When does my certification expire if I am on an SES?
Certifications on an active SES now align with the SES expiration date, so they all renew at the same time. As long as the SES stays active, the certs stay valid.
What happens when the SES expires?
Certifications lapse at the SES expiration date. Studio shows a “Valid only as an active SES learner” tooltip to indicate which certs are SES-conditional.
I’m a SAFe Expert. Why aren’t my certifications co-termed?
Experts (and AI-Native Trainers) are excluded from SES co-terming. You continue to manage your own renewal cycle.
Do Instructors consume a seat on the SES?
No, Instructors do not consume an SES seat as long as they have a valid SPC certification that is not expired.
When a user earns an Instructor certification, their SES role changes to Instructor, and they no longer occupy a learner seat. When the instructor’s cert expires, they revert to a learner and consume a seat again.
Does this change apply to my existing certifications?
Not yet. The new rules apply going forward from the release. Existing certification dates are not retroactively modified until a renewal event happens.
Will my digital badge on Credly update?
Yes, badges continue to sync as before when a cert is earned, renewed, or newly acquired.
What has NOT changed?
Off-SES certifications (earned or renewed without an active SES) still follow the existing 1-year expiration.
Existing certification dates are not touched by this release; new rules apply going forward only.
Digital badge sync (Credly) continues to fire on initial acquisition, cert renewal, and Expired → Acquired status changes.