I have yet to see a situation where moodle has not logged something that actually happen. I have seen a lot of students say they did something when they actually didn't. I am not sure what you are saying about the certificate? Have they downloaded it? How do you know? Is the certificate restricted to only being available when the course is completed?
Courses and course formats
Course completion issue on moodle 3.7.1
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