The only way I can understand your confusion is if you stopped reading at that point, and completely missed the sentence immediately following the one you just

The only way I can understand your confusion is if you stopped reading at that point, and completely missed the sentence immediately following the one you just quoted: > I omitted "would" from my previous comment, but I think it's pretty clear from Francis' comment that we're discussing a hypothetical situation, and neither of us know if any of the 645 affected certificates were requested by Caddy or not.