This error occurs for me when running Deno locally. My Deno version is older, 1.38.4:
Example error:
error: (in promise) TypeError: error sending request for url (https://esm.sh/dd-trace@5.36.0&pin=v135&no-dts/package.json): error trying to connect: invalid peer certificate: UnknownIssuer
const response = await fetch("https://esm.sh/dd-trace@5.36.0&pin=v135&no-dts/package.json");
Solution, export this environment variable:
DENO_TLS_CA_STORE=system