Conda install script throwing SSL Error SSL verification error: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:590)

[amanraj2520]

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Impacted product

• A conda package (built by Anaconda)
• Anaconda Distribution (formerly Anaconda Individual Edition)
• Miniconda
• Anaconda.org

What happened?

Since 12th August 2024, conda post install is throwing API SSL verify errors like this :
[2024-04-16 10:50:29] creating default environment...
using -f (force) option
[2024-04-16 10:50:31] installation finished.
Using Anaconda API: https://api.anaconda.org
SSL verification error: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:590)
SSL verification error: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:590)
SSL verification error: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:590)
SSL verification error: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:590)

Has anyone faced this issue. If yes, then has there been a change in https://api.anaconda.org API? My setup was working absolutely fine before 12th August 2024.

Can someone please help in this?

Expected behavior or outcome

Since https://api.anaconda.org was working fine before, authentication using SSL to the same should work fine.

Conda info

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Conda config

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Conda list

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Additional information

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