Fw: Reminder notice for Academy of Science of South Africa: Downtime of Crossref services starts tomorrow

[Ina Smith]

Dear Khulisa Journal Managers and Editors,

Please take note that you will not be able to deposit DOIs and metadata during the following times, today and tomorrow:

21:00 UTC 8th July 2025 to 21:00 UTC 9th July 2025

23:00 SAST 8^th July 2025 to 23:00 SAST 9^th July 2025

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Please do not deposit/update any metadata and DOIs on Crossref during the mentioned time.

Please see below for more information.

Kind regards,

Ina

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From: Sara Bowman <sbo...@crossref.org>
Sent: Monday, 07 July 2025 19:36
To: Ina Smith <i...@assaf.org.za>
Subject: Reminder notice for Academy of Science of South Africa: Downtime of Crossref services starts tomorrow

 

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Hello Ina,  Following on from previous communication, I’m writing to remind you about our scheduled downtime between 21:00 UTC 8th July 2025 to 21:00 UTC 9th July 2025.  Crossref DOIs will continue to resolve and the REST API will be available, but all our other tools and services will be unavailable during this window.  If you attempt to make a metadata deposit, you’ll receive a 500 unavailable error message, and you will need to retry when these services are back online. We will not be able to store or queue attempted metadata deposits or updates made during the downtime.  You can keep up-to-date with the progress on our status page.  Thanks for your patience and understanding. Best wishes, Sara Bowman Program Lead Crossref 50 Salem Street, Building A, Floor 3, Lynnfield, MA 01940, USA Manage your preferences or unsubscribe.

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