---
title: "Is DataCite Metadata Store (MDS) API Test down? DataCite Metadata Store (MDS) API Test status"
url: "https://www.openstatus.dev/status/datacite/metadata-store-mds-api-test"
description: "Live DataCite Metadata Store (MDS) API Test status, uptime over the last 45 days and recent incidents, tracked by openstatus."
---

# Is DataCite Metadata Store (MDS) API Test down?

**Answer:** No, DataCite Metadata Store (MDS) API Test is not down. All DataCite Metadata Store (MDS) API Test systems are operational.

- Status: operational
- Checked: 2026-11-07T06:30:02Z
- User reports in the last 15 minutes: 0
- Part of: [DataCite](/status/datacite.md) / Test System
- Official status page: https://status.datacite.org

## Last 45 days

2 of 2 tracked days without issues.

## Incidents affecting Metadata Store (MDS) API Test

| Started | Incident | Impact | Duration |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-07-08 | [Test DOI Indexing and related services is unavailable on test systems](https://stspg.io/ct1c5dnsfdph) | minor | 21m |
| 2022-09-09 | [Degraded performance for MDS and REST APIs](https://stspg.io/pp2vbhzvc7cw) | minor | 2h 39m |
| 2020-05-26 | [Intermittent problems with the MDS API in the Test System](http://stspg.io/brpldgyf2qjl) | major | 1h 1m |

## Links

- HTML page: /status/datacite/metadata-store-mds-api-test
- Service: /status/datacite.md