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checked Sep 16, 2026 8:33 AM UTC · Crossref's official status page

Crossref is up and running.

Crossref is currently operational with all systems functioning normally.

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Crossref incident history

5 reports published by Crossref in the last 30 days · 1 still open

When Crossref breaks, it is typically resolved in 32m — median across 27 resolved incidents over 90 days.

September 14, 2026

www.crossref.org was down for 70 mins on Sunday, 13 September; we're monitoring for the coming weeks

Ongoing · last update
  1. monitoringSep 15 · 17:01 UTC

    We have deployed a fix for this issue and are monitoring the results. -IF

Reported by Crossref on their status page.

September 13, 2026

www.crossref.org was down for 70 mins

Last update
  1. resolvedSep 14 · 12:46 UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

Reported by Crossref on their status page.

September 9, 2026

Content registration processing delays today

Last update
  1. resolvedSep 9 · 20:38 UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

Reported by Crossref on their status page.

September 7, 2026

Several members reporting errors when attempting to log in to register records (Admin tool, Metadata Manager, web deposit form, OJS)

Last update
  1. resolvedSep 7 · 20:00 UTC

    Several members reported errors authenticating and logging in to doi.crossref.org, Metadata Manager, web deposit form, OJS, and third-party tools due to an error in our system. That error began around 2000 UTC today. Jon on our technical team has fixed the issue. Members should now be able to log in to all Crossref services. -IF

Reported by Crossref on their status page.

August 20, 2026

Crossref Metadata Search - search.crossref.org - Outage (504 gateway timeout)

Last update
  1. resolvedAug 21 · 13:30 UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

Reported by Crossref on their status page.