From 965757cce0bed7e70ec37c43d2c55be30b2e8def Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Munnelly <james@munnelly.eu>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 22:46:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Retry order if existing Order certificate is invalid

Signed-off-by: James Munnelly <james@munnelly.eu>
---
 pkg/issuer/acme/issue.go | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/issuer/acme/issue.go b/pkg/issuer/acme/issue.go
index b4ac5089d..41f07994b 100644
--- a/pkg/issuer/acme/issue.go
+++ b/pkg/issuer/acme/issue.go
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ func (a *Acme) Issue(ctx context.Context, crt *v1alpha1.Certificate) (issuer.Iss
 
 	x509Cert, err := x509.ParseCertificate(certSlice[0])
 	if err != nil {
-		// TODO: parse returned ACME error and potentially re-create order.
-		return issuer.IssueResponse{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse returned x509 certificate: %v", err.Error())
+		// if parsing the certificate fails, recreate the order
+		return a.retryOrder(crt, existingOrder)
 	}
 
 	if a.Context.IssuerOptions.CertificateNeedsRenew(x509Cert) {