If your Salesforce certification expired because you missed the maintenance window, this article explains your options: requesting reinstatement, retaking the exam, and understanding cascade expiry.
When a Salesforce certification expires, it no longer appears as active on your Trailblazer profile. Certifications that list the expired certification as a prerequisite will also expire (cascade expiry).
1. Open a support case at help.salesforce.com.
2. Select Trailhead > Certifications as the product and topic.
3. Explain when your certification expired and the circumstances.
4. Attach any documentation of your previous certification status.
Reinstatement is not guaranteed — reviewed case-by-case.
For certifications that have expired more than one cycle, register to retake the exam at full price on https://trailheadacademy.salesforce.com.
If a prerequisite certification expires, any certifications that require it will also expire.

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