Has anyone else encountered this issue?
Yes, this appears to be a global problem. According to
this blog post:
PokerStars School is currently experiencing technical issues; we are working on solutions on how to fix these issues & will keep you updated below. We appreciate your support.
In the meantime, if you have any questions please post them on our Discord channel where we will be able to answer you in real time.
Please check back to this page for updates.
Thank you for understanding.
That was posted on August 28th. Not sure what kind of issue that's it (I don't have a Discord account), but it has not been fixed in a week.
The "NET::ERR_CERT_DATE_INVALID" we are getting suggests an expired certificate. Indeed, their SSL/TLS certificate appears to be valid until August 28th:
Code:
Valid from: Wednesday, 23 August, 2017 03:00:00
Valid to: Wednesday, 28 August, 2019 15:00:00
That's a little over 2 years. This type of cert is typically valid for about 2 years, so the main problem could be this, but... I am not sure. It shouldn't take them more than 1-5 business days to get a new one. Also, if it was only a cert issue, we could connect to the website without an encrypted connection, without much trouble. Although you can do that (for example, try to open in a private tab -> Advanced button -> Proceed to
www.pokerstarsschool.com (unsafe)). Unfortunately, even this way, the site is very unstable. I am getting the
ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT very often. The problem must be bigger than a forgotten SSL/TLS cert update.
BTW: If anyone is wondering—the Masters league (EN at least) has been cancelled for September. No idea if this is related or not.
