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

# Is DataCite Metadata Store (MDS) API down?

**Answer:** No, DataCite Metadata Store (MDS) API is not down. All DataCite Metadata Store (MDS) API 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) / API Servers
- Official status page: https://status.datacite.org
- About: Service to register DOIs and associated metadata

## Last 45 days

2 of 2 tracked days without issues.

## Incidents affecting Metadata Store (MDS) API

| Started | Incident | Impact | Duration |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-06-15 | [MDS API outage](https://stspg.io/6b0rp05ctwgm) | critical | 45m |
| 2025-12-17 | [Service instability and occasional errors](https://stspg.io/5kg3g5rfbs0f) | incident | 7h 21m |
| 2025-10-07 | [Service instability and occasional errors](https://stspg.io/yhxjdk15b11w) | minor | 1h 16m |
| 2024-03-13 | [Services unavailable](https://stspg.io/57jp5g751t3x) | major | 1d 6h |
| 2024-01-04 | [Services experiencing reduced performance and instability.](https://stspg.io/z4b3hgtzlv9y) | minor | 3d 22h |

## Links

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