DataCite experienced a notice incident on December 17, 2025 affecting Metadata Store (MDS) API and REST API and 1 more component, lasting 7h 20m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Metadata Store (MDS) APIREST APIFabricaOAI-PMHContent Resolver APIGraphQL APICommons
Update timeline
- investigating Dec 17, 2025, 04:26 PM UTC
We are investigating degraded performance across our services. This is manifesting as occasional error messages or slow response times for API requests and/or frontend services.
- monitoring Dec 17, 2025, 05:08 PM UTC
Performance has stabilized. We are continuing to monitor.
- resolved Dec 17, 2025, 11:47 PM UTC
Performance of all services has returned to normal levels.