How about it's totally ineffective? OCSP is pointless if you "soft fail" when the OCSP server can't be reached. [1]

This is why Chrome disabled OSCP by default all the way back in 2012-2013 era. Not to mention the performance cost of making all HTTPS connections wait for an OCSP lookup. [2]

[1]: https://www.imperialviolet.org/2012/02/05/crlsets.html

[2]: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/02/googl...