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Last checked Jul 22, 2026 9:18 PM UTC from Crossref's official status page

Incident History

Showing incidents from the last 15 days

Report: "Login issues affecting Crossref services"

Last update
resolved

We have identified and fixed the issue affecting user logins. This incident is now resolved.

investigating

Some users are currently experiencing login issues with the Admin Tool, New Metadata Manager, and Web Deposit Form. We are currently investigating the issue.

Report: "Main website down between 07:40 UTC and 08:13 UTC"

Last update
resolved

The main Crossref website (www.crossref.org) has been down since 07:40 - 08:13 UTC. The website is available again.

Report: "Degraded performance in the REST API public and polite pools"

Last update
resolved

This incident has been resolved.

monitoring

A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

investigating

We are continuing to investigate this issue.

investigating

We are continuing to investigate this issue.

investigating

The REST API public and polite pools are experiencing issues with requests that return lists of results, including filters and queries. Requests are intermittently not returning all matching metadata records. We are investigating the cause.

Report: "Degraded performance in the REST API public and polite pools"

Last update
Resolved

This incident has been resolved.

Monitoring

A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

Update

We are continuing to investigate this issue.

Update

We are continuing to investigate this issue.

Investigating

The REST API public and polite pools are experiencing issues with requests that return lists of results, including filters and queries. Requests are intermittently not returning all matching metadata records. We are investigating the cause.

Report: "Unplanned maintenance tomorrow, 8 July on our REST API - api.crossref.org"

Last update
Completed

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

In progress

Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.

Scheduled

We will be undergoing unplanned maintenance tomorrow from 0800 to 1200 UTC on our REST API - api.crossref.org. Users may experience outages during that four-hour window of time. -IF