If you are using OKHttp to make request to a server that used Let’s Encrypt certificate then you might get following exception.
<br />Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target at sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:192) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.fatal(SSLSocketImpl.java:1949) at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:302) at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:296) at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:1506) at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.processMessage(ClientHandshaker.java:216) at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.processLoop(Handshaker.java:979) at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.process_record(Handshaker.java:914) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1062) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1375) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1403) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1387) at okhttp3.internal.connection.RealConnection.connectTls(RealConnection.java:241) at okhttp3.internal.connection.RealConnection.establishProtocol(RealConnection.java:198) at okhttp3.internal.connection.RealConnection.buildConnection(RealConnection.java:174) at okhttp3.internal.connection.RealConnection.connect(RealConnection.java:114) at okhttp3.internal.connection.StreamAllocation.findConnection(StreamAllocation.java:193) at okhttp3.internal.connection.StreamAllocation.findHealthyConnection(StreamAllocation.java:129) at okhttp3.internal.connection.StreamAllocation.newStream(StreamAllocation.java:98) at okhttp3.internal.connection.ConnectInterceptor.intercept(ConnectInterceptor.java:42) at okhttp3.internal.http.RealInterceptorChain.proceed(RealInterceptorChain.java:92) at okhttp3.internal.http.RealInterceptorChain.proceed(RealInterceptorChain.java:67) at okhttp3.internal.cache.CacheInterceptor.intercept(CacheInterceptor.java:109) at okhttp3.internal.http.RealInterceptorChain.proceed(RealInterceptorChain.java:92) at okhttp3.internal.http.RealInterceptorChain.proceed(RealInterceptorChain.java:67) at okhttp3.internal.http.BridgeInterceptor.intercept(BridgeInterceptor.java:93) at okhttp3.internal.http.RealInterceptorChain.proceed(RealInterceptorChain.java:92) at okhttp3.internal.http.RetryAndFollowUpInterceptor.intercept(RetryAndFollowUpInterceptor.java:124) at okhttp3.internal.http.RealInterceptorChain.proceed(RealInterceptorChain.java:92) at okhttp3.internal.http.RealInterceptorChain.proceed(RealInterceptorChain.java:67) at okhttp3.RealCall.getResponseWithInterceptorChain(RealCall.java:170) at okhttp3.RealCall.execute(RealCall.java:60) at com.shekhargulati.thereader.readers.FeedReader.readFeed(FeedReader.java:22) ... 28 more Caused by: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(PKIXValidator.java:387) at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.engineValidate(PKIXValidator.java:292) at sun.security.validator.Validator.validate(Validator.java:260) at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.validate(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:324) at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:229) at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:124) at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:1488) ... 56 more Caused by: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target at sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.build(SunCertPathBuilder.java:146) at sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.engineBuild(SunCertPathBuilder.java:131) at java.security.cert.CertPathBuilder.build(CertPathBuilder.java:280) at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(PKIXValidator.java:382) ... 62 more
One way to avoid this error is by using JDK 1.8.0_101. This will make your code run fine. If upgrading is not an option, then you can try to add certificates to keystore by following this stackoverflow post.