DataCite had 4 outages in the last 2 years totaling 27h 59m of downtime — averaging 0.2 incidents per month.
There were 4 DataCite outages since October 7, 2025 totaling 27h 59m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.
Requests to the MDS API are returning errors. We've identified the issue and are working on a fix.
The MDS API is now operational.
We are investigating an issue where new DOI records and DOI record updates may be taking longer than usual to appear in services like Fabrica, Commons, and the REST API. API requests are still being received and processed successfully.
We have identified and resolved the issue. New records and updates should now appear as expected in services like Fabrica, Commons, and the REST API, and queued changes have been processed.
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.
Performance has stabilized. We are continuing to monitor.
Performance of all services has returned to normal levels.
We are investigating intermittent performance issues affecting our services, which may result in slow response times for API requests and frontend applications.
Intermittent performance issues have stabilized. We will continue to monitor.