VMware Certifications Missing Expiration Dates – Possibly Fading Away?

On a more recent episode of the VUPaaS (Virtualization User Podcast as a Service) called Certs, Chaos Monkeys and Warm bags of meat, I once again mounted my trusty soap box for a minute or two to harp on expiring certifications that are versioned. You can read about that in gratuitous detail here. However, upon visiting my transcript today I have found that all of the Valid Through dates are now missing.

As an example, here’s what my VCP-Cloud looked like back in March of 2014, and make sure to note the “Valid through: 10-Mar-2015” line:

An expiration date is now listed for any VCP level exam
An expiration date is now listed for any VCP level exam

Although the warning about certifications expiring is still there, the same certification no longer has a Valid Through detail:

The valid through field is completely missing
The valid through field is completely missing

I also checked with 5 other sources that hold VCP or higher, who confirmed the exact same behavior. It makes me wonder if the policy for re-certification is being abolished, albeit a bit quietly, or if the site is simply flawed and not showing all of the data that it should be.