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Payflow Pro is not working, getting “The certificate chain did not validate, no local certificate found” error at checkout. How do I resolve this issue?

April 26, 2017Certificate chain Checkout Error local Payflow Pro working

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Payflow Pro is not working, getting “The certificate chain did not validate, no local certificate found” error at checkout. How do I resolve this issue?

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You are probably running X-Cart 4.0.x (or older) which includes an outdated integration of PayFlow Pro. That integration use Payflow Pro client (pfpro) and the VeriSign/RSA root key bundled in legacy Payflow Pro SDKs to process a transaction. On January 4, 2010, that Payflow Pro SDK expired permanently. Payflow Pro integrations that use outdated version of the SDK are no longer able to validate against the Payflow Pro server certificates. That is why you are getting “The certificate chain did not validate, no local certificate found” error. For more information about the Payflow Pro integrations update please refer to: • https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=developer/gateway_update_FAQ Newer versions of X-Cart 4.1-4.3 support a newer PayFlow Pro integration that uses XMLPay API. The newer PayFlow Pro integration significantly differs from the older one. In other words, it’s a completely new integration. No more updates are available for the outdated 4.0.x (