From 611f1f3e0dfa1e9c34cd41a5ed1a8f7fd72d0571 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Munnelly <james.munnelly@jetstack.io>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 19:00:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Absorb HTTP client errors in acme http self check

---
 pkg/issuer/acme/http/http.go | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkg/issuer/acme/http/http.go b/pkg/issuer/acme/http/http.go
index 9d36f054f..45704a647 100644
--- a/pkg/issuer/acme/http/http.go
+++ b/pkg/issuer/acme/http/http.go
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ func testReachability(ctx context.Context, domain, path, key string) (bool, erro
 
 	response, err := http.Get(url.String())
 	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
+		// absorb http client errors
+		return false, nil
 	}
 
 	if response.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {