Crossref incident
Partial Metadata Indexing Failure at the REST API (Starting 3rd September and continuing)
Crossref experienced a minor incident on September 11, 2025 affecting Public REST API and Polite REST API, lasting 1d 1h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Public REST APIPolite REST API
Update timeline
- investigating Sep 11, 2025, 11:56 AM UTC
We have found that some records failed to be indexed by the REST API on 3rd September, and continuing. Our technical team is investigating. -EA
- identified Sep 11, 2025, 09:30 PM UTC
The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
- resolved Sep 12, 2025, 01:14 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved. -IF