The PACER Service Center will disable TLS 1.1 on November 15, 2020. Their servers will refuse connections using TLS 1.1 and lower from that date.
- If your website relies at all on TLS 1.1 or lower, you should disable it and transition to TLS 1.2 or above. This will help avoid future service interruptions and potential data loss.
- Users who attempt to connect to the PACER websites with a browser that does not support TLS 1.2 or higher will be required to upgrade.
- Developers using APIs or other web services connections from resources that do not use TLS 1.2 or higher also must take action.
If you have any questions, please contact the PACER Service Center at pacer@psc.uscourts.gov or (800) 676-6856.
Note: To ensure that your scripts and processes continue to work, you may test them on the QA site, https://qa.pacer.gov/. If you do not have a QA account, you may register for one by clicking Register for an Account on the PACER website. You may skip the credit card portion of the registration—there is no charge for searches in QA. Your QA account will be activated overnight.